Group Exercises for Substance Use Disorders Counseling

A current collection of in-person, online, and hybrid group exercises for use by practicing substance use disorder practitioners

Now in its second edition, Group Exercises for Substance Use Disorders Counseling, is an up-to-date resource for prospective and practicing practitioners who work with clinical populations that struggle with substance use disorders (SUD) in a group setting. As an experienced mental health and SUD clinician, Geri Miller, Ph.D., presents a collection of tried-and-true group exercises in an easy-to-understand language and an easily accessible format.

The exercises address many of the common issues encountered by practitioners working with the diverse SUD population. The exercises enhance the SUD population’s self-awareness of their behaviors, conditions, and triggers as well as the stressors they experience. The exercises also assist the SUD population in their management of these areas thereby enhancing their recovery from the SUD.

Group Exercises for Substance Use Disorders Counseling offers:

• Practical, effective SUD group counseling exercises that work with a variety of individuals including especially vulnerable populations.
• Easy-to-follow instructions for clinical practitioners (including counselors, marriage and family therapists, psychologists, and social workers), engaged in working with the SUD population in the context of group therapy.
• Complimentary Instructor Website Teacher Resources [PowerPoints, Test banks, Considerations for Professors] as well as Student Website Resources [Cartoon Graphic Handout, Videos, Podcast] assist educators in a classroom setting as well as practitioners and their supervisors in a clinical setting.

Group Exercises for Substance Use Disorders Counseling is an excellent match for the work of mental health and SUD professionals who want to provide effective SUD treatment. It is also an excellent resource for students and trainees with an interest in working with the SUD population.