Substance Abuse Treatment and Family Therapy: Treatment Improvement Protocol Series (Tip 39)

This Tip, Substance Abuse Treatment and Family Therapy, addresses how substance abuse affects the entire family and how substance abuse treatment providers can use principles from family therapy to change the interactions among family members. The Tip provides basic information about family therapy for substance abuse treatment professionals, and basic information about substance abuse treatment for family therapists. The Tip presents the models, techniques, and principles of family therapy, with special attention to the stages of motivation as well as to treatment and recovery. Discussion also focuses on clinical decision making and training, supervision, cultural considerations, special populations, funding, and research. The Tip further identifies future directions for both reasearch and clinical practice.