Motivating Substance Abusers to Enter Treatment Working with Family Members

by Smith, Jane Ellen; Meyers, Robert J.

• ISBN13: 9781593850524
• ISBN10: 1593850522
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2004-07-12
• Publisher: The Guilford Press

Summary

Countless families have a loved one who refuses to acknowledge or seek treatment for a substance abuse problem. Yet until now, concerned family members who have asked for help generally have been told that their only recourse is either detaching from their loved one or conducting a highly confrontational "intervention." Filling a crucial need, this book presents a powerful new alternative: a nonconfrontational, empirically based therapy program oriented to the concerned significant other (CSO) who wants to motivate a family member or partner to enter treatment. Grounded in cutting-edge theory and research, the program can be readily implemented in a range of clinical settings.

Author Biography

Jane Ellen Smith, PhD, is a Professor in the Psychology Department at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque, where she has also served as Director of Clinical Training. She received her doctorate in Clinical Psychology from the State University of New York at Binghamton. Specializing in both alcoholism and eating disorders, Dr. Smith has written 50 articles or chapters on these topics. She is the coauthor of [i]Clinical Guide to Alcohol Treatment: The Community Reinforcement Approach[/i], also with Robert J. Meyers. She has received federal grants from the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism to test the Community Reinforcement Approach program with homeless individuals.

Robert J. Meyers, PhD, is a Research Associate Professor of Psychology working in the clinical research branch of the University of New Mexico's Center on Alcoholism, Substance Abuse, and Addictions, and Associate Director of the Life Link Training Institute. Dr. Meyers is the recipient of the 2002 Dan Anderson Research Award from the Hazelden Foundation and the 2003 Young Investigator Award from the Research Society on Alcoholism. He has published dozens of scientific articles and several books, including [i]Get Your Loved One Sober: Alternatives to Nagging, Pleading and Threatening.[/i] Dr. Meyers has been in the addiction field since 1976, and at the University of New Mexico since 1986.

Table of Contents

Description of Community Reinforcement and Family Training	1	(10)
Building and Sustaining Motivation of Concerned Significant Others	11	(29)
Functional Analysis of a Problem Behavior	40	(38)
Domestic Violence Precautions	78	(30)
Improving Communication Skills of Concerned Significant Others	108	(27)
Positive Reinforcement of Clean and Sober Behavior	135	(30)
The Use of Negative Consequences	165	(35)
Helping Concerned Significant Others Enrich Their Own Lives	200	(29)
Inviting the Identified Patient to Enter Treatment	229	(29)
Empirical Support for Craft	258	(14)
References	272	(13)
Index	285