A. Thomas Horvath, PhD, FAClinP, was born and raised in Youngstown, Ohio. He graduated from St. John's College, Annapolis, Maryland, and the California School of Professional Psychology at San Diego. He is a board certified clinical psychologist (American Board of Professional Psychology) in private practice. In 1985 he founded Practical Recovery Services, which offers an alternative to 12-step and disease-oriented addiction treatment. He is a past president of the San Diego Psychological Association and the San Diego Phobia Foundation. Since 1995 he has been president of SMART Recovery, a non-profit network of support groups for individuals abstaining from any type of addictive behavior. From 1999-2000 he served as president of the American Psychological Association's Division on Addictions (Division 50). The division has over 1200 members and is the world's largest organization of addictive behavior psychologists.
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they are going through, broaden their understanding of the detail
of where they have been, and help them change."
--Robert A. Zucker, PhD, Professor of Psychology in Psychiatry and
Psychology, University of Michigan
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--Reid K. Hester, PhD, Director, Research Division, Behavior
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--Mark B. Sobell, PhD, Center for Psychological Studies, Nova
Southeastern University
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--G. Alan Marlatt, PhD, Professor of Psychology, University of
Washington, Director of Addictive Behaviors Research Center
"I think this book could do the world a lot of good."
--John J. Boren, PhD, Senior Scientist, Treatment Research Branch,
National Institute on Drug Abuse, Retired
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