Treatment manual for smoking cessation groups
Subtitle: a guide for therapists
By: Werner G.K. Stritzke, Joyce L.Y. Chong, Diane Ferguson.
Contributors: Chong, Joyce L. Y.; Ferguson, Diane, 1977-
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Cambridge; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 209
ISBN-13: 9780521709255
Subjects: Smoking cessation -- Handbooks, manuals, etc; Group psychotherapy -- Handbooks, manuals, etc; Smoking Cessation -- methods; Smoking Cessation -- psychology; Psychotherapy, Group -- methods
Genres: Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Description: This book guides the reader through step-by-step instructions on how to implement treatments to help smokers give up their habit in a group environment. The manual describes how to successfully deliver group interventions through an evidence-based, modular approach designed to suit a wide range of service settings, and explains how the material can be tailored for working with individuals.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Assessment, treatment planning, and evaluation of outcomes; title: Starting the change process; title: The ins and outs of becoming smoke free; title: Kicking the chemical habit; title: Staying smoke free I : enhancing motivation for change; title: Staying smoke free II : prevention and management of a lapse or relapse; title: Staying smoke free III : coping without smoking; title: Thoughts : how they affect smoking behaviors; title: Lifestyle change : on being a non-smoker.