Brief Marijuana Dependence Counseling Buffalo Grove IL

The counseling approach presented in this manual addresses these issues among others. It comprises three key intervention components: motivational enhancement, cognitive behavioral skills training, and case management. Each session presents examples of how a counselor might introduce certain topics, facilitate the client’s resolution to stop using marijuana, provide skills training, and help the client access needed community supports.

Omni Youth Services
(847) 353-1500
1111 West Lake Cook Road
Buffalo Grove, IL
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(847) 353-1500
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Substance abuse
Types of Care
Outpatient
Special Programs/Groups
Adolescents, Criminal justice clients
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Polish, Russian, Spanish

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DUI Counseling Center
(847) 459-8879
1098 South Milwaukee Avenue
Wheeling, IL
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Substance abuse
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Outpatient
Special Programs/Groups
DUI/DWI offenders
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ASL or other assistance for hearing impaired, Polish, Spanish

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Lake County Health Dept /CHC
(847) 377-7950
24647 North Milwaukee Avenue
Vernon Hills, IL
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Substance abuse , Detoxification
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Residential short-term treatment (30 days or less), Residential long-term treatment (more than 30 days)
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Persons with co-occurring mental and substance abuse disorders, Women, Residential beds for clients' children

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(847) 243-0330
21457 Milwaukee Avenue
Deerfield, IL
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Substance abuse
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Outpatient
Special Programs/Groups
DUI/DWI offenders
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Spanish

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(847) 359-7490
721 South Quentin Road
Palatine, IL
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Substance abuse
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Outpatient
Special Programs/Groups
Adolescents

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Northern Illinois Council on Alc and
(847) 634-6422
2900 North Main Street
Buffalo Grove, IL
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Substance abuse
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Outpatient
Special Programs/Groups
DUI/DWI offenders
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ASL or other assistance for hearing impaired, Spanish

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Omni Youth Services
(847) 541-0199
210 North Wolf Road
Wheeling, IL
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(847) 353-1500
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Substance abuse
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Outpatient
Special Programs/Groups
Adolescents, Criminal justice clients
Language Services
Polish, Russian, Spanish

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Omni Youth Services
(847) 253-6010
1616 North Arlington Heights Road
Arlington Heights, IL
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(847) 353-1500
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Substance abuse
Types of Care
Outpatient
Special Programs/Groups
Adolescents, Criminal justice clients
Language Services
Polish, Russian, Spanish

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Omni Youth Services
(847) 540-0680
1025 Old McHenry Road
Lake Zurich, IL
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(847) 353-1500
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Substance abuse
Types of Care
Outpatient
Special Programs/Groups
Adolescents, Criminal justice clients
Language Services
Polish, Russian, Spanish

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Victory Vision Counseling
(847) 788-9622
500 West Central Road
Mount Prospect, IL
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Substance abuse
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Outpatient
Special Programs/Groups
DUI/DWI offenders, Criminal justice clients
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ASL or other assistance for hearing impaired, Bosnian, Gujurati, Hindi, Polish, Russian, Ukrainian

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Brief Marijuana Dependence Counseling

Brief Marijuana Dependence Counseling

These three examples illustrate several important questions commonly asked by people about

their marijuana use:

• Is it possible to be dependent on marijuana?

• Do I want to stop using because of what I’ve experienced?

• Can I succeed in stopping, given the challenges I’ve faced in the past?

The counseling approach presented in this manual addresses these issues among others. It comprises three key intervention components: motivational enhancement, cognitive behavioral skills training, and case management. Each session presents examples of how a counselor might introduce certain topics, facilitate the client’s resolution to stop using marijuana, provide skills training, and help the client access needed community supports.

Background

Before 1994, no published, controlled trials of treatment for marijuana use disorders existed, which is surprising because marijuana long has been the most frequently used illicit substance in the United States. Interest in treatment for people who use marijuana may have been lacking

because of myths that extensive marijuana use did not lead to dependence and that no adverse consequences were associated with misuse (Roffman et al. 1988; Stephens and Roffman 1993).

The relatively mild withdrawal symptoms associated with marijuana use may have led to a belief that dependence was unlikely and that people who needed treatment abused other substances

and their marijuana use ...

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