Living Skills Recovery Workbook

by Pat Precin

Overview

This occupational therapy workbook provides clinicians with the tools necessary to help patients with dual diagnoses acquire basic living skills. Focusing on stress management, time management, activities of daily living, and social-skills training, this guide addresses each living skill in relation to how it aids in recovery and relapse prevention for each patient's individual lifestyle and pattern of addiction. Precin's Living Skills Recovery Workbook also instructs recovering addicts on how to manage their psychiatric symptoms to promote the highest level of integration into their community.

This comprehensive workbook contains a collection of activities and worksheets to teach skills necessary to improve the quality of life for individuals with dual disorders, along with 70 forms that can be filled in by patients to aid in self-awareness. Ultimately, this guide emphasizes recovery through functional development skills.

Dr. Pat Precin is Assistant Professor of Occupational Therapy at Touro College, consultant, and licensed psychoanalyst with a private practice in Manhattan. Dr. Precin has over 27 years of experience working with people with mental illness and has directly supervised over 175 occupational therapy practitioner students in various clinical settings. She has authored and edited a number of books, including Client-Centered Reasoning: Narratives of People with Mental Illness, in addition to numerous journal articles, chapters, and grants.

Readers interested in related titles from Patricia Precin will also want to see: Client-Centered Reasoning (ISBN: 1626548595 ).

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781626548589
Publisher:	Echo Point Books & Media
Publication date:	01/01/2015
Edition description:	Reprint ed.
Pages:	222
Sales rank:	440,719
Product dimensions:	8.50(w) x 11.00(h) x 0.47(d)

About the Author

Precin, Pat, MS, OTR (St Luke's Roosevelt Hospital)

Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION

TIME MANAGEMENT FOR 12-STEP TREATMENT: Time Management Strengths and Problem Areas

Case Studies

Energy Levels

What I Have to Do vs. What I Like to Do

How I Currently Spend My Time

The Need for Structure to Stay Clean

Activity Analysis

Delegating Work

Leisure Community Resources

Weekend Planning

Revising My Weekly Schedule

Sticking to a New Schedule

Rewarding Myself

Getting Up in the Morning

STRESS MANAGEMENT FOR RECOVERY

Stress Management Strengths and Problem Areas

How Stressed Am I?

Signs of Stress

Environmental Stressers

Healthy and Unhealthy Ways to Deal with Stress

Stress Management Journal

Many Ways to Manage Stress and Prevent a Relapse

Relaxation Skills

Anger Management

Stretching Exercises

Dealing with Difficult Family Situations

Biofeedback; Nutrition

Poetry, Music, and Crafts

Summary of My Stress Reducers

SOCIAL SKILLS FOR SOBRIETY

Social Skills Strengths and Problem Areas

A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words

Starting a Conversation

The Gift of Gab

Finishing a Conversation

Where to Meet New People

Self-Esteem

Self Awareness

Assertiveness Training

Giving and Receiving Feedback

Affection

Making and Keeping New Friends

Public Speaking

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING FOR ABSTINENCE

Activities of Daily Living Strengths and Problem Areas

Proper Nutrition

How Drugs and Alcohol Affect Nutrition

Your Current Diet

Positive Dietary Goals

Hygiene and Grooming

Hygiene Activity Sheet

Effects of Drugs and Alcohol on Hygiene and Grooming

Identifying Current Monthly Expenses

Identifying Fixed vs. Flexible Expenses

My Budget Plan

Decision Making

Introduction to Exercise

The Many Benefits of Exercise

Reviews of Personal Goals

APPENDIX 1: SESSIONS COMMON TO ALL FOUR TOPIC AREAS

APPENDIX 2: QUALITY ASSURANCE MATERIALS