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Components of effective brief counseling


FRAMES:


feedback to the client of personally relevant info


responsibility for change


advice from provider recommending behavior change


menu options from which to choose


self efficacy that the client could be successful

brief interventions can be

used as a preparation for addiction treatment, involve pharmacological or behavioral interventions
attempts to pressure people into changing
met with resistance and can jeopardize one's professional relationship with client

maintaining contact and supportive relationship

case management is vital component for treatment because it helps clients gain access to services that will support their change
Clients at differing points of readiness

need different kinds of help
precontemplation (first stage of change)

during which time the person is not even thinking about or considering change

contemplation (second stage of change)

where in the person is thinking about making a change within the next 6 months

preparation (third stage of change)

person is planning to change, but has not yet decided when and how to do it. people here need help developing a change

action (fourth stage of change)

the person implements the change plan, the person is actively trying to change

maintenance (fifth stage of change)

task here is to hold onto and continue gains made through action, this is sometimes called aftercare

desire

people talk about wanting to change wishing they could change

ability

the persons's perceived ability to change

reason

people express reasons to make (or not make) a change
need

people verbalize their level of need to change (or not to do so) example: I've got to do something or I don't have to quit

commitment

specific language that signals the level of commitment to change example: I will go to an AA meeting or I guess I will
language of motivation

natural language that people use to talk about their motivation
ambivalence

state of having mixed feelings or contradictory ideas about treatment
CRAFT



teaches family members that they can make a difference


enabling

make it easy for the client to do what he or she needs to do, refrain from doing things that make use easier
primary focus on CRA

positive reinforcement that when a behavior leads to rewarding consequences, it is likely to be repeated

functional analysis
figure out what function is the drive serving in the clients life what are the antecedents and consequences of substance use

antecedent

when is the person most likely to use?
consequences

interest is in the positive example what do they like about alcohol
sobriety sampling

when a client is unwilling to consider long term abstinence, the counselor and client negotiate a period of abstinence that the client is will to try

successive approximation
means taking baby steps, helps build self efficacy, as well as, remove the pressure from immediate change
sobriety skills

skills that are taught to the client to stay abstinent

refusal skills

prepare the client for when they come in contact with people who will offer them drugs

coping skills
find out what client is coping with and teach them how to cope without the drugs
motivational incentives

monetary incentive for people to abstain from using drugs. example program that pays clients for a clean drug test

importance of employment

stable employment is strong predictor of sobriety

social skills

teaching clients how to communicate in a manner that is more acceptable, being assertive but not aggressive

I messages

when expressing yourself use the I rather than you. example be specific, be clear, be respectful

Assertiveness

describe the behavior, your own feelings or reactions, what you want to happen

STORC

situation: the stimuli or antecedents in the persons environment


thoughts: how the person interprets and thinks about the situation


organism: what happens physically in the body


response: what the person does


consequences: what happens as a result, which in turn change the situation


avoid
avoid high risk situations is particularly useful early in the recovery process

escape

when encountering an urge, get out of the situation as soon as possible

distract

find an enjoyable distraction to surf through the urge

endure

strategies to get through until the urge subsides
Relationship conflict & recovery

once substance use is removed from a person they may find that there are other problems that linger or rise to the surface. Sometimes the main reasons why people resume substance use, interpersonal conflicts with an SO have been frequent precipitant. It is a destructive cycle.
Disturbed Spouse Hypothesis

people find spouses that fulfill their own unconscious needs ie. women who marry alcoholics that they can control and feel needed and they sabotaged their husbands recovery attempts by enabling their drinking

Disturbed Family Hypothesis

dysfunctional patterns of a family, where the family roles are important and as a family they sabotage recovery of the person who is an addict
Codependence Hypothesis

addiction is a “family disease” wherein both the addicted person and his or her family members are afflicted with complementary and interlocking illnesses.

Stress-Coping Hypothesis

What appears from the outside to be aberrant behaviors of a spouse or other family member represents a normal adjustive reaction to the addictive behavior of their loved one.

Four Goals of Behavioral Couple Therapy

engaging


supporting abstinence


improving the relationship


continuing recovery


Common Myths about 12-step groups:

believes traditional disease model and discourages people from receiving any other kind of treatment


pressured to discontinue their medications


only works for religious clients


told that only someone who is in recovery can be an effective therapist for them


pressuring clients to go to meetings can’t hurt, even if they don’t want to go


there is no scientific evidence that AA actually helps people


Nicotine cessation and the use of other drugs

Quitting smoking can reduce cravings for other drugs but not the other way around. Smoking sensation can facilitate abstinence from other drugs, but not the other way around
Methadone

prescribed medication to help heroin addicts

Antabuse

medication given to clients to take daily that induces discomfort and illness only if the person drinks alcohol

Issues with treating drug use with drugs.

Client can become addicted to the drug that is being used to treat the original drug they are trying to quit

al-anon
instructs members to focus on themselves and their own well being to reduce emotional distress and improve their coping skills