Topic: therapies and tools
Miracle Max
Clinicians… feel as if they’re always missing at least one extremely important tool that would make all the difference.
Topics: barriers to recovery, relapse, therapies and tools
Confirmation Bias and Counseling
Project Match has long been held up as demonstrating the efficacy of three very different approaches.
Topics: counseling skills, therapies and tools
The Quick Change Artists
Maybe it’s just one of those things that alcoholics and addicts feel they have to try before they settle down to face the challenges of actual recovery– which turns out not to be all that frickin’ easy.
Topics: bad information, therapies and tools
The March of Pseudoscience
The treatment population is jam-packed with vulnerable people and families desperately looking for magic solutions to a genuinely challenging problem like recovery.
Topics: bad information, marketing, research, therapies and tools
Family Inventory: Priorities and Values
By the time a client lands in treatment, it may be hard to tell whether their family relationships offer a potential asset or a problem set to address.
Topics: assessment, communication, family involvement, therapies and tools, treatment planning
Evaluating Antisocial Behavior: Quick Assessment Tool
Clinicians working with addicted offenders and ‘coerced’ (court-ordered) clients often find these problems complicating substance abuse treatment; this tool can help identify particular areas of concern.
Topics: addicted offenders, antisocial, therapies and tools, treatment planning