This original eloquent compassionate and timely book offers all healthcare practitioners
interested and involved in addiction practice a powerful account of an addiction psychiatrist's
journey of professional and personal growth thereby offering readers a unique opportunity to
learn deeply from the author's insights experiences and struggles in becoming a
patient-centered empathic healer. Through sharing and exploring clinical experiences in
addiction practice this fascinating title delves into the lead author and his mentee's
personal professional and ethical challenges and weaves together science and humanism
offering a wealth of experiential wisdom and tools that have the power to transform our
understanding of therapeutic work with people with addictions. Written with empathy and
humility Humanizing Addiction: Blending Science and Personal Transformation provides a
compelling argument and framework for integrating humanism with empirically grounded practices.
This important book is an invaluable resource for healers from a range of backgrounds:
physicians physician assistants nurse practitioners social workers case managers patient
navigators clinical and health psychologists pharmacists counselors graduate students and
medical trainees involved in clinical care of people with addiction and substance use problems.
