The Work Goes On. Another Week in the Life of a Substance Abuse Counselor

Learn more about what really happens in rehab! The Work Goes On follows up Welcome to My World and offers another peek into substance abuse counseling as we continue to follow Janet and her team through their week. Meet another set of clients who challenge the team as they struggle to assist clients to make sense of their addiction through counseling groups and personal counseling. Ricardo has a new life change, we learn the back stories for Keisha and Jorge, and the Clinical Director continues to offer his ham-handed advice! The week roles out with the same silliness and poignancy that the first week offered. Join us! This book is a “must read” for: People considering entering the addiction field as a counselor Family members of those in addiction treatment Current substance abuse treatment staff who will recognize and laugh at themselves, as well as pick up some great psychoeducation material Over the course of a rapidly unfolding week of treatment, readers will participate in women’s groups, clinical staffing, community groups, psychoeducation groups, family groups, and individual and family counseling sessions. This is the second novel that follows this warm and talented staff, and you will find yourself rooting for them AND their clients as they take on this challenging and deadly disease. About the author: Mary Crocker Cook, D.Min. LMFT, LPCC, LAADC, CADCII is the co-owner of Connections Counseling Associates in San Jose California, and is the Program Coordinator for the San Jose City College Alcohol and Drug Studies program she developed in 1990. Mary is the author of four other texts: Awakening Hope. A Developmental Behavioral, Biological Approach to Codependency; Afraid to Let Go. For Parents of Adult Addicts and Alcoholics; Codependency and Men; and Welcome to My World. Learn more about her at www.marycrockercook.com