This newly revised and updated counseling manual was written to provide a framework for mental health and chemical dependency counselors who take care of dual diagnosis clients. It is intended to be a “practical” manual that can be adapted to current counseling practices.

This practical manual presents a 29-session treatment program designed to engage, motivate, and stimulate processes of change in clients at all stages of recovery. The program is based upon the research-supported Transtheoretical Model of Change (TTM), also known as the "stages of change."

This book is out of print. If your local library or nearby college or university library participates in Ohio Link, you may be able to borrow it through inter-library loan.

This training manual provides a simple overview of Work Incentives and their parent programs. It may help you decipher Social Security forms and regulations, but it is not meant to explain all of the intricacies of the Social Security system.

This 127-page manual is intended to provide guidance to the substance-abuse treatment counselor working in public-sector settings who wants to use motivational techniques in a group treatment modality.

This manual helps therapists teach groups of individuals with schizophrenia how to avoid alcohol and other drugs, recognize signs that they may be headed toward relapse, and build healthy habits and healthy pleasures into their daily routines.

$0, Free | This TAP provides guidelines to enhance the competencies of substance abuse treatment counselors. It discusses patient assessment and screening, treatment planning, referral, service coordination, counseling, family and community education, and cultural competency. This document is part of the Technical Assistance Protocol (TAP) Series.

The Change Book is a tool to help you implement change initiatives that will improve outcomes for substance-abuse prevention and treatment. It is designed for administrators, staff members, educators, and policy makers.

$0, Free | TIP 35 embraces a fundamentally different way to conceptualize motivation, which is viewed as a dynamic and changeable state rather than a static trait. It also describes different motivational interventions that can be used at all stages-of-change. This publication is part of SAMHSA's "Treatment Improvement Protocol (TIP) Series." 

$0, Free | TIP 42 identifies key elements of programming for co-occurring disorders in substance-abuse treatment agencies. The elements described have relevance for mental-health agencies and other service systems. This publication is part of SAMHSA's "Treatment Improvement Protocol (TIP) Series."