Blending Art Therapy and the Twelve Steps of Alcoholics Anonymous - The Workbook: An Integrative Approach to Addiction Treatment

This is the first workbook that combines Art Therapy and 12 Step treatment. You will learn one art therapy intervention for each of the Twelve-Steps of AA. With clear explanations of how and why the art is connected to each specific Step, and comprehensive descriptions of how to use the art process to achieve a deeper understanding of yourself and your motivations, you will be well on your way to living a sober life.

Whether your addiction is alcohol, drugs, food, sex, love or work, you have developed an elaborate system of interacting with the people around you in order to justify and maintain your addiction. In this workbook you are going to be required to tell your stories, to yourself and others, using a completely different language. A language of images, colors and shapes, as opposed to the language of words. When you tell your story in another language, you tell a different story. When you tell a different story, you gain new insights and understandings. When you gain new insights and understandings, you gain an opportunity to achieve clarity, honesty and genuine change.

This workbook is for:
1. The Addict seeking to understand the Twelve -Steps on their journey to sobriety.
2. The Sponsor seeking to guide others on their path towards a sober life.
3. The therapist, counselor or addiction specialist looking for new ways to facilitate group and/or individual sessions.