Accepting Ourselves and Others: A Journey into Recovery from Addictive and Compulsive Behaviors for Gays, Lesbians and Bisexuals
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| Rating | : | 4.14 (968 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1568381204 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 392 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-02-23 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Kominars began doing workshops for cancer survivors at UCSF Medical Center in San Francisco. Her expertise lies in conflict resolution, communication skills development, strategic planning, team analysis and development, and training. For the past 15 years, she has worked with corporations, organizations, groups, and individuals helping them to achieve the
. In addition to her clinical and consultation skills, Dr. In February, 2001, Dr. As an educator she specializes in effective brief interventions, understanding the limits, benefits and applications of psychological testing, and assessment interviewing. She is a requested speaker in many areas, including issues of performance enhancement, motivation, goal setting, team building, and capitalizing on diversity. He is hoping it will be produced soon. Sample List of Training Topics: Conflict Resolution, Effective Communication, Group Dynamics, Motivation, Team Development, Time Management, and Stress Management Using the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator.For many yea
This book is the first full, in-depth exploration of recovery for gay, lesbian, and bisexual people, and for counselors, therapists, clinicians, and clergy who work with them. Accepting Ourselves, first published in 1989, was the first book to address the problems and needs of substance abusers in the homosexual community. Accepting Ourselves and Others is a dynamic, frank primer that gets right at the heart of issues that recovering gay, lesbian, and bisexual people face.. A special section developed for therapists assists the professional in working with gay clients suffering from addictive/compulsive behavior by addressing the impact issues such as abstinence, relapse, homophobia, and the prevailing denia
THE book for recovering gays and lesbians As the director of a gay and lesbian treatment center we have made this book our "basic text". Every new admit is given this book to read and the workbook format is excellent for working the steps. It replaces the traditional 12 Step Big Books and our own written step materials. We now have a book that puts it all into one: how sexual identity issues affect compulsive and addictive behaviors with concrete ways to recover from this destructive behavior.