Group Treatment of Unwilling Addicted Patients: Programmatic and Clinical Aspects

Khantzian, Edward J.; Kates, William W.

doi:10.1080/00207284.1978.11491592

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“…Some therapists consider it impossible to specify the host of techniques that may be desirable during the course of therapy (Ehrenberg & Ehrenberg, 1977). Others feel that once a person enters therapy with a full understanding of its broad outlines, the therapist has the freedom to decide on the content and conditions of treatment, providing the content is not capricious (Khantzian & Kates, 1978). Therapists who use paradoxical techniques, which depend for their success on an element of spontaneity and the resistance of the client, may be reluctant to spell out the details of such techniques (Hare-Mustin, 1976b;Watzlawick, Weakland, & Fisch, 1974).…”

Section: Establishing a Contractmentioning

confidence: 99%

Rights of clients, responsibilities of therapists.

Hare-Mustin¹,

Marecek²,

Kaplan³

et al. 1979

American Psychologist

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Historically, ethical codes for therapists were drawn up to protect the professions from regulation by external agencies. Implicit in the ethical codes, however, is a model for the client-therapist relationship that fosters the goals of mental health. Just as ethical codes have been given specific content in standards for providers of psychological services in human service facilities, ethical codes can be given specific content in the client-therapist relationship. Therapists need to take responsibility for incorporating ethical standards into their practices so that clients' rights will be an integral part of therapy. We present four illustrative situations: providing clients with information to make informed decisions about therapy, using contracts in therapy, responding to clients' challenges to therapists ' competence, and handling clients' complaints.

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confidence: 99%