A number of tasks are necessary to conduct a diagnostic interview in a humane and effective manner. Since this initial interview is vital to future progress, utmost care needs to be taken to enable the client to commit to a course of treatment that will instigate the major life-transition necessary to the maintenance of sobriety. In succeeding sessions, a combination of these tasks should be used at appropriate times. The diagnostic interview sets both counsellor and client on course, and creates a structure to which the counsellor can return again and again.
The counsellor's tasks are as
The counsellor's tasks are as