This article examines Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) as a relational therapy, seen through the lens of the relational needs described by Richard Erskine. AA as a resource may be underemployed by therapists who do not realize its potential to heal the relational damage suffered and inflicted by their alcoholic clients. Common misconceptions about AA are addressed, and ways for therapists to facilitate successful referrals of clients to AA are described. The author posits that there is a synergistic benefit in combining integrative psychotherapy with the client’s involvement in AA
This study contributes to research on Alcoholics Anonymous, a mutual help organization that is conce...
Relational needs are the emotional needs which underlie our social connectedness and help sustain an...
As various forms of addiction continue to plague today’s society, Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) and subs...
This article creates a strong theoretical rationale in support of the concept of fellowship, the cor...
Although predominantly ignored in the existing literature, psychodynamic perspectives on addiction a...
Many mental health professionals work with people who are members of Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) or ma...
BACKGROUND: Much research over the past 25 years has focused on elucidating the mechanisms by which ...
Alcohol misuse is a global health risk. Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) maintains a worldwide presence, w...
Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) is a form of mutual self-help for those with alcohol use disorders (AUD). ...
Alcoholics Anonymous (henceforth AA unless in direct citation) is a mutual help organization that ha...
The current study interviewed 24 members of Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) to analyze the expression of t...
The focus of this paper is the therapeutic use of program concepts patterned after the 12 Steps of A...
This article considers how new ways in which a client and therapist relate emerge out of old ways th...
An open-ended questionnaire regarding various aspects of the mutual-help program of Alcoholics Anony...
The present study aimed to map out how members of Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) and Narcotics Anonymous ...
This study contributes to research on Alcoholics Anonymous, a mutual help organization that is conce...
Relational needs are the emotional needs which underlie our social connectedness and help sustain an...
As various forms of addiction continue to plague today’s society, Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) and subs...
This article creates a strong theoretical rationale in support of the concept of fellowship, the cor...
Although predominantly ignored in the existing literature, psychodynamic perspectives on addiction a...
Many mental health professionals work with people who are members of Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) or ma...
BACKGROUND: Much research over the past 25 years has focused on elucidating the mechanisms by which ...
Alcohol misuse is a global health risk. Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) maintains a worldwide presence, w...
Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) is a form of mutual self-help for those with alcohol use disorders (AUD). ...
Alcoholics Anonymous (henceforth AA unless in direct citation) is a mutual help organization that ha...
The current study interviewed 24 members of Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) to analyze the expression of t...
The focus of this paper is the therapeutic use of program concepts patterned after the 12 Steps of A...
This article considers how new ways in which a client and therapist relate emerge out of old ways th...
An open-ended questionnaire regarding various aspects of the mutual-help program of Alcoholics Anony...
The present study aimed to map out how members of Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) and Narcotics Anonymous ...
This study contributes to research on Alcoholics Anonymous, a mutual help organization that is conce...
Relational needs are the emotional needs which underlie our social connectedness and help sustain an...
As various forms of addiction continue to plague today’s society, Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) and subs...