Treatment Manual for Smoking Cessation Groups

Werner G. K. Stritzke is Senior Lecturer, School of Psychology at the University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia. Joyce L. Y. Chong is Clinical Psychologist at Dr Lissa Johnson and Associates and Counsellor/Psychologist at the Counselling Service, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia. Diane Ferguson is Clinical Psychologist at Hillarys Child and Adolescent Centre, Western Australia. She is the recipient of the West Australian 2006 Mental Health Practitioner of the Year Award.

• Preface; 1. Introduction and overview of program; 2. Assessment, treatment planning, and evaluation of outcomes; 3. Starting the change process; 4. The ins and outs of becoming smoke-free; 5. Kicking the chemical habit; 6. Staying smoke-free I: enhancing motivation for change; 7. Staying smoke-free II: prevention and management of a lapse or relapse; 8. Staying smoke-free III: coping without smoking; 9. Thoughts: how they affect smoking behaviors; 10. Lifestyle change: on being a non-smoker; References; Index.

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