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Get Your Loved One Sober: Alternatives to Nagging, Pleading, and Threatening
- By Brenda Wolfe
- Published 06/10/2007
- Helping Children and Teens
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Brenda Wolfe
Brenda L. Wolfe, PhD is a Clinical Psychologist specializing in the treatment of eating disorders and substance abuse. In addition to private practice, she is involved in research and corporate consulting, and is active in various professional organizations. Her works have appeared in both the popular and professional press.
View all articles by Brenda WolfeCoauthor Dr. Robert Meyers spent ten years developing a treatment program that helps Concerned Significant Others (CSOs) both improve the quality of their lives and to learn how to make treatment an attractive option for their partners who are substance abusers.
Get Your Loved One Sober describes this multi-faceted program that uses supportive, non-confrontational methods to engage substance abusers into treatment. Called Community Reinforcement and Family Training (CRAFT), the program uses scientifically validated behavioral principles to reduce the loved one's substance use and to encourage him or her to seek treatment.
Also see articles by coauthor Brenda L. Wolfe, PhD.
