Cognitive therapy for addiction : motivation and change /

An innovative new approach to addiction treatment that pairs cognitive behavioural therapy with cognitive neuroscience, to directly target the core mechanisms of addiction. Offers a focus on addiction that is lacking in existing cognitive therapy accountsUtilizes various approaches, including mindfu...

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Main Author: Ryan, Frank, 1944-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Chichester, West Sussex : John Wiley & Sons, 2013.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:An innovative new approach to addiction treatment that pairs cognitive behavioural therapy with cognitive neuroscience, to directly target the core mechanisms of addiction. Offers a focus on addiction that is lacking in existing cognitive therapy accountsUtilizes various approaches, including mindfulness, 12-step facilitation, cognitive bias modification, motivational enhancement and goal-setting and, to combat common road blocks on the road to addiction recoveryUses neuroscientific findings to explain how willpower becomes compromised-and how it can.
Physical Description:1 online resource
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
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