Brief Marijuana Dependence Counseling Horseheads NY

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.

Saint Josephs Hospital
(607) 737-7802
555 East Market Street
Elmira, NY
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Substance abuse
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Outpatient
Special Programs/Groups
Adolescents, Women
Language Services
ASL or other assistance for hearing impaired

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Salvation Army Elmira Citadel
(607) 734-0032
401 Division Street
Elmira, NY
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Substance abuse , Halfway house
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Residential long-term treatment (more than 30 days)

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Steuben County Alcoholism and
(607) 937-6201
114 Chestnut Street
Corning, NY
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Substance abuse
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Outpatient
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Tioga County
(607) 565-9594
80 Donnelly Parkway
Waverly, NY
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Substance abuse
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Outpatient
Special Programs/Groups
Persons with co-occurring mental and substance abuse disorders, Gays and Lesbians
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Project Hospitality Inc
(718) 273-8409x18
358 Saint Marks Place
Staten Island, NY
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Substance abuse
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Outpatient, Partial hospitalization/day treatment
Special Programs/Groups
Persons with co-occurring mental and substance abuse disorders, Women, Men
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Spanish

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Economic Opportunity Program Inc
(607) 734-6227x352
650 Baldwin Street
Elmira, NY
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Substance abuse
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Outpatient
Special Programs/Groups
Adolescents, Women

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CC/Rochester
(607) 937-3767
108 Griffith Street
Corning, NY
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Halfway house

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Finger Lakes Addictions Counseling and
(607) 535-8260
Mill Creek Center
Watkins Glen, NY
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Substance abuse
Types of Care
Outpatient
Special Programs/Groups
Adolescents, Persons with co-occurring mental and substance abuse disorders, Women, Men, Criminal justice clients

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Van Dyke Addiction Treatment Center
(607) 869-9500x303
1330 County Road 132
Ovid, NY
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Substance abuse , Buprenorphine Services
Types of Care
Residential short-term treatment (30 days or less)
Special Programs/Groups
Women, Men

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Saint Christophers Inn Inc
(845) 335-1000
21 Franciscan Way
Garrison, NY
Services Provided
Substance abuse , Detoxification
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Outpatient, Partial hospitalization/day treatment
Special Programs/Groups
Persons with co-occurring mental and substance abuse disorders, Persons with HIV/AIDS, Men
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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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