The Therapeutic Community: Theory, Model, and Method / Edition 1

by George De Leon PhD

Overview

This volume provides a comprehensive review of the essentials of the Therapeutic Community (TC) theory and its practical "whole person" approach to the treatment of substance abuse disorders and related problems. Part I outlines the perspective of the traditional views of the substance abuse disorder, the substance abuser, and the basic components of this approach. Part II explains the organizational structure of the TC, its work components, and the role of residents and staff.

The chapters in Part III describe the essential activities of TC life that relate most directly to the recovery process and the goals of rehabilitation. The final part outlines how individuals change in the TC behaviorally, cognitively, and emotionally. This is an invaluable resource for all addictions professionals and students.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780826113498
Publisher:	Springer Publishing Company
Publication date:	04/15/2000
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	472
Sales rank:	1,080,893
Product dimensions:	6.34(w) x 9.24(h) x 1.14(d)

About the Author

George De Leon, PhD, is an internationally recognized expert in the treatment of substance abuse and is acknowledged as the leading authority on research in therapeutic communities. He is the director of the Center for Therapeutic Community Research (CTCR) at National Development and Research Institutes, Inc. (NDRI), funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse(NIDA), and Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at New York University.

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Table of Contents

List of Tables and Figures
Acknowledgments

Part I: Introduction
1. Therapeutic Communities: Evolution and the Need for Theory
2. In Search of an Essential Therapeutic Community

Part II: The Perspective and Approach
3. View of the Disorder
4. View of the Person
5. View of Recovery and Right Living
6. The Community Approach

Part III: The Model
7. The Physical Environment
8. The Social Organization
9. Work: Therapeutic and Educational Elements
10. Staff in the Therapeutic Community
11. Peers in the Therapeutic Community
12. Relationships
13. Program Stages

Part IV: Therapeutic Community Methods
14. Privileges and Sanctions
15. Surveillance and Security
16. Community Meetings
17. Community Groups
18. The Encounter Group

Part V: The Process of Change
19. Individual Change: Behaviors, Cognitions, and Emotions
20. Individual Change: Essential Experiences
21. Individual Change: Essential Perceptions
22. The Individual in the Community: Participation in the Change Process
23. Internalization and Identity
24. The Treatment Process: A Conceptual Framework
25. Therapeutic Communities: The Challenge of Evolution

References
Appendixes
A: Glossary of Therapeutic Community Terms
B: Therapeutic Community Philosophies
C: Assessment Instruments Available for Use in Therapeutic Communities
Index

What People are Saying About This

Marc Galanter

...a definitive work on one of the key models for addiction treatment...The book provides readers on all levels of experience with an understanding of what takes place in therapeutic communities, and how they themselves can play a role in the TC setting. (Marc Galanter, MD, NYU School of Medicine)

Barry Brown

...an essential addition to any bookshelf of drug abuse treatment. In detailing the history, conceptual framework and practice of the therapeutic community, Dr. De Leon achieves the rare distinction of producing a highly readable resource volume...the most comprehensive description and analysis available of a treatment form whose influence has pervaded the whole drug abuse treatment. (Barry Brown, PhD, Former Chief, Services Research Branch, NIDA)

From the Publisher

"The Therapeutic Community is an essential addition to any bookshelf of drug abuse treatment. In detailing the history, conceptual framework and practice of the therapeutic community, Dr. De Leon achieves the rare distinction of producing a highly readable resource volume. The reader can be assured of obtaining the most comprehensive description and analysis available of a treatment form whose influence has pervaded the whole of drug abuse treatment."--Barry Brown, PhD, Former Chief Services Research Branch, National Institute of Drug Abuse

Dr. De Leon has written a definitive work on one of the key models for addiction treatment. He draws on a generation of his own clinical and research experience, and on a comprehensive review of the available literature. The book provides readers on all levels of experience with an understanding of what takes place in therapeutic communities, and how they themselves can play a role in the TC setting."--Marc Galanter, MD, Professor of Psychiatry, Director of the Division of Alcoholism and Drug Abuse, New York University School of Medicine

This is a wonderful book. It is the most comprehensive treatise on the thearapeutic communitites to date, clarifying the rationale for the policies and practices that often appear mysterious to those working in other arenas. It is thorough enough to serve as the basis for an operations manual for those who work in therapeutic communities, and general enough to illuminate important issues for thsoe working in TC's other areas of the addiction field, and related fields. Dr. De Leon has synthesized decades of clinical experience and research to produce the definitive textbook."--Joan Ellen Zweben, PhD, Executive Director, Founder, 14th Street Clinic & East Bay Community Recovery Project, Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, University of California, San Francisco