The Treatment Process
In those cases where an evaluation client continues to see me in individual counseling they can expect to be seen weekly (occasionally twice a week for a limited period). Therapy will include examination of past experiences, difficulty with alcohol and drugs in the past, failed attempts at treatment, education regarding substance abuse, introduction to 12-step programs, and previous obstacles to successful treatment.
In those cases where an adolescent refuses to participate in therapy will see his or her parents in therapy and work on mechanisms to intervene in their adolescents behavior and support parents in changing behaviors that enable adolescent chemical dependency.