The success of any treatment program depends on the client’s willingness to participate in the program and his motivation to succeed. This is where Motivational Enhancement Therapy can be effective. When used in a drug treatment program by trained counselors, such as those at G&G Holistic Rehab, Motivational Enhancement Therapy helps the client start treatment with a positive attitude. This attitude comes from the fact that the client is told that the ability to once again resume a normal life, free from substance abuse, lies within himself, and that he is capable of finding that ability.
Further, the client is told that once he discovers the ability is there, then it is his responsibility to take the necessary steps to make that ability work for him as he progresses through the drug rehabilitation program. Implementing the Motivational Enhancement Therapy at the very beginning of the program can focusing on the ways in which the client can and will be involved in his treatment program can give the client the confidence needed to want to succeed. The trained counselors at G&G Holistic Therapy know how to guide the client so that he will achieve the best results from this therapy.
Empathy is a large part of Motivational Enhancement Therapy. Sometimes the best way to convey empathy is by simply listening. For this reason, open communication between a client and counselor is encouraged with the client being gently prodded to continue talking, with only a few interjections or positive signs being given by the counselor that the client is being heard.
From there, Motivational Enhancement Therapy leads the client to honestly consider what substance abuse has done to him as well as others. As the therapy and the treatment program progresses, the counselor guides the client past any obstacles that may occur, such as an unwillingness to admit to the consequences of substance abuse, or the desire to defend his actions or otherwise raise other arguments. The ultimate goal is, of course, successful completion of the drug rehabilitation program.
For more information on Motivational Enhancement Therapy, please visit http://www.holisticdrugrehab.com/ or call 1-800-559-9503.
