Johnson Group topic: Coping With High-Risk Situations ***** Last Group ***** In today’s session, group members were to identify and discuss their personal relapse risk factors and emotional responses to such situations. Group members then were presented with steps/strategies to cope identified high-risk situations. PO attended group on time, clean and sober, and had a moderate level of participation, as evidenced by sharing personal HRS openly, and demonstrating the ability on how to cope with HRS in group. PO also shared with peers about her recovery experience and ways to cope with temptation as today was her last group treatment.…
Questions 3: Choosing to engage in strategic planning Various internal or external influences may influence an executive director at a drug addiction treatment center to engage in strategic planning. For instance, some internal influence may be that the agency is facing economic woes, whether it is inadequate budgeting or reduction in clients, and will need to reevaluate its budget or operations. Alternatively, if the agency’s budget is exceeding expectations then the agency may have new opportunities to provide more services to a specific population or to multiple populations. The new services could be providing co-occurring mental health treatment or providing distinct mental health and substance abuse treatment. Also, there may be a high…
Group interventions are designed to resolve present social and emotional problems, provide group members with opportunities to express their feelings and assisted in identifying their coping skills. The interdisciplinary team, includes a LCSW, psychiatrist and registered nurse, who provide psychotropic medication management and crisis intervention support. The average census of the group is 24 members and two…
Once the client comes in for substance abuse counseling for the first time, they will go through a 30-45 minute structured interview that features a bio-psycho-social assessment which further assesses what the client will need to accomplish and the best way to go about reaching those goals. The main focus of the counseling that Betsy and her agency focus on is substance abuse counseling with their modality of treatment being group sessions. Individual sessions are rare and are only conducted when the contract requires it or if the client needs it. For example, if a client participates in a group session and they notice that the client has a lot of personal trauma or something that isn’t group appropriate then they offer the client to come in individually and do the group sessions however, the Counseling Center llc does have other locations that specialize in family therapy and couples counseling. When a client is seeking counseling at the Counseling Center llc, one of the first mandatory steps that must be taken is the filling out of an intake packet that contains documents that are necessary for effective and ethical counseling and treatment.…
Cameron Group topic: Understanding Addiction PO attended group on time and moderately participated in the group activities. PO learned the definition of addiction, the addiction process, and the different types of substance(s) withdrawal symptoms. PO shared his substance use experience with peers, and identified reasons to stay clean and sober. PO completed the weekly treatment progress, which indicated he attended 2 sober meetings last week. Verification was provided.…
James Mccay, director of the University of Pennsylvania’s Center on the Continuum of Care in the Addictions states that “typically, what people have been told to do is go to a lot of Alcoholics Anonymous or Narcotics meetings… the usual line is 90 meetings in 90 days, and once-a-week group counseling...” which is in fact something that many, if not all, patients are told at one point or another. The only problem with this statement is that without someone acting upon this and guiding the patient on how to find these sort of meetings and counseling groups this becomes just another saying to the patient and not an actual resource. Ray Tamasi, president and chief executive of Gosnold on Cape Cod, another addiction treatment organization, gives her input on people's perspective of how rehabilitation for alcohol addiction and substance abuse is supposed to be some kind of miraculous success, when in reality the transitioning between outpatient and inpatient is abysmal. The reason Tamasi believes that the transitioning is extremely difficult is because patients are not given the tools necessary for their own success. Another reason why patients do not receive the appropriate after care is that “insurance didn’t used to cover anything post-discharge” (Madly Chalk) which led to many unwanted expenses.…
Addiction is a disease where the recovery process can be life long and addicts get the support of people who assists them with building relationships, and strength. Although, the recovery process is hard, it is rewarding. The client, with the self-determination, focus on the resources, capabilities, and paying attention to stages of readiness, tries to accomplish the goals (Wormer & Davis, 2013, p. 445).…
The treatment planning phase involves a collaborative process in which the desired treatment outcomes are sought for and strategies are identified for achieving those outcomes. Hagedorn & Juhnke (2005) stated that the planning involves providing feedback regarding the conclusions that were drawn from the screening and assessment phase. This phase includes an exploration of the identified maladaptive sexual behaviors and identifying issues that may have an impact on the treatment process. Some of these issues may consist of health concerns, relationships with family and friends, co-occurring addictions, employment, education, spirituality and legal needs (Hagedorn & Juhnke, 2005). It is essential that the clinician educates the addicted client…
“My son called home and said that he doesn’t have any food or toilet paper!” At the time of the call this woman’s son had been in a residential recovery program for approximately three weeks; do you think she is an enabler? This man was over forty years old and drinking himself to death for decades. Substance abusers and alcoholics know exactly which buttons to push to get their enablers to react. Enablers are codependent with the substance abuser; they make terrible decisions thinking that they’re helping their loved one.…
It is also a very specific problem within a very specific population. The Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (as cited in Potik, Abramsohn, Peles, Schreiber, & Adelson, 2011) stated, “group therapy is a powerful therapeutic tool that is effective in treating substance abuse and is also effective in helping many patients concomitantly cope with special issues associated with addiction,” (p. 287). The narrowness of scope in the presenting issue, would allow for an in-depth exploration of this issue for the group, building group cohesiveness and strategy feedback and production (Corey, Corey, and Corey,…
Synopsis In the city of Detroit, the crime rate is outstanding and the incarceration rates are becoming higher as a result. According to Kevin Rizzo, “Detroit is the most dangerous city with a population of over 200,000 for three consecutive years….remains at the top of the list for highest crime rates in America.” Detroit is known for its homicides, poverty, and unemployment. Crime is located everywhere within this city due to these issues.…
Nonetheless, in many countries, and more specifically, in the United States, substance addiction and abuse is seen as a public health problem and legal issue, and not as a disease. There is a great necessity for the government to have a better, more balanced approach toward this social problem. A change in the current policies and attitudes will help in the prevention and treatment of these types of mental disorders. Furthermore, by exploring alternative avenues toward the issue of substance abuse and addiction, the government will also assist addicts in their recovery process, and will search for reforms to the criminal justice system. By doing so, the vicious circle created by mental health, substance abuse, criminal behavior, jail, release, and recidivism, may be broken for once and for all.…
Susan, you mentioned that both of your models included group therapy. I am a strong advocate of group therapy for substance abuse users. Group therapy can be the glue that keeps them held together as a unit. The same principle is applied with support groups such as AA, however a person is generally assigned a sponsor that they can call when they feel their sobriety is being threatened. Lewis (2014) explains the correlation between group therapy and recovery.…
Introduction A substance abuse counselor is in place to encourage and support clients who are addicted to alcohol and drugs. When alcohol and drug abuse client come to an agency to receive treatment, as a counselor it’s important that to encourage the client to receive the help to that the client can be rehabilitated. There are four core function of a counselor that will be discussed in this paper is client education, case management, crisis intervention, and referral. Each of these functions allows the counselor to assist the client to help them overcome their addiction.…
When most of the prisoners behind bars are struggling with drug abuse, a priority should be getting them the help they need; without help the perpetual cycle of reoffending will continue. Over 65% of inmates are struggling with a substance abuse addiction. The most disturbing part of this statistic is that only 11% of those get the help that they need to recover (Sack, D 2014). This leaves the rest of the inmates still struggling when they are released back into society. In fact, new guidelines have begun retroactive releases of nonviolent criminals such as drug addicts.…