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 accounts Utilizes 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 recovery Uses neuroscientific findings to explain how willpower becomes compromised-and how it can be effectively utilized in the clinical arena
| ISBN: | 9780470669952 |
| Publication date: | 15th February 2013 |
| Author: | Frank (Camden and Islington NHS Trust, London, UK) Ryan |
| Publisher: | Wiley-Blackwell an imprint of John Wiley and Sons Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 240 pages |
| Genres: |
Addiction and therapy Psychotherapy |