Recovery Resilience Program Facilitator's Guide

Guy du Plessis is a researcher and instructor at the I-System Institute for Transdisciplinary Studies, Utah State University, and adjunct professor at the Institute for Advanced Psychotherapy, Loyola University Chicago. He studied psychology at the University of South Africa and philosophy at the University of Cape Town and certified in psychodynamic psychotherapy. He has worked for over 25 years as an addiction treatment provider and academic researcher. He is the author and co-author of 7 books, two of which are published by Cambridge University Press, also published in several journals and edited volumes, including 'International Journal of Applied Philosophy' and 'Addiction,' his research aims at applying various philosophical perspectives to addiction studies, with the aim of integrating life-affirming philosophical outlooks into existing recovery-oriented interventions, and highlighting life-negating views that are obstructions to recovery and the good life. Derrik R. Tollefson is the Mind-Body Bridging Professor of Social Work and director of the I-System Institute at Utah State University. He holds a Ph.D. in social work from the University of Utah and is a licensed clinical social worker in Utah. Bob Weathers is an addiction educator and certified recovery coach and holds a Ph.D. in clinical psychology. Over the course of his career, he has provided thousands of hours of therapeutic counseling to clients and has committed nearly fifty years to training graduate-level clinicians at several Southern California universities. Kevin G. Webb is a licensed clinical social worker and an Assistant Professional Practice Professor and Associate Director of the I-System Institute for Transdisciplinary Studies at Utah State University.

• Introduction; 1. High-Risk Situations; 2. Cravings and triggers; 3. Depressor and Fixer Activity; 4. The Addiction Cycle; 5. Defuse Requirements; 6. Recovery Resilience Practice.