Finding Your Best Self
Revised Edition
Recovery from Addiction, Trauma, or Both
Lisa M. Najavits
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Hardcover
orderMay 10, 2019
ISBN 9781462539901
Price: $57.00 269 Pages
Size: 8" x 10½"
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ISBN 9781462539895
Price: $16.95 269 Pages
Size: 8" x 10½"
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Addiction and trauma are two of the most common and difficult issues that people face. In this motivating book, leading expert Lisa Najavits explains the link between addiction and trauma and presents science-based self-help strategies that you can use no matter where you are in your recovery. Every chapter features inspiring words from people who have “been there,” plus carefully designed reflection questions, exercises, and other practical tools. Learn how you can:
Mental health professionals, see also the author's Seeking Safety: A Treatment Manual for PTSD and Substance Abuse, which presents an evidence-based treatment approach developed specifically for PTSD and substance abuse.
- Build coping skills so that the future is better than the past.
- Keep yourself safe and find support.
- Set your own goals and make a plan to achieve them at your own pace.
- Choose compassion over self-blame and shame.
- Move toward your best self—the person you want to be.
Mental health professionals, see also the author's Seeking Safety: A Treatment Manual for PTSD and Substance Abuse, which presents an evidence-based treatment approach developed specifically for PTSD and substance abuse.