Changing Course by Claudia Black

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Extends a helping hand to individuals working through the painful experience of being raised with addiction in the family. Using charts, exercises, checklists, and real-life stories of adult children of alcoholics, Dr. Black guides readers in healing from the fear, shame, and chaos of addiction.

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Changing Course by Claudia Black

In>Changing Course, the best-selling sequel to>It Will Never Happen to Me, Claudia Black extends a helping hand to individuals working through the painful experience of being raised with addiction in the family.

Don't talk. Don't trust. Don't feel.

Growing up in a dysfunctional family system--whether unpredictable and chaotic or overly rigid and joyless--can set the course for chronic emotional pain in adulthood. Changing Course is Dr. Claudia Black's gentle, affirming guide to healing from childhood experiences of loss, abandonment, fear, and shame. Readers will learn four essential steps they can use to let go of old hurtful beliefs and behaviors and develop new skills for both redefining self and renegotiating relationships.

Claudia Black, MSW, Ph.D. is a renowned addictions and codependency expert, author, and trainer internationally recognized for her pioneering and contemporary work with family systems and addictive disorders. Since the 1970s, Dr. Black’s work has encompassed the impact of addiction on young and adult children. She has offered models of intervention and treatment related to family violence, addiction, relapse, anger, depression, and women’s issues. Dr. Black designs and presents training workshops and seminars to professional audiences in the field of family service, mental health, addiction, and correctional services. She serves on the Advisory Board for the National Association of Children of Alcoholics, and the Advisory Council of the Moyer Foundation.

Dr. Black is the author of It Will Never Happen to Me; Changing Course; My Dad Loves Me, My Dad Has A Disease; Repeat After Me; It’s Never Too Late to Have a Happy Childhood, Relapse Toolkit; A Hole in the Sidewalk; Depression Strategies; Straight Talk; The Stamp Game; Family Strategies; Anger Strategies; and Deceived: Facing Sexual Betrayal, Lies, and Secrets. She has produced seven audio CDs addressing issues of addiction and recovery. They are A Time for Healing, Putting the Past Behind, Triggers, Emotional Baggage, Trauma in the Addicted Family, Imageries, and Letting Go Imageries. And, she has over 20 DVDs for professionals to use working with families and clients. The Wisdom of Hope is her first title for Central Recovery Press.

Dr. Black is the Senior Clinical and Family Services Advisor for Central Recovery Treatment and Senior Editorial Advisor for Central Recovery Press. She resides in the Pacific Northwest with her husband and West Highland White Terrier (Westie), Katie.
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ISBN 13 9781949481129
ISBN 10 1949481123
Title Changing Course
Author Claudia Black
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Central Recovery Press
Year published 2019-02-28
Number of pages 200
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.