Motivating Substance Abusers to Enter Treatment

Download or read book Motivating Substance Abusers to Enter Treatment written by Jane Ellen Smith and published by Guilford Press. This book was released on 2007-11-01 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Filling a crucial need, this book presents a time- and cost-effective therapy program oriented to the concerned significant other (CSO) who wants to motivate a family member or partner to seek help. Community Reinforcement and Family Training (CRAFT) is a nonconfrontational approach that teaches CSOs how to change their own behavior in order to reward sobriety, discourage substance use, and ultimately to help get the substance abuser into treatment. The CSO also gains valuable skills for problem solving and self-care. Step-by-step instructions for implementing CRAFT are accompanied by helpful case examples and reproducibles.