Dear Juan,

The following links would give you an overview of some of the possible treatments for your patients.

Darryl Inaba's Uppers, Downers, All Arounders would provide good materials for your psychoeducational groups.

Alan Marlatt's relapse prevention would be good for relapse prevention groups.

Depending on your work setting and community resources, you can refer your patients to NA (Narcotics Anonymous) or AA (Alcoholics Anonymous) meetings, and their associated services (i.e., work the 12 steps with the patient's sponsor, and read the Big Book (of testimonies), etc.).

Best wishes,

Stephen

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK64223/

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK64942/

http://www.amazon.com/Uppers-Downers-All-Arounders-Psychoactive/dp/0926544306

http://adai.washington.edu/confederation/2008readings/Marlatt_Relapse%20prevention.pdf

Hi Juan!

I attached a powerpoint on the group therapy stages of recovery, as well as some articles.  One's on using DBT for coping skills, and there's a really cool study on using humor in the treatment of alcoholism.  There's a case study of group therapy for addiction that looks at Yalom's therapeutic factors, and found that catharsis was the most important (followed by cohesiveness and interpersonal learning).  With that in mind, I included a piece on using narrative therapy in addiction treatment.

Treating Alcoholism (Jossey Bass Social and Behavioral Science Series), by Stephanie Brown & Irvin D. Yalom, is very helpful and available on Amazon for less than a dollar.  Couldn't find a free version online but I attached a review.  Other helpful, somewhat more expensive publications include: 

Addiction as an Attachment Disorder AND Group Psychotherapy with Addicted Populations: An Integration of Twelve-step and Psychodynamic Theory, both by Philip J. Flores

Group Treatment for Substance Abuse: A Stages-of-Change Therapy Manual, by Velasquez, Crouch, Stephens, & DiClemente (a second edition is being released November 19, 2015)

and tons of handouts books for group therapy with addicted populations.

Good luck!  I hope you get some good supervision, and that your clients' will have access to professionals who can help them deal with underlying issue, comorbidity, and other forms of treatment on an individual basis.

Sincerely,

Corrina

http://www.slideshare.net/Raghda_Elgamil/group-therapy-in-stages-of-recovery-from-addiction

Reviews and Overviews

A Meta-Analytic Review of Psychosocial Interventions for Substance Use Disorders

Lissa Dutra , Ph.D.; Georgia Stathopoulou , M.A.; Shawnee L. Basden , M.A.; Teresa M. Leyro , B.A.; Mark B. Powers , Ph.D.; Michael W. Otto , Ph.D.

http://dx.doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2007.06111851

Dear Stephen, Corrina and Imran,

Thank you very much for your kind advice and nice wishes, I very much appreciate them.

I wish you all the best and please let me know if I can help you back in some way.

Best regards

Juanjo