Individual therapy
consists of a therapeutic situation where one individual is involved in the therapeutic process with at least one therapist. A therapist can be anyone professionally trained in the use of therapy, including a psychologist, social worker, and or a counselor. Group therapy is expansion of awareness about the behavioral, medical, and psychological consequences of substance abuse
Relapse prevention groups focus on helping a client maintain abstinence or recover from relapse.
Psycho-educational Groups
are designed to educate clients about substance abuse, and related behaviors and consequences.
Cognitive–Behavioral Groups
Cognitive–behavioral therapy groups work to change learned behavior by changing thinking patterns, beliefs, and perceptions.
Support Groups
focus on achieving abstinence and managing day‐to‐day living, to group‐directed, emotionally and inter personally focused groups in middle and later stages of recovery.
The major purpose of psycho educational groups is expansion of awareness about the behavioral, medical,and psychological consequences of substance abuse.
