Harvey and His Family Treatment Plan

Your name

Professor name

Submission Date

Objectives

Assessment of Harvey’s situation Pro’s and Con’s of Alcoholics Anonymous, Transactional

Analysis and Family Systems Therapy Harvey’s Treatment Plan Harvey’s Recovery Brief Strategic Family Therapy Harvey’s Wife’s Treatment Plan/ Recovery Harvey’s Children’s Treatment Plan/Recovery/Prevention Issues present in treating substance abuse within that culture.

Harvey’s Assessment/ Need from Treatment

Assessment

Married with 2 teenage children

Heavy drinker for 10 years

Wife covers for him

Absent from children’s activities

About to lose his job

Got a DUI

Need from Treatment

Quit drinking

Learning new coping skills

Ways to express himself effectively

Repair relationship with friends and family

Pros and Cons of Treatments Methods

Alcoholics Anonymous

Pros:

Widespread support

Free

Cons:

Can lead to complacency

Can be a big time investment with little return

Transactional Analysis

Pros:

Important to be aware of role

Attempt to break patterns of behavior

Cons:

Not always relevant

Family Systems Therapy

Pros:

Looks at family relationships, behaviors, and patterns

Examines family processes and functions, (i.e. communication or problem-solving patterns)

Cons:

Not all family members may be interested in this type of therapy

Harvey’s Treatment Plan

Problem list Severities

Stages of Change Set goals

Action steps Transactional Analysis

Family Therapy

Interventions Follow up

Harvey’s Recovery Controlling Triggers and Avoiding Cravings

Avoid the things that trigger your urge to drink

Practice saying “no” to alcohol in social situations

Take an inventory of how you experience the craving

Focus on one area where you are experiencing the urge

Repeat the focusing with each part of your body that experiences the craving

Find new meaning in life

Take care of yourself

Build your support network

Develop new activities and interests

Continue treatment

Deal with stress in a healthy way

Get outside support

Lean on close friends and family

Build a sober social network

Brief Strategic Family Therapy

Family members are interdependent

What affects one family member affects other family members

Patterns of interaction in the family influence the behavior of each family member

Plan interventions that carefully target and provide practical ways to change those patterns of interaction

Harvey’s Wife’s Treatment Plan/Recovery

problem list

Family systems therapy

Family guidance and counseling

Harvey’s Children’s Treatment Plan/Recovery/Prevention

Problem list

Severities

Family systems therapy

Guidance and counseling

Discussions and follow up

Issues present in Treating Substance Abuse Within the African American

Culture Increased number of the affected people due to the early onset of drug

abuse.

The African American who live in the rural areas may be inaccessible.

Problems faced in rural areas differ from those in urban areas.

Some rural African Americans integrate use of alcohol to their culture.

Racial differences in substance abuse, attitudes and also problems.

References

American Academy of Addiction Psychiatry. (1992). American journal on addictions. Washington, DC: American Psychiatric Press.

http://archives.drugabuse.gov/TXManuals/BSFT/BSFT2.html