Treating Alcohol Abuse A Collaborative Approach to Care July 14, 2018 * Tex-CHIP Training Series

The Treatment of Alcohol Abuse Through Counseling

Understanding Provider Role in Treating Alcohol Abuse Charlie's Place recovery center is a 501 (c3) non profit agency. Proving substance abuse treatment since 1965. Our services include sub-acute dexofication, intensive residential treatment, supportive residential treatment, intensive outpatient treatment, and Co-occuring psychiatric and substance disorders (COPSD) services. Providing education, insight, motivation, and counseling which includes family involvement, over coming denial, identifying relapse triggers and high risk situations, relapse prevention, and aftercare. We also provide community referrals as needed to maintain long term recovery needs.

Considerations when Interacting with Clients Willingness, openness, language barriers, cultural considerations, denial, motivation, strengths, weaknesses, needs, support system, self esteem, self confidence, perceptions, beliefs, and readiness for change.

Our Treatment Plan Healthcare Domain: Behavioral Health Provider: LPC Objective: Decrease in alcohol abuse as indicated by client report of: (a) No alcohol use for the next 14 days (b) Follow up with referral for COPSD services in next 7 days. (c) Patient will follow up doctors recommendation including any prescribed medications for next 14 days. (d) Patient will attend at least 3 AA meetings per week over the next 14 days, as well as, obtain 1 sober contact number per meeting.   (e) Patient will identify and list consequences of his drinking including family, emotional, and physical problems resulting from alcohol abuse.   Goals: Mathew will gain education and insight into the disease concept of alcoholism, as well as, the effects of prolonged alcohol use. a) Identify pleasurable activities in which he would like to engage.  b)  Develop sober support system. c)  Improve overall well being and family relationship. Interventions: We will offer intensive outpatient to assist him with gaining insight and education into the disease concept of alcoholism.   a) Staff will provide referral to COPSD services to decrease depression symptoms and stabilizing mood. b) Staff will provide patient with AA meeting schedule and encourage him to obtain sober contact numbers.  c) Staff will process identified negative consequences of his alcohol use.

Measuring Outcomes/ Success In two weeks counselor will meet with patient to evaluate progress on insight gained on disease concept of alcoholism. Patient will report number of pleasurable activities he engaged over the last two weeks. Patient will report number of 12 step meetings attended and sober contacts numbers obtained over the last two weeks. Patient will report outcome of COPSD referral/appointments and any medications prescribed.

Communication Needed From Other Providers COPSD assessment and services. List of any medications prescribed and additional case management/needs and services recommended. Family involvement