Adding Intervention Services
Families are always complaining about the lack of good, affordable intervention assistance out there (depending on where you live, of course)
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Author: C. Scott McMillin
Material Clients Can’t (or Won’t) Read Doesn’t Help Them
It’s not so much that the client is unable to grasp the info as he or she is easily discouraged based on a fund of previous negative experiences in school.
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Are Humans “Hard-Wired” for Getting High?
I think the continuing popularity of substance use through the ages is because in practical terms, substances work.
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Using Leverage in Counseling the Court-Referred Client
Having a judge or a parole officer holding the big stick on them may be enough to get them into treatment, but it’s usually not enough motivation to get them beyond the minimum of compliance.
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Sure, “set boundaries.” How?
With some people, it’s better not to answer,because they’ll just argue with you anyway. In that case, smile and depart the scene.
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