Harm Reduction Psychotherapy: A New Treatment for Drug and Alcohol Problems
http://www.addictioninfo.org/articles/2651/1/Harm-Reduction-Psychotherapy-A-New-Treatment-for-Drug-and-Alcohol-Problems/Page1.html
Andrew Tatarsky
Andrew Tatarsky, Ph.D. is co-director of Harm Reduction Psychotherapy and Training Associates and author of the book Harm Reduction Psychotherapy: A New Treatment for Drug and Alcohol Problems By Andrew Tatarsky
Published on 05/1/2007
Ethan Nadelman, executive director, Lindesmith Center Drug Policy Foundation: Personal dignity and responsibility as well as compassion and the recognition that one's steps take place one day at a time are fundamental to both harm reduction and 12-steps approaches to drug addiction. Tatarsky's excellent new paradigm rescues these principles with courage, compassion, and intellectual rigor. Harm reduction psychotherapy has come of age.
Ethan Nadelman, executive director, Lindesmith Center Drug Policy Foundation: Personal dignity and responsibility as well as compassion and the recognition that one's steps take place one day at a time are fundamental to both harm reduction and 12-steps approaches to drug addiction. Tatarsky's excellent new paradigm rescues these principles with courage, compassion, and intellectual rigor. Harm reduction psychotherapy has come of age.