Cstp Treatment Plan

Supervision of Treatment Plan and Success Indicators Supervision for clients with addiction issues in the CBT model involves “regular structure, including agenda setting, identification of goals and the assignment of homework” (McHugh et al., 2010, p. 516). Through identifying antecedents or triggers, clients are aware of situations or environments that would put them at risk (McHugh et al., 2010, p. 516). For counselors, the supervision of treatment, and the success indicators of a client involve the client’s honesty and involvement. This can again be a limitation of the model, because without client honesty and participation it will be difficult to analyze treatment. Success indicators can be small, as in clients avoiding people whom they would usually do drugs with, or they can be larger like continued negative urinalysis tests. …show more content…
512). Contingency management approaches involve the administration of a nondrug reinforcer (voucher for food/small reward) following the demonstrated abstinence from drugs (McHugh et al., 2010, p. 513). Researchers have used a lottery-type strategy as a reinforcer; this model involved the opportunity to draw from a prize box with a negative urinalysis test. The prize selection is comprised mostly of low value items, however the inclusion of a larger prize can be an inducement for abstinence (McHugh et al., 2010, p. 513). Conducting urinalysis tests is the most concrete way to know if a client with addiction issues is abstaining from drugs and is also a great success indicator. A limitation to this strategy is the sheer cost. Another limitation is in the discussion of ethics, in regards to reinforcing clients with material