Synopsis:

The Real Thirteenth Step is a powerful exercise and information-packed manual to accompany the journey of people in recovery. Readers will learn how to develop the three central skills of true autonomy—risk taking, problem solving, and coping with failure—and how to apply them to every aspect of their lives: relationships, work, decision-making, stress, and the temptations of addiction.

Discover the six steps necessary to create real inner change: techniques so powerful, they‘re called "magical tools." These tools are taught through exercises proven in therapy and workshops to help clients gain control of their lives and remain free of relapse. With the exercises and guidelines in this book, readers can learn what they need to complete their recovery and achieve self-confidence and autonomy. Dr. Tessina invites you to move beyond recovery to a satisfying life of joy and healthy relationships.

Book Excerpt:

TABLE OF CONTENTS
Preface
Part I Recovery —Stepping Up From Addiction
Chapter 1. Autonomy: the Real 13th Step
Chapter 2. Addicted to Recovery
Part II Completing Recovery
Chapter 3. Beyond Recovery: from Dependency to Autonomy
Chapter 4. Deep Recovery: Learning How to Change
Chapter 5. Completing Recovery: Facing the Self
Part III Achieving Autonomy
Chapter 6. Autonomous Thinking: Learning about Choice
Chapter 7. Autonomous Loving: Creating Healthy Relationships
Chapter 8. Autonomous Living: the Promise and the Challenge
Bibliography

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What They're Saying About The Real Thirteenth Step

The Real Thirteenth Step contains a wealth of astonishingly practical information. Very few therapists can provide better tools for personal growth-San Francisco Bay Guardian

A well written, important book that provides an invaluable corrective to the dependency orientation of the recovery movement. It lucidly points the way to the next step: the cultivation of independence and personal autonomy. Imperative reading for every graduate of the twelve-steps.-Nathaniel Brandon, PhD, Psychologist and author of Honoring the Self

The premise of this intelligently written title is bound to cause some controversy. Recommended for popular psychology, self-help and recovery collections --The Library Journal.

Offers strategies that can help people struggling with addictions develop the skills and abilities they need to make clear, effective choices about their own lives with or without the continuing support of a formal recovery group. --Yoga Journal A therapist's prescription for avoiding addiction to a recovery group.-New Age Journal

Hope of freedom, self-confidence and completion to people in self-help or 12-step recovery programs who have been told they will never be fully recovered -American Bookseller

A manual for those in self-help programs - Publisher's Weekly

I was enticed with your book, pulled it off the shelf, and knew it was a find. I have been in therapy and working so hard to overcome trauma from my past and even after years of constant work, I could not restructure the pain or prevent it from contaminating my present until I worked through your exercises. The exercises are the best tools or how-tos for working through painful experiences that I have ever seen. They really helped me to disfuse the trauma that I simply could not get past, they allowed me to actually restructure those painful events by visualizing and experiencing new endings to them. I will continue to practice going to my retreat, time travel, and conversations with my inner child. Your magical tools are helping me regain my life. They are exactly what was needed for me to reclaim my life and regain a sense of safety, power, and autonomy. I now have a sense of deep calm and I no longer have nightmares, flashbacks, or panic attacks. I will continue to work on my recovery and growth and I look forward to reading your other books. You should be on Oprah! -reader's email message

Topics/Categories:

Addiction, alcoholic, codependency, Psychology, Recovery, Self-Help, twelve steps

Genre:

Addiction, Dating, Illness, Relationships

Type of Work:

Book

Publishers:

Career Press New Page Books

Purchase From:

Author and Psychotherapist Tina B. Tessina
Amazon.com

Original Publish Date:

January 15, 2008

Formats:

Hardcover

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