Guided Self-Change Treatment for Substance Abusers.

Author(s)

Mark B. Sobell, Nova Southeastern UniversityFollow
Linda C. Sobell, Nova Southeastern UniversityFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

9-1-2005

Publication Title

Journal of Cognitive Psychotherapy

Volume

19

Issue/Number

3

First Page

199

ISSN

0889-8391

Last Page

210

Abstract/Excerpt

Guided self-change (GSC) treatment, a brief, cognitive-behavioral, motivational intervention first developed for use with problem drinkers, has now been evaluated with drug abusers, adolescents and Spanish-speaking alcohol abusers. This article reviews the foundations for the development of GSC; describes the results from several studies using this model of treatment, including an extension of the principles to a community-level study; speculates on the effective cognitive elements of the approach; and presents suggestions for future research.

DOI

10.1891/jcop.2005.19.3.199

NSUWorks Citation

Sobell, M. B., Sobell, L. C. (2005). Guided Self-Change Treatment for Substance Abusers.. Journal of Cognitive Psychotherapy, 19(3), 199-210.
Available at: https://nsuworks.nova.edu/cps_facarticles/464