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Groups That Don’t Work pt 1
When a group adopts one of these operating modes permanently, as a primary form of interaction, they end up actively resisting any responsibility for achieving individual and group goals.
Topics: clinician skills, groups, treatment models
Beyond the Jargon
What’s behind those fine-sounding terms on the website? Which provide useful information, and which are bells and whistles to enhance attractiveness?
Topics: finding the right treatment, treatment models
Taking Action: Know the Enemy
The behaviors of alcoholics and addicts are so predictable because the disease follows a certain progression.
Topics: consequences, getting help, Intervention Series, recognizing addiction
Predicting Success in Groups
We don’t need to ‘cure’ social anxiety, only to increase the individual’s level of control over his or her emotions…
Topics: anxiety, counseling skills, groups, recovery support groups
What Makes a Successful Treatment Program
Lose the community’s confidence in our ability to provide a safe, secure environment for their loved ones, and it’s over.
Topics: administration, program development, Why Some Programs Succeed
Resolution or Resolve?
What I like about resolve is that it has no sell-by date. Resolve focuses on progress, not perfection.
Topics: behavior modification, maintaining sobriety, physical health
Recidivism Trap
As if he were proud of it — as if his list of treatment ‘failures’ represented a weird sort of achievement.
Topics: enabling and provoking, maintaining sobriety, relapse
Holidays Step by Step
Reclaiming holidays doesn’t just keep them from becoming relapse triggers– it can also offer chances to live the joy in recovery.
Topics: 12Step, maintaining sobriety, recovery support groups