Chapter 28.Network Therapy
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Psychotherapy for people dependent on alcohol and other drugs presents unique problems for the office-based practitioner. Among these are the ever-present vulnerability to relapse to substance use and the high dropout rates. To address these problems, therapists can consider how engaging the input of people close to an addicted person can help in achieving a stable abstinence and dealing with the vulnerability to dropout from treatment. As I discuss in this chapter, the input of people close to the patient can help to reveal triggers to drug use that may not be apparent to the patient. For willing patients, or ones who have family and friends who can cooperate, the Network Therapy approach can be most valuable.
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