What to report to Probation and CPS; Dilemmas about drug testing; Client-centered doesn’t mean client anarchy; Win, lose and win In SAVVY, SKILLS and STUMP THE SHRINK, treatment providers can be confused about their role when clients are referred by Probation, Child Protective Services and other mandating agencies. Focus on improved function and skills, not compliance with assignments and phases in a pre-determined program. How to be “client-centered”. In SOUL, increasingly I make no distinction between ‘wins’ and ‘losses’. A ‘win’ is an opportunity to discern what works and what doesn’t; and a ‘loss’ is an opportunity to discern what works and doesn’t.
September 2014
Interfacing with Criminal Justice; Sanctions and Incentives; Back Pain
August 2014
Digital detox; Drug screens; Robin Williams
November 2021
30th Anniversary of The ASAM Criteria – A Report Card; Two videos I want you to see Welcome to the November edition of Tips and Topics and a Happy Thanksgiving to all in the USA. In SAVVY and SKILLS, I take a look at thirty years since the publication of the first edition of The ASAM Criteria. Here is my report card on how the addiction treatment field has implemented the true spirit and content of the Criteria. In SOUL, I share two videos I saw this month and found so touching. I hope you can find 8 minutes to view them too, especially at this time of Thanksgiving.
August 2020
The ASAM Criteria – Tips on assessment and treatment; 18 months since I lost my wife and Ricky Gervais’ “After Life” In SAVVY and SKILLS, assessment and treatment tips for the six assessment dimensions of the ASAM (American Society of Addiction Medicine) Criteria. In SOUL, it is 18 months since I lost my wife. Ricky Gervais’ Netflix series “After Life” got me thinking about grief and a host of other related human interests (and it entertained).
July 2018
How many seconds do you wait? – Improving medication adherence – How’s the water?
July 2017
Compliance, adherence, Stump the Shrink on treatment courts, Biopsychosocial
April 2017
Year 15 of Tips & Topics; Spirituality & ASAM Criteria; Heart, patience and empathy
October 2016
Upcoming conference; 14 minutes at Longwood University; Stump the Shrink
March 2016
Criminal justice reform; treatment and functional change; sanctions and incentives
March 2015
Transgender identity or dysphoria?; Treatment Tips; Sex
February 2015
Think clinically; Document clinically; Feng shui; Websites