The Challenge of the Repeat Offense Drunk Driver
It’s difficult to squeeze a lot of motivational work into the course of outpatient counseling. Clinicians are anxious to get to the behavior change part.
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Author: C. Scott McMillin
Tragic and Costly: DUI/DWI
Public perceptions of how we should and shouldn’t treat offenders often result in less than optimal solutions both for the addict/alcoholic and for the victims and the larger society that must pay.
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Resetting Your Triggers
The trick is to find another reward to replace the one that’s no longer available. For instance, if we’re no longer going to have a cigarette with coffee after dinner, what other reward could we substitute in its place?
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Challenge: Motivating a Group of Court-Referred Clients
Some members are talkative enough, but others participate minimally and a couple are openly hostile and challenging.
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Gaining Compliance
With ‘coerced’ clients, it’s easy to fall into a little game with the client striving to appear in compliance while covertly doing whatever he wants.
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