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       Books by HRTC Founders

Practicing Harm Reduction Therapy, 2nd Edition by Dr. Patt Denning and Jeannie Little

• "The second edition of  Practicing Harm Reduction Psychotherapy is a book whose time has come.  Harm Reduction is finally recognized as a basic concept that needs to inform the treatment of all clients with substance use probelms, particularly those who have co-occuring disorders.  Denning and Little clearly position harm reduction as a current, integrated, nondogmatic, client-centered treatment approach."  -Shulamith Lala Ashenberg Straussner, PhD, Silver School of Social Work, New York University.

• "Denning and Little have earned an international reputation for their research and clinical practice.  Highlighting the principle of 'doing patients no harm,' the authors explain the theoretical background of harm reduction psychotherapy and describe how to conduct it.  I recommend it to a broad readership of mental health professionals and students." -- Hendrik G. Roozen, PhD, Novadic-Kentron Treatment Services and Erasmus University Medical Center, The Netherlands

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    Reviews for the first edition:

"This book is recommended reading for all therapists, social workers, counselors, and students training for these professions. For too long, practitioners have worked out of extremist, 'all or nothing' models whose strategies have proven to be unsuccessful with most clients who come to us with problems and also happen to use drugs or alcohol. Based in research data and clinical experience, Denning's model truly reflects client-driven therapeutic practices and interventions. The book broadens the clinician's understanding of the role of drug use in the person's life and the effects of chronic drug use on the person's capacity for self realization. Liberally peppered with case vignettes, it provides a full 'tool kit' of strategies and interventions to help clients maximize their health, happiness, and contentment with their lives." --Edith Springer, ACSW, Senior Trainer, Harm Reduction Training Institute (a joint project of the Harm Reduction Coalition and the Lindesmith Center/Open Society Institute), New York City. 

Over the Influence: The Harm Reduction Guide for Managing Drugs and Alcohol by Patt Denning, Jeannie Little and Adina Glickman

"Imagine if all that counted in helping people with drug problems were science, compassion, health, and common sense.  Imagine if the bottom line were simply a matter of helping people get their lives together, one step at a time, in their own particular way.  Read this wonderful book, and what you imagine just might become real. "--Ethan Nadelmann, PhD, Executive Director, Drug Policy Alliance.

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Articles of Interest

HARM REDUCTION IN HOUSING & RESIDENTIAL TREATMENT SETTINGS: HOUSING FIRST & DO NO HARM
Patt Denning, PhD and Jeannie Little, LCSW

CO-OCCURRING DISORDERS: PRESCRIBING MEDICINES TO PEOPLE WHO USE DRUGS
Barry Zevin, MD

Harm Reduction Therapy with Family and Friends of People with Drug Problems by Patt Denning

So Glad You Came! Harm Reduction Therapy in Community Settings by Jeannie Little and Perri Franskoviak

Come As You Are: Harm Reduction Drop-In Groups for Multi–Diagnosed Drug Users by Jeannie Little, MSW, Kimya Hodari, MA, Jamie Lavender, MA, Anna Berg, MSW

Harm Reduction Therapy Groups: Engaging Drinkers and Drug Users in a Process of Change by Jeannie Little, LCSW

Partners in Treatment: Relational Psychoanalysis and Harm Reduction Therapy
by Debra Rothschild

Doing an End Run Around Resistance by Gayle Paul