Humanizing Addiction Practice

This original, eloquent, compassionate, and timely book offers allhealthcarepractitionersinterested and involved in addictionpractice a powerfulaccount of an addiction psychiatrist's journey of professional and personal growth, thereby offering readers a unique opportunity to learn deeply from the author's insights, experiences,and struggles inbecoming a patient-centered empathic healer. Through sharing and exploring clinicalexperiencesin addiction practice, this fascinating title delves intothe lead author and his mentee's personal, professional, and ethicalchallenges and weaves together science and humanism, offering a wealth ofexperiential wisdom and tools that have the power to transform our understanding of therapeutic work with people with addictions. Written with empathy and humility, Humanizing Addiction: Blending Science and Personal Transformation provides a compelling argument and framework for integrating humanismwith empirically grounded practices.This important book is an invaluable resource for healers from a rangeof backgrounds: physicians, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, social workers, case managers, patient navigators, clinical and health psychologists, pharmacists, counselors, graduate students, and medical traineesinvolved in clinical care of people with addiction and substance use problems.