The case for intensive and effective out-patient programme The Agape Model of intensive outpatient treatment is evidence-based and has been used extensively with people dependent on stimulants. It has been shown through extensive research to have a high degree of lasting sobriety, particularly with methamphetamine referrals.
Learn More- Education helps families change some behaviors that are common to families coping with people who have a substance use disorder (such as protecting people who are dependent on substances from the consequences of their dependence). These behaviors may be disruptive both to people in treatment and to their family members. - In addition, having some idea of what to expect as their loved ones progress in their recovery helps family members adjust to changes that accompany recovery. Treatment is more likely to succeed if significant others become educated about the predictable changes that occur within the relationship as recovery proceeds. In addition to providing specific education, the Family Education group sessions provide the counselor with an opportunity to facilitate involvement of significant others in clients’ recovery. Substance abuse can place families in crisis. Counselors should be mindful that violence can erupt in this kind of environment.
Learn MoreTo provide an effective Aftercare/Re-Integration program for clients to maintain sobriety by: •Establishing a strong therapeutic relationship between the client and counselor Teaching clients how to structure time and initiate an orderly and healthy lifestyle •Providing opportunities to learn and practice relapse prevention and coping techniques •Involving family and significant others in the therapeutic and educational processes to gain their support for—and prevent their sabotaging of client sobriety •Encouraging clients to participate in community-based mutual-help groups, such as those facilitated by Narcotics Anonymous. •Conducting random urinalyses to assess sobriety, enables monitoring of progress of the clients.
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