Help clients pivot away from the question “Am I an alcoholic?” and consider instead “Would my life be better without alcohol?”
Amanda E. White, mental health clinician, creator of the popular Instagram account @therapyforwomen, and author of the best-selling book Not Drinking Tonight, is back with this must-have resource for her professional peers: Not Drinking Tonight: The Workbook. Having been sober for 8+ years herself, Amanda tackles therapists’ most pressing question: How can I help clients whose alcohol use has become problematic but who don’t identify as “alcoholics” or have no interest in traditional abstinence-based methods like rehab or 12-step groups?
Using a harm reduction approach, each chapter contains worksheets and exercises that will help clients examine why they drink and allow them to change their relationship with alcohol as they learn to:
Amanda E. White, LPC, is a therapist, author of the acclaimed Not Drinking Tonight and companion workbook, and host of the podcast, Nuance Needed. As a founder and owner of the Therapy for Women Center in Philadelphia she has developed innovative approaches to treating the full spectrum of problematic alcohol use. Her clinical expertise comes from diverse experience including years working in traditional abstinence-based treatment settings, developing harm reduction protocols in private practice, and treating clients who fall into the “disordered drinking” category. She brings both professional expertise and lived experience with over 10 years of sobriety, giving her unique insight into the resistance and ambivalence clients face. She has trained clinicians nationwide on moving beyond binary thinking in addiction treatment and is known for her practical, immediately applicable clinical strategies. Amanda’s work has been featured in The New York Times, Forbes, The Washington Post, Women’s Health, Cosmopolitan, and Shape.
Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Amanda White has an employment relationship with Therapy for Women and receives royalties as a published author. She receives a speaking honorarium and book royalties from PESI, Inc. She has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: Amanda White has no relevant non-financial relationships.
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