Brief Marijuana Dependence Counseling Scottsbluff NE

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.

Human Services Inc
(308) 635-7782
15 West 16th Street
Scottsbluff, NE
Hotline
(308) 762-7177
Services Provided
Detoxification
Types of Care
Residential short-term treatment (30 days or less)

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Blue Valley Behavioral Health
(402) 443-4414
543 North Linden Street
Wahoo, NE
Services Provided
Substance abuse
Types of Care
Outpatient
Language Services
ASL or other assistance for hearing impaired

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Blue Valley Behavioral Health
(402) 245-4458
116 West 19th Street
Falls City, NE
Services Provided
Substance abuse
Types of Care
Outpatient
Special Programs/Groups
DUI/DWI offenders
Language Services
ASL or other assistance for hearing impaired

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Human Services Inc
(308) 762-7177
419 West 25th Street
Alliance, NE
Hotline
(308) 762-7177
Services Provided
Substance abuse
Types of Care
Residential short-term treatment (30 days or less), Outpatient
Special Programs/Groups
Adolescents, Men, DUI/DWI offenders

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Health Education and Addictions
(402) 857-2508
Route 2
Niobrara, NE
Services Provided
Substance abuse
Types of Care
Outpatient
Special Programs/Groups
Adolescents, DUI/DWI offenders

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Panhandle Mental Health Centers
(308) 635-3171x140
4110 Avenue D
Scottsbluff, NE
Hotline
(308) 635-3171
Services Provided
Substance abuse , Buprenorphine Services
Types of Care
Outpatient
Language Services
ASL or other assistance for hearing impaired, Spanish

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Santa Monica Inc
(402) 558-7088
130 North 39th Street
Omaha, NE
Hotline
(402) 558-7088
Services Provided
Substance abuse , Halfway house
Types of Care
Residential short-term treatment (30 days or less), Residential long-term treatment (more than 30 days)
Special Programs/Groups
Persons with co-occurring mental and substance abuse disorders, Women

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Lincoln Valley Hope Alcohol and
(402) 464-0033
600 North Cotner Boulevard
Lincoln, NE
Services Provided
Substance abuse
Types of Care
Outpatient
Special Programs/Groups
DUI/DWI offenders

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Heartland Counseling Services Inc
(402) 494-3337
917 West 21st Street
South Sioux City, NE
Services Provided
Substance abuse
Types of Care
Outpatient
Special Programs/Groups
Adolescents, DUI/DWI offenders

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Lutheran Family Services
(402) 292-9105
730 North Fort Crook Road
Bellevue, NE
Services Provided
Substance abuse
Types of Care
Outpatient
Special Programs/Groups
Adolescents
Language Services
Spanish

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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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