Mindfulness-Based Relapse Prevention for Addictive Behaviors: A Clinician's Guide 1st Edition

Incorporating the wisdom of MBCT for depression and Kabat-Zin's MBSR and applying the principles and practices to the task of relapse prevention, this is an important, thoughtful, and wise contribution to the field of recovery and addiction medicine. This is the manual for teachers of MBRP, an evidence based treatment. As a teacher and student of MBRP, I can say that this approach has been transformative for many of the students I teach, helping them awaken to a new way of understanding the automaticity of thoughts and feelings, and how that applies to relapse. MBRP teaches people how to put some space between a trigger and an automatic reaction, allowing an opportunity for a more skillful response. MBRP is both a helpful adjunct to traditional 12-step programs, and an alternative for clients who are opposed to 12-step models of recovery. It is a secular approach, and does not promote or discourage any particular spiritual path, although many find the teachings and practices deeply spiritual.This is the essential guide to conducting MBRP courses but is not considered sufficient in and of itself for conducting classes; clinicians interested in offering this to clients should receive certificate training in the modality.

This is a great book, as indicated by other reviewers. One of the main reasons I purchased the book was for the information about how to structure and run an MBRP group. I purchased the Kindle edition, and the Amazon purchase page indicates that I should have received access to a web page of downloadable resources (the handouts etc for the group). I could not find the link to these resources, so I called Amazon. After talking with 2 people, I was told the book is no longer for sale and they can't give me the website. This is in spite of the fact that the book is still clearly for sale on the website, and they clearly took my money. They offered me a refund, but said that if I took the refund, the book would automatically be deleted from my Kindle. I am very frustrated, but I still give the book 5 stars because this problem is no fault of the authors. Buyers of the Kindle edition beware, however.

This book lays out session by session group therapy sessions for relapse prevention of substance use disorders (it can also be used for individual sessions). I implemented this program for individuals that had finished IOP, with fantastic results to strengthen their recovery journey.

This book provides a manualized relapse prevention program for clinicians experienced in substance abuse counseling. This program utilizes meditation techniques that also require experience teaching meditation. It would be helpful if the book included a cd with the meditations that could be copied or downloaded for a higher quality instruction. If you are trained in both addictions counseling and mindfulness meditation, I would rate this program at a 4.5 star rating (you still need to record your own cd's for home practice).

This is an excellent book. It has helped me make tremendous strides in my food addiction, and I am sure it can help in any addiction. The only drawback I have is that it needs a CD to go with it. I ended up buying the CD's from Duke's MBSR program (60 bucks), and most of the meditations are in this set. You can order the MBSR tapes from Duke's Integrative Medicine program.

My favorite book for Mindful based addiction work. I have bought a lot of other books that address the same issues, but this one is the best in my opinion. I'm currently doing my dissertation on how mindfulness can be used in treating addictions and I feel that this book is the best approach from what I have seen in my literature review!

Wow! A whole new me.

This workbook is working well with clients with addictions whohave repetitive problems with relapse. The mindfulness isan essential component to include in sound relapse preventionprogramming.

This is excellent base reading on the subject. Now I need to book for some serious learning!

I recently completed a 5 day intensive MBRP teacher training course with Devin and Sarah Bowen, brillant course and great book for my own personal practise / experience and for my clients :)

great for my work use it every week and my clients love the exercises and it compliments the 12 step programme 😊

Good read and tells you all the basics of mindfulness I used the content to review a mindfulness module developed by colleagues

Quite technical as it is for clinicians but also useful for understanding the addictive behaviour. Exercises helpful and good to do.