Challenge: Motivating a Group of Court-Referred Clients
Two months back, I took over a group from another therapist at our clinic (who retired). Before she left she told me this was a good working group. But that hasn’t been my experience at all. Some...
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Treating the Juvenile Offender
They’re the kids nobody wants. They’ve committed crimes, some of them petty, some of them heinous. They’re oppositional, they’re defiant. They’re scared. They’re angry. They’re dangerous, not least...
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A Big(ger) Picture: Juvenile Crime
On the surface, the problem of juvenile crime can seem overwhelming. The sheer scope of it — millions of lives, billions of dollars, a vast range of adverse effects on individuals, families, and...
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Using Leverage in Counseling the Court-Referred Client
They don’t want to be in treatment. Your job is to get them engaged, motivate them, and assure the best possible treatment outcomes for each client. Having a judge or a parole officer holding the big...
View ArticleEngaging Coerced DUI Clients
I work with DWI offenders in outpatient substance abuse treatment. Mostly men, mostly in their 20’s and early 30’s. They face pretty stiff consequences for not attending sessions, but we still have a...
View ArticleInpatient Management: Dealing with the Tempests in the Teapot
I recently became clinical supervisor in a residential program for inmates, who spend a few months here before release on parole. Before that I had spent several years working with offenders in an...
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Treating the Antisocial Addict: Treatment Planning
People with antisocial behavior patterns can be some of the toughest clients to help in conventional counseling. Assessment and treatment planning can keep antisocial client focused. This article by...
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Counseling Challenge: “Hardcore” Drunk Drivers
Repeat DUI/DWI offenders can pose tough challenges for treatment programs and counselors. The needs of the client and the demands of the legal system don’t always work together. One important key to...
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Addiction And: ASPD
The pattern of anti-social behavior disorder begins in childhood, with conduct disorders, and continues to later life. It’s resistant to change, and about 80% of ASPD clients auffer from substance...
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Evaluating Antisocial Behavior: Quick Assessment Tool
This is an “assessment” tool, not a diagnostic tool. A formal evaluation and determination resulting in a diagnosis should always be done by a qualified mental health professional. But this quick...
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XR-Naltrexone: Too Expensive to Help?
There’ve been a number of recent articles trumpeting the results of a study of extended release naltrexone on addicts getting out of jail. Even Forbes has gotten into the act. I know, I know, the...
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Treating the Juvenile Offender
They’re the kids nobody wants. They’ve committed crimes, some of them petty, some of them heinous. They’re oppositional, they’re defiant. They’re scared. They’re angry. They’re dangerous, not least...
View ArticleClik here to view.
A Big(ger) Picture: Juvenile Crime
On the surface, the problem of juvenile crime can seem overwhelming. The sheer scope of it — millions of lives, billions of dollars, a vast range of adverse effects on individuals, families, and...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Using Leverage in Counseling the Court-Referred Client
They don’t want to be in treatment. Your job is to get them engaged, motivate them, and assure the best possible treatment outcomes for each client. Having a judge or a parole officer holding the big...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Engaging Coerced DUI Clients
I work with DWI offenders in outpatient substance abuse treatment. Mostly men, mostly in their 20’s and early 30’s. They face pretty stiff consequences for not attending sessions, but we still have a...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Inpatient Management: Dealing with the Tempests in the Teapot
I recently became clinical supervisor in a residential program for inmates, who spend a few months here before release on parole. Before that I had spent several years working with offenders in an...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Treating the Antisocial Addict: Treatment Planning
People with antisocial behavior patterns can be some of the toughest clients to help in conventional counseling. Assessment and treatment planning can keep antisocial client focused. This article by...
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Counseling Challenge: “Hardcore” Drunk Drivers
Repeat DUI/DWI offenders can pose tough challenges for treatment programs and counselors. The needs of the client and the demands of the legal system don’t always work together. One important key to...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Addiction And: ASPD
The pattern of anti-social behavior disorder begins in childhood, with conduct disorders, and continues to later life. It’s resistant to change, and about 80% of ASPD clients auffer from substance...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Evaluating Antisocial Behavior: Quick Assessment Tool
This is an “assessment” tool, not a diagnostic tool. A formal evaluation and determination resulting in a diagnosis should always be done by a qualified mental health professional. But this quick...
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