The Video On Rosc And Co Occurring Disorder

One of the main themes of the book shows how co-dependents suffer from the obsession of the mind, guilt, and hopelessness over their addict. I thought this was a wonderful book that showed the ugly truth of addicts and co-dependents. David discussed how hard it was for him to let go of his child and fight off the instinct to protect him. This book could definitely be used in a therapy setting for a co-dependent especially any parents struggling with their children’s addiction. It can teach co-dependents to recognize symptoms and realize how hard the journey of co-dependency is. Yet, it is possible for them to let go of their child’s addiction and start taking care of themselves. Despite feeling empathetic towards David and his family, I found it difficult to relate to the passion David felt about feeling responsible and guilty for his son’s addiction. However, David did a great job of discussing how difficult it is for parents to not blame themselves for how they raised their child. The book also showed the struggle of losing hope when your addict relapses over and over again. I found myself feeling the sadness the Sheff family did when Nic would recover and then relapse yet again. David illustrated the pain of losing hope very well, as well as the anxious and fear they felt when Nic was missing or living at home. Another major part that the book talked about was how addiction

At the beginning of my training, I was hesitant to work with people struggling with addiction. However, at this point, I am excited to begin working with this population. The raw honesty presented in the group setting along with the anger at the possibility of losing a safe place created a dynamic I wanted to further explore. Research supports that individuals attending group therapy in a 12 step program format succeed if they have the proper support and motivation (Cite). The group dynamic demonstrated that recovery takes time and self-discovery, similar to other situations dealt with in therapy. Subsequently, by using my sense of self and humor with clients struggling with addiction, I can help them in their journey. Furthermore, the client needs to identify accountability at their own pace in the process and not when others dictate. This knowledge and the personalization of addiction will aid me in the future support of my

The program is conducted around shared experiences, strength and hope, through individuals who are recovering from their addictions.

Part Two: In the documentary, he talks about that in the medical field their first fear is that they are supposed to be able to fix the problem but their anxiety is wanting to see competent of they can fix it. When there is something that does not work he would ask himself "did I miss something" he starts to think what went wrong. For example, he talked about one of his writings that he wrote called "letting Go" it was about Sarah monopoly who had lung stage four cancer, was one of the most difficult because she diagnosed during the ninth month during her pregnancy and was a strong and wanted to go through the therapy. Dr. Gawande new that stage four was not curable but he knew he could not be the downer but he kept his mind positive by saying maybe she is that one person who does survive. This is when he goes back to the husband and talks to him admits that he did give false hope, he lied because in his mind he would not have offered the surgery. He said " I knew It was a complete lie, I just was wanting something positive to say" he did not want to be the bad person. That was one of this situations where he confirm that

This video was very surprising, instructive, informative, depressing and occasionally infuriating. I have always known that there were a lot of factors that influence ones health, but I had never really expected it to be this disturbing reality. The video presents a lot of surprising information with any luck individuals will ask themselves serious questions like I did. Optimistically, after seen the video people can account to the things that need to be addressed in order to eliminate this factors and not be eager to judge a set of group of individuals.

The primary areas that the social worker and Emilia need to focus on in treatment/intervention planning, involve several needs. Emilia has been unable to complete treatment for addiction, despite an honest desire to stop

My feelings addiction prior to attending these meetings and taking this course were that people were addicts because they chose to be. I always looked at alcohol addiction as a choice rather than the disease that it really is. I think because of my view on addiction, it caused me to lack sympathy when it came to this particular population. After attending just these two meetings and hearing so many stories about alcoholics recovering from their disease, it definitely made me more empathetic because I now realize addiction is something that these people can’t control.

Also, possessing effective communication and listening skills is paramount in noticing warning signs and patient needs; so, the appropriate recommendations for treatment options or referrals be researched and conducted. Furthermore, for better service and customer relationships, the ambiance should be welcoming, modernize, and universal. To accommodate their needs, facilitators must properly manage their staff and patient activities; and, certified treatment providers should be versatile, well-equipped, knowledgeable, and routinely trained. Also, facilities must offer myriads of treatment options that includes after care and referral programs; offering incentives and rewards for good behavior and improvement; group and family therapy; and routine questionnaire, listening periods, interventions or follow ups. Moreover, advance technology means facilities should bring services to their patients by utilizing mediums such as Google maps; online consultants or group counseling; and to advertize and promote its objective via Face book, twitter, addiction treatment apps, websites or blogs. Consequently, for those seeking treatment, these mediums offer reliability, reassurance and confidence via patient videos, referrals or photo reviews of addicts’ experience.

I am currently interning at Volunteers of America Los Angeles (VOALA), and the program that I am placed in is a Harm Reduction program. I work with homeless veterans who are diagnosed with a mental and substance abuse disorder. For the past couple of months, I have seen the positive effects of Harm Reduction, and how safe it is with our clients. For this assignment, I specifically chose a conversation with Rusty Foster and Luis Lopez on Harm Reduction, because this is what I am interested in. As a recovering alcoholic myself, I want to work and help clients who are struggling with drug and alcohol addiction. I believe that addiction is hard to overcome, but Harm Reduction can be cost effective, educational, and a healthier way of using drugs and alcohol. While listening to this conversation, I immediately thought of my internship, and what I already know, and what I could learn.

In June 2014, I registered with the North Carolina Substance Abuse Professional Practice Board for certification as a Certified Substance Abuse Counselor, and began private supervision. I passed the state examination the following year. Through discussions with my colleagues and professional supervisor, as well as interactions with university professors, I developed a desire to provide advanced counseling through social work practice. I believe social work provides the best means to provide healing for the whole person in their environment.

They will also have the means of offering an increase to effective treatment for everyone they see and also give them the chance of addressing the prevention process of substance abuse and any mental illnesses they may be suffering from. This program will increase all awareness and understanding of mental and substance use disorders and also give them the avenue of increased access to effective treatment. Having these structured initiatives in place will also make way for SAMHSA to survey and surveillance nationally in effort to support the behavioral health field from the critical feedback. They will also have the means to build public awareness of how important behavioral health is to the community. SAMHSA will have the opportunity to see an improvement through evaluating their programs and providing activities that will support their target goal in transforming the behavioral health care system. Thy will be working toward developing an expert practice that will provide prevention treatment for those with addictions and mental treatments. These initiatives will also assist SAMHSA to support different states, territories, and tribes to construct and develop their system capacity with encouraging improvements, efficient approaches and operating on evidence-based programs and services which will show a positive result after care.

The video, I find most interesting is the Existential-Humanistic Psychotherapy. This theory/approach is one I find to be very appropriate in many situations with middle aged adults, families and single parent females, most of all women. In this counseling session James F. Bugental presented his perceptions and ideas of what Existential-Humanistic Psychotherapy looks like to 11 experts(Psychotherapy.net, 2008). Dr. James F. Bugental, applies this therapy with a client(Gina), who is going through a divorce, and apparently needs to come to the realization of self-reflection. In the session with ¬¬¬¬Gina, he discovers Gina, is a person who thrives on perfection and being in control of every situation: life with her husband, boys, family, friends,

I see Phoenix Multisport as a good program for individuals who would like to recovery. I think that it is great that members have full access to the resources that Phoenix Multisport provides. I think being in a group helps members during the process of recover. Associating with others who are going through the same situation can be a good support system for the members. You are surrounded with people who understand you as a person and the struggles that the individuals may be facing. But only having physical activities is not enough. There needs to be a clinically based treatment services provided to patients that meets the needs of not only a substance use disorder but a co-occuring disorder as well. The video does provide good information

What I really liked about this documentary is that some of the points brought up are things that most people never talk about. For example, it mentioned that the most prescribed medication in the world is Lipitor, which is a diabetes medication. However, since the introduction of Lipitor to the public, the incidence of diabetes has not decreased, in fact the amount of people who suffer from diabetes has actually increased. This just shows that the way we are trying to solve the problem is not working. It seemed so strange to me that we spend so much money on the development of medications, yet the most used form of treatment doesn’t really help those who need it. Treating the symptoms is not a cure it is only a short term fix for a long term problem. Not are the people being cured, they are now going to be spending the rest of their lives dependent on medication, and we are yet to understand the long term effects of long term medication use. This also raises the question, if the medication is not helping what can? The documentary proposed that a complete change in diet was the answer. The documentary used a study that was done with people who had diabetes their whole lives and switched them to a whole foods plant based diet, and their health improved drastically. It was mind blowing

He is famous for his idea about ‘client-centred therapy’. He discovered that instead of treating a client as a patient, by displaying more empathy, positive regard and compassion, this would result in the client not feeling judged and therefore more likely to risk participation.