Drug Abuse Case Study the Case Study

As indicated by Miller & Rollnick (1991), confronting a client might leave them with a feeling of being under attack. This may then reduce their urge of being treated. Zweben, Miller, Rychtarik, DiClemente (1992) indicated that most people would resist the advice of a counselor by constantly reacting as well as acting in the opposite manner to what the counselor wants them to act.

The other principle of motivational thinking requires the counselor to express some form of empathy. This is indicated by Miller & Rollnick (1991) to be an essential as well as defining characteristic of motivational therapy. Through this process, the therapist should seek to comprehend the client's feelings as well as see things through their eyes. This would make the client to trust the counselor/therapist. The client would also be more open in the entire process of therapy. The principle of empathy basically involves seeing the situation through the eyes of the client. DiClemente, Miller, Rychtarik, Zweben (1992) pointed out that this principle is very crucial for the accurate understanding of the feelings and experiences of the client by the counselor.The other important principle is the one for self-efficacy. Self-efficacy is a term used to the belief of a person in their ability to execute certain tasks.

Conclusion

I believe that an application of these principles would effectively help in ensuring that my client, Lionel Dawson succeeds dropping his addiction to heroin. Should this principle fail, then I would use an integrated approach that involves other effective techniques.

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