Containing the Uncontainable: Alcohol Misuse and the Personal Choice Community ProgrammeISBN: 978-1-86156-368-2
Paperback
100 pages
August 2010
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One of the first books on abstinence based treatment structurally
to integrate psychoanalytic and cognitive/behavioural models,
Containing the Uncontainable is a highly practical account of
establishing and maintaining treatment with problem drinkers who
might otherwise fail to achieve their stated aims. The programme
described is particularly relevant for those who are unable to make
attachments, or otherwise make use of AA, yet need an intensive,
supportive, abstinence based treatment experience.The treatment
model described will be of interest to professionals working in the
alcohol misuse field who find their psycho/social,
cognitive/behavioural programmes are ineffective yet do not see the
AA/12 Step approach as an option. The model has direct applications
to working with a wide range of substance misusers, eating
disorders and those diagnosed with personality disorders as well as
the dually diagnosed.The book begins by reviewing the pro?s and
con?s of the most common treatment interventions for alcohol
problems and then defines the features that lead to treatment
resistance. The practice section of the book is straightforward and
is easily replicated in most outpatient settings. The section on
relevant psychoanalytic theory is at the heart of the book, though
the author, a social worker and group analyst, hopes the ideas
underpinning her model make a case for keeping most substance
misuse away from the analytic consulting room and most
interpretation away from the alcohol misuse service.