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WHATS NEW ! PODCAST:
Adolescent Self-Harming Behavior THERAPEUTIC MOMENTS THAT COUNT THE PATHWAYS
TO POSSIBILITIES PROGRAM |
Adolescent substance abusers and their families can be challenging to work with. Often, family therapists and other mental health professionals have had limited training and experience in treating adolescent substance abusers. Addiction professionals, on the other hand, may have a wealth of experience working individually and running groups with substance-abusing adolescents but have had little training or experience in doing family therapy with their clients. For these reasons, many adult and adolescent substance abusers prematurely drop-out of treatment, have returned back to using shortly after concluding a course of treatment or being in a program, and family problem-maintaining patterns and outmoded beliefs are left intact. Over the past two decades, there have been significant advances in family therapy and innovative systems-oriented therapy groups for adult and adolescent substance abusers and their families. Empirically-validated family therapy approaches have demonstrated their effectiveness with substance abusing, delinquent, and other severely acting out adolescents. In addition, research indicates that treatment programs that adopt a systemic therapy perspective tend to have much better post-treatment outcomes, such as adolescents having fewer relapses and their families sustaining their gains years after discharge. This workshop is designed for front-line family therapists, drug counselors, supervisors, and managers of outpatient, inpatient, and residential treatment programs that service adolescent substance abusers and their families. As a result of attending this “hands-on” workshop, participants will learn the following:
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