Brief Marijuana Dependence Counseling Tarboro NC

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.

Port Human Services
(252) 442-8100
860 Tiffany Boulevard
Rocky Mount, NC
Services Provided
Substance abuse
Types of Care
Outpatient
Special Programs/Groups
Adolescents
Language Services
ASL or other assistance for hearing impaired

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Urton Associates
(252) 451-0000
3300 Sunset Avenue
Rocky Mount, NC
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Substance abuse
Types of Care
Outpatient
Special Programs/Groups
DUI/DWI offenders

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Choice SA/MH Inc
(252) 439-1886
101 West 14th Street
Greenville, NC
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Substance abuse
Types of Care
Outpatient, Partial hospitalization/day treatment
Special Programs/Groups
Adolescents, DUI/DWI offenders

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Walter B Jones
(252) 830-3426
2577 West 5th Street
Greenville, NC
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Substance abuse , Detoxification, Methadone Maintenance, Buprenorphine Services
Types of Care
Hospital inpatient
Special Programs/Groups
Persons with co-occurring mental and substance abuse disorders, Persons with HIV/AIDS, Pregnant/postpartum women, Women
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Spanish

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Eastern Carolina Case Management
(252) 531-2902
504 Dexter Street
Greenville, NC
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Substance abuse
Types of Care
Outpatient
Special Programs/Groups
Adolescents, Persons with co-occurring mental and substance abuse disorders, Persons with HIV/AIDS, Gays and Lesbians, Seniors/older adults, Women, Men, Criminal justice clients
Language Services
ASL or other assistance for hearing impaired, Spanish

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Nash General
(252) 443-9500
2301 Med Park Drive
Rocky Mount, NC
Hotline
(252) 937-5404x5404
Services Provided
Substance abuse , Detoxification
Types of Care
Hospital inpatient
Special Programs/Groups
Persons with co-occurring mental and substance abuse disorders, Women, Men
Language Services
ASL or other assistance for hearing impaired

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Rocky Mount Treatment Center
(252) 972-4357
104 Zebulon Court
Rocky Mount, NC
Services Provided
Substance abuse , Detoxification
Types of Care
Outpatient

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Grace G Johnston
(252) 814-9191
916 Evans Street
Greenville, NC
Hotline
(252) 814-9191
Services Provided
Substance abuse
Types of Care
Outpatient
Language Services
Spanish

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Carolina Compreh Psychiatric Services
(252) 439-1011
600 Country Club Drive
Greenville, NC
Services Provided
Substance abuse
Types of Care
Outpatient
Language Services
Spanish

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PORT Human Services
(252) 752-2431x207
114 East 3rd Street
Greenville, NC
Hotline
(866) 488-7668
Services Provided
Substance abuse
Types of Care
Outpatient
Special Programs/Groups
DUI/DWI offenders, Criminal justice clients
Language Services
ASL or other assistance for hearing impaired, 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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