Must we view you as an “addict” in need of hospitalization for “rehabilitation?”
Patrick J. Hart Psy.D.
Private Alternatives to Mainstream Drug Rehabilitation Programs
Must You Refer to Yourself as an Addict?
Must You Submit to Hospital Admission in a Rehabilitation Center?
If you are struggling with problems of substance abuse or other forms of addictive behavior, it’s difficult to make informed decisions about just what help is best suited to you. From free fellowship resources like the 12 Steps and S.M.A.R.T Recovery Meetings — to expensive, yet elegant, long term recovery retreats — myriad options are available.
The fact is, many people find mainstream “addiction rehabilitation” methods to be superficial, personally demeaning — inordinately expensive — frightening and strangely confrontational. Because of this, so many suffering people defer help until the vicious grips of addiction exact gut-wrenching costs.
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Acceptance and Commitment Therapy:
A Skills Based Psychological Approach for Personal Competence – Applied to Addictive Behavior Change
The below psychological journal article has been written for professionals and may seem rather technical. Nevertheless, Acceptance Commitment Therapy pioneer, professor Kelly Wilson, paves a clear path through some of the critical distinctions between traditional “rehabilitation” (12 Step based) addiction treatment and the profoundly useful contributions supported by well designed empirical research in behavior analysis and clinical psychology.
I am clearly an enthusiastic proponent of cognitive behavioral psychology, and many of my fondest biases are revealed through the well founded research described below. I have long practiced as an ACT therapist, and hope you will savor this model as much as I . . .
Journal of Rational-Emotive & Cognitive-Behavior Therapy Volume 18, Number 4, Winter 2000
Exploring Compatibilities Between Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and 12-Step Treatment for Substance Abuse.
An Excellent Article: Read of Download this Article on Line
Kelly G. Wilson
University of Mississippi
Steven C. Hayes Michelle R. Byrd University of Nevada
ABSTRACT: Behavioral science research has appeared to conflict with the 12-step treatment approach, which is the prevalent practice in the treatment of addictions in the United States. Compatibilities between 12-step and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, a contextual behavioral treatment, are explored with the aim of reducing this friction and better serving consumers.
DISSEMINATING SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT ALTERNATIVES
A wide variety of treatments for substance abuse have been developed. The list of treatments that have been studied in controlled trials includes cognitive-behavioral and behavioral treatments for various types of addiction, such as behavior therapy for cocaine abuse (Higgins et al., 1993); relapse prevention (e.g., Carroll et al., 1994; Moser & Annis, 1996); cue exposure (e.g., Drummond & Gautier, 1994), motivational interviewing (Miller & Rollnick, 1991); aversion therapy (e.g., Cannon & Baker, 1981); and social skills training (Chaney, 1989). And recently, results of Project Match suggest that 12-step facilitation may be as effective as motivational interviewing and cognitive-behavior therapy in the treatment of alcoholism (Project Match Research Group, 1997).
Preparation of this manuscript was supported in part by a grant from the National Institute of Mental Health, National Institute on Drug Abuse,