Eugene Crone

They Hear Through Their Eyes: Referring and Serving the Deaf Client in Recovery Eugene Crone

This book, "They Hear Through Their Eyes," is designed to help the professional,either deaf or hearing, who works with persons who are Deaf to identify thesigns and symptoms of substance abuse and help those individuals break throughtheir own denial systems.¿ It is anexcellent resource for educational programs preparing professionals to work inthe field - including administrators, counselors, doctors, interpreters, mentalhealth aides, nurses, social workers and therapists.¿ Often done in group sessions supplemented byone-on-one counseling sessions, a unique treatment option, "The Support Team,"is presented as one model facilitating self-analysis which enhances theclient's ability to make that breakthrough.¿Once the client admits powerlessness over his/her addiction, thelife-long process of recovery can be initiated.