Grief and Addiction illuminates the role of grief work in addiction counseling, encouraging counselors to be more comprehensive in their treatment and to increase empathy for what the treatment process is asking of clients.
Acknowledging that entering recovery includes a loss of coping skills, and that it requires building a new identity, this book focuses on addiction-specific grief work. Grief and Addiction integrates concepts like complicated grief, nonfinite loss, trauma, family grief responses, and treatment suggestions in one place—all with a focus on the application to addiction work.
Featuring appendices with information and examples for clinicians, Grief and Addiction provides treatment strategies drawn from both the addiction and grief world for professionals and counselor educators.
Part I: Setting the Stage.
1. Introduction
2. Definitions and Concepts
3. The When and What of Loss Part II: Models and Theories of Grief and Loss
and Considerations for Addiction and Recovery
4. Loss-Grief Addiction Model
5. Two-Track Model of Bereavement and Considering the Two-Track Model in the
Context of Addiction and Recovery
6. Continuing Bonds Theory and Considering
Continuing Bonds in the Context of Addiction and Recovery
7. Dual Process
Model of Coping with Bereavement and Considering the Dual Process Model in
the Context of Addiction and Recovery
8. Mental Representations Theory and
Considering Mental Representations in the Context of Addiction and Recovery
9. Four Tasks of Mourning and Considering the Four Tasks in the Context of
Addiction and Recovery
10. Mediators of Mourning and Considering the
Mediators of Mourning in the Context of Addiction and Recovery
11. Four
Stages of Grief and Variants of Pathological Mourning and Considering the
Four Stages and Variants in the Context of Addiction and Recovery
12. The Six
"R" Processes of Mourning and Considering the Six "R" Processes in the
Context of Addiction and Recovery
13. Loss and Adaptation Model and
Considering the Loss and Adaptation Model in the Context of Addiction and
Recovery
14. Psychological Perspective on Dying, Mourning, and Spirituality
and Considering the Psychological Perspective in the Context of Addiction and
Recovery
15. Growth-Oriented Models as Applied to Addiction and Recovery Part
III: Resilience and Wellness
16. Resilience and the Importance of
Relationship
17. Considerations for Counselor Wellness Appendix A: Adult
Attachment Style Descriptions Appendix B: Expanding the Emotional
Conversation Activity Appendix C: Letter Writing Activity and Examples
Epilogue
Julie Bates-Maves, PhD, LPC, is an associate professor in the Department of Rehabilitation and Counseling at the University of WisconsinStout. Her teaching and research interests are centered on trauma, addiction, and reducing stigma.