BRIEF STRATEGIC FAMILY THERAPY FOR ADOLESCENT DRUG ABUSE (4 CE)

Course overview

Brief Strategic Family Therapy is an essential tool for mental health professionals and other drug abuse treatment practitioners who deal with adolescent drug abuse. This course highlights the key elements in Brief Strategic Family Therapy, a short-term intervention strategy for treating adolescent drug abusers. Brief Strategic Family Therapy targets associated conduct problems in adolescent drug users by basing treatment intervention within the context of family dynamics. Appendices also provide recommendations for training counselors, and two case examples of families who have undergone Brief Strategic Family Therapy. Learning Objectives: 1. Gain an understanding of the fundamental concepts underlying Brief Strategic Family Therapy, including context, systems, structure, strategies, and content versus process 2. Evaluate assessment and diagnosis of client problems by identifying current family processes 3. Delineate the methods for orchestrating change within the family system, which involve establishing a therapeutic relationship and strategies for producing change 4. Examine the techniques that are used to engage resistant families into counseling 5. Evaluate the clinical research supporting Brief Strategic Family Therapy