101085: Drug Counseling for Cocaine Addiction: The Collaborative Cocaine Treatment Study Model

About the Course:

The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), which supports more than 85 percent of the world’s research on drug abuse and addiction, has found that behavioral approaches can be very effective in treating cocaine addiction. To ensure that treatment providers apply the most current scientifically supported approaches to their patients, NIDA has supported the development of the “Therapy Manuals for Drug Addiction” series. The manuals present clear, helpful information to aid drug treatment practitioners in providing the best possible care that science has to offer. This course is taken from Therapy Manual 4, Chapters 3 and 4. Adobe pages covered are 11-17.

Journal/Publisher:

National Institute on Drug Abuse

Publication Date:

September, 2002

Author

Daley, Dennis C., Ph.D. et al.

About the Authors:

This treatment manual was authored by Dennis C. Daley, Ph.D., Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic; Delinda Mercer, Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania; and Gloria Carpenter, M.Ed., University of Pennsylvania, under contract to the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA). The Group Drug Counseling (GDC) model that serves as the basis of this manual was used in a large, multisite treatment research project entitled the Collaborative Cocaine Treatment Study (CCTS). Supported by NIDA and conducted over several years, the CCTS is one of the largest studies of the outpatient treatment of cocaine dependence ever conducted.

Recommended For:

This course is recommended for health care professionals, especially addiction counselors, psychologists, mental health counselors, social workers, and nurses who seek knowledge about a group counseling approach to treating cocaine addiction. It is appropriate for intermediate to advanced levels of participants’ knowledge.

Course Objectives:

1. Explain the role of and skills needed by a counselor leading group drug counseling sessions.

2. Identify the phases of group drug treatment and the goals and tasks of each.

3. Describe strategies for supervising group counselors.