Topic: leverage
Coercion in Massachusetts
I compare it to finding someone lying on the sidewalk, helping them up, brushing them off, and pushing them down again.
Topics: consequences, court-mandated, leverage, opioids
Treatment and Coercion
Those of us who work in treatment quickly sense a problem: people with addictions aren’t likely to respond to this approach.
Topics: consequences, criminal courts, leverage
Florida’s Compulsory Treatment Law
Many of those programs treat opioid users without relying on medication, and yet manage to achieve remarkable success rates– sometimes 80% over a five year period.
Topics: criminal courts, leverage, opioids
Compliance via Coercion
“You don’t see much motivation or insight. But I guess that’s why they have to be compelled in the first place, right?”
Topics: compliance and noncompliance, court-mandated, leverage
Using Leverage in Counseling the Court-Referred Client, Part 9
Their fondness for risk and excitement makes them ill-suited to a ‘straight’ lifestyle they would no doubt describe as boring.
Topics: antisocial, compliance and noncompliance, counseling, court-mandated, leverage, Using Leverage Series
Using Leverage in Counseling the Court-Referred Client, Part 8
Even the most recalcitrant drinker can appreciate the desirability of avoiding still more consequences. It’s a side door around some of the alcoholic’s denial.
Topics: counseling, court-mandated, DUI/DWI, leverage, negotiation, Using Leverage Series
Why Intervention Works
The addict may have tried to control drinking or drug use many times, and failed. This experience leads him to conclude that he can’t change.
Topics: getting help, intervention, Intervention Series, leverage
Using Leverage in Counseling the Court-Referred Client, Part 7
Involving the therapeutic team adds strength to the message and can speed the accomplishment of important goals.
Topics: counseling, court-mandated, DUI/DWI, intervention, leverage, Using Leverage Series
Counseling Challenge: “Hardcore” Drunk Drivers
Repeat DUI/DWI offenders can pose tough challenges for treatment programs and counselors. The needs of the client and the demands of the legal system don’t always work together.
Topics: addicted offenders, client engagement and motivation, compliance and noncompliance, counseling skills, DUI/DWI, leverage
Creating Leverage for Intervention
Intervention can be quite dramatic (that’s why it makes for good TV), but it’s really the intelligent application of leverage that produces the desired result.
Topics: defense mechanisms, enabling and provoking, intervention, Intervention Series, leverage, stigma
