Topic: therapies and tools

Clinicians… feel as if they’re always missing at least one extremely important tool that would make all the difference.

The therapist’s faith in the approach appears to be more important than the approach itself.

I’m told that less than half of contemporary medical practice is actually rooted in evidence.

Project Match has long been held up as demonstrating the efficacy of three very different approaches.

If we inadvertently activate the ‘fight-flight’ response, communication will come to a halt.

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.

What’s the difference? Maybe it’s in how confrontation is used.

The treatment population is jam-packed with vulnerable people and families desperately looking for magic solutions to a genuinely challenging problem like recovery.

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.

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.