The size, norms, and values of a person's social network and the quality of social and family support affect the recovery of the individual with an SUD. Who are the significant people in the client's life who can support the client's recovery and also benefit from family-based interventions? Because most SUD treatment services and reimbursement are geared toward individuals who initially present for treatment, the first step in providing integrated family counseling for SUD treatment is to ask the individual client whom he or she considers to be family. Whether you provide individual or group treatment, family member psychoeducation, or counseling for couples or families as part of your organization's treatment program, it is important to keep a family-centered focus. It also summarizes the goals of family involvement in a client's SUD treatment and identifies your role in providing integrated family counseling, along with the stages of family counseling.įamily involvement can positively affect SUD treatment engagement and retention. This chapter will help you determine when to use family-based interventions across the continuum of care, whom to involve in those interventions, and what to consider when providing screening and assessment in a family context. It also presents family-centered counseling strategies you can use to overcome these challenges. Integrating family-based counseling techniques into substance use disorder (SUD) treatment is possible along a continuum of care, from assessment through the various stages of family counseling.Ĭhapter 4 discusses common issues you may face as an SUD treatment provider using an integrated family counseling approach. However, some family members are willing to attend at least an initial session. Many families or family members may be hesitant to participate in treatment at first.

Consider the family from the client's point of view-that is, whom the client would describe as a family member or a significant other.

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