Relapse Prevention

During this semester, we learned about the goals and strategies to relapse prevention with alcoholics and substance abusers. The criminal justice can play a significant role in ensuring that an initial lapse doesn't become a full relapse for drug addicts. However, the knowledge will be part of both the therapist working with the client under court order and the probation or parole officer supervising the case. The main goal of corrections is finding the right treatment in order to control the substance abuse. However, relapse prevention is a major stage of therapy that does not occur until the client has an initiated change toward abstinence. The main goal of relapse prevention is maintaining the change that has been accomplished. “Successful

Ineffective coping decreases self- efficiency, increasing the positive expectancies for the effects of the alcohol or another drug, and ultimately increasing the likelihood of full relapse” (pg.240). We can see that the road to recovery occurs in fits and starts.????? Yes, we can conclude that a lapse is not as important as a relapse. During a lapse the result in guilt, feelings of failure, and precede loss of control. However, relapse prevention leans towards considerable attention to helping offenders lapses as a full-blown relapse from reduced self-efficiency. In order to assist the client from relapse, the client must work to develop and rehearse plans for coping with each type of situations. One way they complete this is developing an inventory of their existing strengths. For example, as their support network: therapist, family, friends, etc...This is based on their knowledge of time they were able to cope or their cognitive strengths. “Over time, the client is exposed to more difficult and more varied situations with the goal of achieving mastery of these situations and building confidence or self-efficacy”. The main goal over

The criminal justice system must focus on creating rehab groups for the offenders. For example, one way of doing this would be working with family therapy. Building a strong family relationship will help for reinforcement to keep the offender from relapsing. However, family therapy has different therapy models. One example would be the psychodynamic family therapy. It assesses the “identified patient” and other family members in reference to the histories and “family of origin” issues. The main point is using the past relationships and problems that are happening again but in the