Motivation vs. Unmotivation
Most addicts and alcoholics wind up in treatment because they’re experiencing difficulties due to substance use– ranging from the pain of withdrawal to troubles with the law, to threatened loss of job or family.
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Author: C. Scott McMillin
The Practitioner vs. the Technique
I take great care in finding the right practitioner. He or she will likely be more important than the technique itself.
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Hitting Bottom
We’ll see the progress that was occurring even when the addict appeared, at the time, to be floundering badly.
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What to Expect From Counseling
Counselors are taught that the best way to make progress is to let the client determine the direction the relationship takes.
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What Makes a Good Interventionist?
Intervention is about achieving a very specific time-limited objective: an addict or alcoholic who agrees to participate in treatment.
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