Brief Marijuana Dependence Counseling Loveland OH

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.

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201 Reading Road
Mason, OH
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7505 Reading Road
Cincinnati, OH
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7162 Reading Road
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4050 Executive Park Drive
Cincinnati, OH
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1466 U.S. Route 50
Milford, OH
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(513) 755-8133
9018 Cincinnati-Columbus Road
West Chester, OH
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Substance abuse
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Adolescents, Persons with co-occurring mental and substance abuse disorders, Residential beds for clients' children

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(513) 761-7353
7710 Reading Road
Cincinnati, OH
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Substance abuse
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Outpatient
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(513) 345-8555
4440 Gleneste-Withamsville Road
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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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