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Treatment modality matrix for addictions
Treatment Modality Matrix | ||
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behavioural Pattern | Intervention | Goals |
Low self esteem, anxiety, verbal hostility | Relationship therapy, client centered approach | Increase self esteem, reduce hostility and anxiety |
Defective personal constructs, ignorance of interpersonal means | Cognitive restructuring including directive and group therapies | Insight |
Focal anxiety such as fear of crowds | Desensitization | Change response to same cue |
Undesirable behaviours, lacking appropriate behaviours | Aversive conditioning, operant conditioning, counter conditioning | Eliminate or replace behaviour |
Lack of information | Provide information | Have client act on information |
Difficult social circumstances | Organizational intervention, environmental manipulation, family counselling | Remove cause of social difficulty |
Poor social performance, rigid interpersonal behaviour | Sensitivity training, communication training, group therapy | Increase interpersonal repertoire, desensitization to group functioning |
Grossly bizarre behaviour | Medical referral | Protect from society, prepare for further treatment |
Adapted from: Essentials of Clinical Dependency Counseling, Aspen Publishers |