Counseling Addicts & Offenders: A Guide to Criminal Justice Counseling

<b>Stop the Judiciary Merry-go-round!</b><p> If you have counseled addicts, domestic violence, or other criminal offenders, you're familiar with the judicial merry-go-round of arrest, conviction, incarceration, release, arrest, etc.<p> Knowing the consequences, why do they keep on doing the same things? They actually process information distinctly different. Their cognitive and affective processes; their foundational beliefs, values, attitudes & life-commandments; & alas, their goals & motivations are all different.<p> Attempting to correct their prevailing, life-controlling problems through behavior-modification therapy is much like trying to cover a festering wound with a band aid.<p> Through this text you will learn to understand their mental processes; discover new intervention techniques and modalities that have proven successful; and learn how to select the most appropriate treatment setting.<p> An essential resource for pastors, chaplains & forensic counselors & others working with this population.