Amanda E White
Help clients pivot away from the question 'Am I an alcoholic?' and consider instead 'Would my life be better without alcohol?' Amanda E. White, mental health clinician, creator of the popular Instagram account @therapyforwomen, and author of the best-selling book Not Drinking Tonight, is back with this must-have resource for her professional peers: Not Drinking Tonight: The Workbook. Having been sober for 8+ years herself, Amanda tackles therapists’ most pressing question: How can I help clients whose alcohol use has become problematic but who don’t identify as 'alcoholics' or have no interest in traditional abstinence-based methods like rehab or 12-step groups? Using a harm reduction approach, each chapter contains worksheets and exercises that will help clients examine why they drink and allow them to change their relationship with alcohol as they learn to: • Regulate their emotions without alcohol • Set and maintain healthy boundaries • Redefine what authentic self-care looks like • Navigate sober socializing, dating, and sex • Create a relapse prevention plan • Build a sober life they love • And more!
