DISCUSSION 1
Your submit must be not less than 300–350 phrases in size and will prolong the dialogue of the group supported by your course supplies and/or different applicable assets.
Dialogue Matter
The group remedy mannequin is utilized by most dependancy remedy packages for a wide range of causes. There are completely different group fashions and methods used to assist members within the group develop relapse prevention expertise. Nonetheless, most fashions enable for purchasers to work on their targets at their very own tempo, so members enter and depart in line with their particular person remedy tempo. This could create some fascinating issues within the group (e.g., battle). Additional, there are some moral points that come up with having a number of members within the group. On this dialogue, you’ll suggest options to those challenges.
Use the state of affairs beneath to reply to the questions.
State of affairs: Ladies’s Residential Therapy Group
Barbara has been working with a remedy group in a girls’s residential facility for the previous few months. Many of the members have been with the group for not less than two weeks and are making progress in the direction of their remedy targets. Nonetheless, this morning a brand new member joined. Sheila launched herself to the group by telling them that she was a polysubstance drug consumer and had been arrested for prostitution and possession of heroin. She stated that she opted to attend residential to see if she might keep away from jail time. One other group member, Lynda, commented sarcastically that this was not a girls’s lock up facility and that she ought to go to jail. Sheila crossed her arms and sat again in her seat.
Barbara tried to focus the group by reminding them of their group settlement to keep up the confidentiality of the content material of group. She gently reminded them of their settlement to deal with one another with dignity and respect no matter their opinions of one another. The members appeared to return to their regular group conduct and proceeded to work on the challenge. As they talked about their childhoods, Sheila didn’t take part. Barbara determined that was high-quality because it was her first day in group.
Later that afternoon, Lynda got here to see Barbara in her workplace to inform her that she was very upset with Sheila. Throughout lunch, Sheila advised different purchasers a couple of story that Lynda shared with the group about being raped when she was a toddler. Sheila demanded that Barbara make Sheila apologize. Barbara knew that Lynda has been engaged on anger points and was happy that she had lastly shared in group.
1. Clarify not less than one moral difficulty that exists on this state of affairs. What are some steps that Barbara can take to assist purchasers to keep up confidentiality of group content material?
2. With rising tensions between Lynda and Sheila, recommend some methods that Barbara can use to construct belief within the group. Suggest a technique for serving to new purchasers be part of teams which have reached the center section of improvement.
three. What technique might Barbara use on this state of affairs to assist the group to welcome new members into the group?
Dialogue 2
Your submit must be not less than 300–350 phrases in size and will prolong the dialogue of the group supported by your course supplies and/or different applicable assets.
Dialogue Matter
Substance Use Problems (SUDs) have an effect on not simply the individual with the dysfunction, but in addition shut associates and relations. In addition to conventional remedy settings, there are different, low-cost and free choices accessible to help dependancy purchasers and their households. 12-Step packages resembling Alcoholics Nameless, Narcotics Nameless, and Cocaine Nameless have been designed to assist members struggling with substance use issues.
Their essential function is to assist members really feel a part of a restoration neighborhood, supply peer mentorship, and supply training about dependancy. Members can work by a system of 12 steps designed to assist them construct their self-awareness. Coupled with remedy, purchasers can do fairly properly collaborating in each. Relations can discover steering, assist, and mentorship in a wide range of settings: Al-Anon/Al-Ateen, household counseling or couple counseling. On this dialogue, we discover how varied strategies of assist may also help purchasers and their households to construct stronger and more healthy relationships with themselves and with one another.
After finishing the assigned Studying, please talk about the next together with your classmates:
- Clarify the benefits and potential disadvantages of participation in 12-Step packages.
- Describe the type of assist households of dependancy purchasers may require if the shopper is a teen or grownup dad or mum (you select).
- What providers are provided by Al-Anon/Alateen for relations of dependancy purchasers?
Textbook
Capuzzi, D. & Stauffer, M.D . (2016). Foundations of addictions counseling. Boston, MA: Pearson.
