Women and Recovery

Finding Hope

Nonfiction, Health & Well Being, Self Help, Addiction, Alcoholism
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Author: Kitty Harris, Ph.D. ISBN: 9781118217351
Publisher: Turner Publishing Company Publication: May 7, 2012
Imprint: Wiley Language: English
Author: Kitty Harris, Ph.D.
ISBN: 9781118217351
Publisher: Turner Publishing Company
Publication: May 7, 2012
Imprint: Wiley
Language: English

A breakthrough recovery plan for women who struggle with alcoholism, based on a groundbreaking new model

Tens of millions of women today drink to excess and their numbers are growing. Now Dr. Kitty Harris, an experienced counselor and therapist who is herself a recovering alcoholic with more than thirty years of sobriety, presents a new model for recovery that focuses on treating the pain in women's lives that can lead to a vicious cycle of addiction?not on the shame that fuels it. Combining her personal and professional experience, Dr. Harris offers tools that can help women who want to recover as well as friends or family members who are seeking help for a loved one.

  • Focuses on dealing with the pain associated with alcoholism in women, not reinforcing the shame
  • Discusses the different types of female drinking habits, including binge drinking and drunkorexia
  • Takes a plain-language, jargon-free approach that is easy to understand and shares the stories of recovering women of all ages and from all walks of life
  • Is written by Dr. Kitty Harris, Director of The Center for the Study of Addiction and Recovery at Texas Tech University, with twenty-five years of private clinical experience working with adults and adolescents
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A breakthrough recovery plan for women who struggle with alcoholism, based on a groundbreaking new model

Tens of millions of women today drink to excess and their numbers are growing. Now Dr. Kitty Harris, an experienced counselor and therapist who is herself a recovering alcoholic with more than thirty years of sobriety, presents a new model for recovery that focuses on treating the pain in women's lives that can lead to a vicious cycle of addiction?not on the shame that fuels it. Combining her personal and professional experience, Dr. Harris offers tools that can help women who want to recover as well as friends or family members who are seeking help for a loved one.

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