The purpose for this book is to explain a pattern of nine coping styles and nine helping methods. The goal is for people to be able to use this information to help themselves and thus be better prepared to help others.
I have three target audiences in mind for this book.
My first audience is the people in the Nar-Anon meeting that is my home meeting. I believe that if it is meaningful to these friends then it should carry over to families affected by alcohol and other drugs throughout the world.
My second audience is the group of addicts that helped me understand how difficult it is to help. I worked with my fiancé to ensure that the wording and explanations are clear, concise and compact so that the concepts are easy to absorb. I tried to make this book short enough so that people in programs can read through this book.
My third audience is the professionals providing counseling and treatment. I linked the concepts in this book to psychological theories with the goal that my AODC counseling friends can fit these ideas into their existing approach to treatment.
The people most likely to buy this book are the families of alcoholics and addicts.
I hope that professional AODC counselors will then find this book relevant and begin using it to support their approach to treatment.
There are thousands of books about helping. This one is unique, however, in that it unifies the primary theories of psychology into a very simple framework. No one else has yet found this framework.
1. Introduction
2. Coping Styles
a. Tranquility
b. Transformation
c. Conflict
d. Chaos
e. Subjugated
f. Obligated
g. Distracted
h. Pampered
i. Aligned
3. Why are there nine?
a. Existential
b. Relational psychology
c. Cognitive-behavioral
4. Helping
a. Teach
b. Penitence
c. Intervene
d. Liberate
e. Revive
f. Detach
g. Empower
h. Disciple
i. Centering
5. Opportunity
a. Team Formation
b. A Woman Caught in Adultery
c. Liberation Degenerated
d. Family Intervention
e. Discipleship
Coping Styles makes concepts from organizational psychology relevant to peoples’ daily lives. This book describes nine ways we cope with life’s difficulties and the nine ways we learn to help one another.
Centering, coping, detach, disciple, empower, family and relationships, helping others, intervene, learning, liberate, psychology, recovery, repent, spiritual, team formation.
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