ABSTRACT

Mindfulness-Based Substance Abuse Treatment for Adolescents is a group-based curriculum incorporating mindfulness, self-awareness, and substance-abuse treatment strategies for use with adolescents dealing with substance use. The evidence-based, how-to format provides a curriculum for professionals to implement either partially, by picking and choosing sections that seem relevant, or in full over a number of weeks. Each session comes equipped with clear session agendas, example scripts and talking points, what-if scenarios that address common forms of resistance, and optional handouts for each session. Sections cover the major principles of working with adolescents—relationship building, working with resistance, and more—along with a full curriculum. The book is a natural fit for psychotherapists, but addiction counselors, school counselors, researchers, mentors, and even teachers will find that Mindfulness-Based Substance Abuse Treatment for Adolescents changes the way they work with young people.

chapter |10 pages

Introduction

chapter |8 pages

Using This Curriculum

part |190 pages

12-Session Curriculum

chapter 1|19 pages

Introduction to the Program

chapter 3|15 pages

Reacting vs. Responding

chapter 4|16 pages

Mindfulness of Delusion

chapter 5|20 pages

Emotional Awareness

chapter 6|19 pages

The Brain and Drugs

chapter 7|14 pages

Mindfulness of Craving

chapter 8|17 pages

Mindfulness of Triggers

chapter 9|17 pages

The Family System and Drugs

chapter 10|15 pages

Mindfulness of the Peer System

chapter 11|14 pages

Mindfulness of the External Environment

chapter 12|12 pages

Closing Ceremony