A Practitioner's Commentary

Autor/in	McVey, Richard
Titel	A Practitioner's Commentary
Quelle	In: Drugs: Education, Prevention & Policy, 17 (2010), S.170-178 (9 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0968-7637
DOI	10.3109/09687637.2010.514760
Schlagwörter	Family Influence; Barriers; Action Research; Foreign Countries; Drug Addiction; Rehabilitation; Addictive Behavior; Family Involvement; Intervention; Counseling Techniques; Program Effectiveness; United Kingdom; United Kingdom (England) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Projektforschung; Ausland; Drug dependence; Drug consomption; Drogenabhängigkeit; Counseling technique; Counselling technique; Counselling techniques; Beratungsmethode; Großbritannien
Abstract	I have been delivering the flexible family work approaches outlined in this supplement at Aquarius for the past 8 years. Aquarius is an English Midlands-based addictions charity working with people who have problems with alcohol, drugs, or gambling and supporting their family members/concerned others. I have been a practitioner participating in the Involving Family Members Action Research Project 2002-2004, whilst at the North Birmingham Aquarius team [Orford, J., Templeton, L., Copello, A., Velleman, R., Ibanga, A., & Binnie, C. (2009). "Increasing the involvement of family members in alcohol and drug treatment services: The results of an action research project in two specialist agencies." "Drugs: Education, Prevention and Policy, 16", 1-30; and see Orford, J., Templeton, L., Copello, A., Velleman, R., & Ibanga, A. (2010). "Working with teams and organizations to help them involve family members." "Drugs: Education, Prevention and Policy, 17"(S1), 156-166]. I am now a service manager and part of the action research team for Involving Family Members across the Organization developing family-focused work across the whole of the Aquarius organization. In this chapter, I will outline some of the barriers to more family-focused work, offering the view that in practice these initial concerns about family-focused work do not need to be barriers. I will also provide some strategies to overcome some of these barriers. I will then outline what I see as the main benefits I have experienced as a practitioner in implementing family-focused work. (As Provided).
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