Her Secret Affair by Barbara Smith

Her Secret Affair by Barbara Smith

Women, Girls, and Addiction is the first book on the efficacy of treatment approaches and interventions that are tailored to working with addicted women, and the first publication of any kind to provide a feminist approach to understanding the experience of addiction from the female perspective. Part I of the book provides an overview of feminist theory and addiction counseling, followed by an historical look at women and addiction (research, treatment, demographics). The three chapters in part two give an in-depth look at the biological, psychological, and social factors of the experience of addiction as unique in women. The final section of the book presents a series of chapters spanning the lifespan, which each feature age-specific special issues, treatment strategies, interventions, and commonly encountered topics in therapy with the population.

Olivia Drake is the author of the Heiress in London series (Seducing the Heiress, Never Trust a Rogue, and Scandal of the Year), which she also writes as Barbara Dawson Smith. Her novels have earned the Golden Heart Award, Best Historical Romantic Suspense, and Best Regency Historical from Romantic Times, as well as the renowned RITA award. She has been a member of Romance Writers of America since 1981, and her novels have won the Golden Heart Award, Best Historical Romantic Suspense, and Best Regency Historical from Romantic Times. She currently resides in Houston, Texas.