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To engage substance abuse patients in treatment, therapists will need not only to connect with the patients but also gain their trust.
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Therapists must work diligently to form a working alliance by demonstrating general good will and a respectful desire to help.
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Substance-abusing patients are an easy population with whom to establish a commitment to change.
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Substance abusers often enter treatment with ambivalence about relinquishing their habits.
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It is generally not a good idea to accuse patients of not really wanting to change.
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The lack of a positive start to treatment may lead a patient to choose not to return for further sessions.
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Cognitive therapy contains a psycho-educational component.
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A long-term goal of treatment is to empower the patient to increase a sense of self-efficacy and to teach the patient to become his or her own therapist.
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To facilitate more open communication and mutual trust, therapists should spell out the nature and limits of confidentiality from the very start.
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Drug-abusing patients often arrive late for sessions or fail to show up at all.
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Therapists must recognize their own anger when patients lie to them and immediately confront the patient.
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A therapy session should not be held if the patient is intoxicated.
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