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<strong>COSIG</strong> Co-Occurring Disorders Conference, Hershey PA, May 15-17, 2006<br />

Develop Discrepancy<br />

• Individuals are encouraged to develop<br />

their own solutions to problems that they<br />

themselves have developed<br />

• Individual can be invited to examine new<br />

perspectives<br />

• “Motivation for change occurs when<br />

people perceive a discrepancy between<br />

where they are and where they want to be”<br />

(Miller, Zweben, DiClemente, & Rychtarik, 1992, p. 9)<br />

• Help individuals examine their current<br />

behavior and future goals<br />

Ambivalence<br />

• Conflict between two courses of action<br />

• Normal, acceptable, and understandable<br />

• Must be resolved to move forward with<br />

change<br />

• Pressuring produces resistance<br />

Tri-Recovery Process<br />

• Psychiatric/Substance<br />

Abuse/Dependence<br />

• Housing<br />

• Employment<br />

• Family<br />

• Peers<br />

• Recreation<br />

Primary Goals<br />

• Reducing use of illicit drugs<br />

• Reducing the commission of crimes to<br />

finance addiction<br />

• Improved psychological and physical wellbeing<br />

• Improved social productivity and family<br />

functioning<br />

• Achieve and maintain a drug-free lifestyle<br />

Goals<br />

• Restore functioning to optimal states of<br />

constructive life activity<br />

• Eliminate or compensate for functional<br />

deficits<br />

• Restore ability for independent living,<br />

community integration<br />

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