Examples Of Psychological Treatment Approaches

Psychological Treatment Approaches
A broad range of psychological therapies are used to treat alcoholism. Some of the major ones are social skills training, motivational enhancement, behaviour contracting, cognitive therapy, marital and family therapy, aversion therapy and relaxation training. Alcoholism treatment can be highly effective, but the effectiveness depends on a few factors
 Person’s willingness major factor in overcoming alcoholism: The major factor whether alcoholism treatment ends up successfully or not depends greatly on the person’s willingness to participate. An alcoholic who is eager to get his or her life back on track is more likely to follow the program guidelines and work through the most difficult parts of recovery
Close friends or strong family support or community support can make a huge impact in the process. The whole family gets caught up in the denial and untruth. They sometimes deny that the whole family woes are really all because of alcohol, and tend to be untruthful about the extent to which they enable the alcoholic’s behaviour and ‘getting away with it’ time and again. Although it’s often impossible, counselling of the individual alcoholic is often not enough-the entire immediately family need counselling since the feelings of the alcoholic is transferred to the family members as shown below in the
Depending on the specific needs of each family member, treatment may involve sessions with the whole family, parts of the family, or with only specific family members. In these approaches, the role of interactions with family members are considered key in the maintenance and treatment of substance use disorders. Family therapies are effective in terms of increasing abstinence, reducing use and the consequences of use, improving relationship functioning, and reducing family violence in both male and female clients. The benefits are present up to one year later. Family therapy is more effective than individual drug counselling, and equal to Cognitive Behaviour Therapy in effectiveness. It has added benefits related to other family members, for example, children of parents receiving couples or family therapy improve in psychosocial functioning.

 Community counselling: The goal is to bring together a group of dedicated professionals who would create an array of services that were both culturally sensitive and highly effective in changing behaviour at the individual, group and community levels for bringing mass awareness and sharing the effort among all in combating the problems of persons