Without a clear treatment plan for substance use disorders, well-meaning therapists may find themselves floundering right along with their clients. Because effective clinical work may encompass a range of interventions covering behavioral change, social restructuring, emotional management, and relapse prevention, training and preparation are essential. In this video, seasoned clinicians Drs. Timothy Bruce and Arthur Jongsma provide fresh insight into substance use disorders (SUDs), their specifiers, and their latest evidence-based approaches. Bruce and Jongsma offer clinical review, thoughtful commentary, and live case vignettes that give practitioners a solid foundation for successful treatment.
Starting with an overview of the DSM features of substance use, Bruce and Jongsma outline criteria for both substance dependence and substance abuse, comparing and contrasting the two. The two clinicians move on to present their six-step treatment planning process for SUDs, aimed at building plans consistent with their empirically supported treatments (ESTs). A brief history of the EST movement provides background as well as a platform to discuss the development of various approaches.
Samples of evidence-based treatment plans are included here, and Bruce and Jongsma provide useful commentary on a series of case vignettes featuring both individual and couples clients. You’ll watch therapists demonstrate clinical interventions culled from Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy, the Community Reinforcement Approach, and Behavioral Couples Therapy, and you’ll learn about the common features of other ESTs such as 12-Step Facilitation Therapy. Behavioral definitions, short-term objectives, and long-term goals are covered too, making for a comprehensive set of tools you can use immediately to support clients while meeting increasingly stringent professional standards.
If you’re in need of instructional resources on substance use disorders or want to compose evidence-based treatment plans aligned with the latest empirically validated methods, add this video to your library today.
This video is part of the 12-video series, Evidence-Based Treatment Planning. Titles in this series include:
- Evidence-Based Treatment Planning for Anger Control Problems
- Evidence-Based Treatment Planning for Bipolar Disorder
- Evidence-Based Treatment Planning for Depression
- Evidence-Based Treatment Planning for Eating Disorders and Obesity
- Evidence-Based Treatment Planning for Panic Disorder
- Evidence-Based Treatment Planning for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
- Evidence-Based Treatment Planning for Social Anxiety Disorder
- Evidence-Based Treatment Planning for Disruptive Child and Adolescent Behavior
- Evidence-Based Treatment Planning for Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
- Evidence-Based Treatment Planning for Substance Use Disorders
- Evidence-Based Psychotherapy Treatment Planning
- Evidence-Based Treatment Planning for Generalized Anxiety Disorder
