Individual or Group Therapy… Two Roads to the Same Destination
Very often, people new to the work of psychotherapy wonder which of the two models of treatment – individual or group session – is best to treat their concerns. The…
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Addiction Counselors are specialists in treating individuals with addiction disorders.
“My Way or the Highway:” A Group Motivational Exercise
Fact: A healthy percentage of alcoholics/addicts voice their decision to pick up the first drink/drug of physical relapse with an expletive. And all who do this have at least one…
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Increasing Positive Patient Outcomes Part 1
Until recently it has been believed that positive treatment outcome is influenced by either patient variables, treatment variables or their interaction. Numerous studies have explored the impact of these variables…
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Increasing Positive Patient Outcomes Part 2
We have learned that the patient’s perception of the therapeutic alliance accounted for the greatest amount of variance in treatment outcome studies. The more positive the patient’s perception of the therapeutic…
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Increasing Positive Patient Outcomes Part 3
Group Therapy Techniques to Address Honesty, Open Mindedness and Willingness Dr. Carl Whitaker, a brilliant and creative family therapist, is credited with saying, “The therapist is responsible for the therapy, whereas…
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A Simple Strategy to Put Clinical Data Into Consistent, Interoperable, Electronic Form Inexpensively
Abstract: A method is described for quickly establishing clinical data repositories and clinical data exchange while putting the control of patient privacy into the hands of patients. Based upon the…
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Increasing Positive Patient Outcomes Part 4
Group Therapy Techniques to Address Honesty, Open Mindedness and Willingness Last month I introduced the incomplete sentence group therapy technique. The sentences for this group exercise were clustered around three critical issues…
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Teens Who Don’t Get Enough Sleep Risk Depression and Suicide
Most parents of young children are keenly aware that their kids need significantly more sleep than adults, and set bedtimes to ensure that they get it. But a 2010 study…
Read MoreIOM Calls for Better SUD Treatment in the Military
A report from the Institute of Medicine (IOM) details failings by the military in providing treatment for substance use disorders (SUDs) for troops and veterans. The 351-page, heavily footnoted report,…
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Stage 3 Recovery
Most of us are familiar with Earnie Larsen’s concepts of Stage 1 and Stage II Recovery. Let’s take a moment to review both of these stages. Stage I Recovery Stage I Recovery…
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