The counsellor s approach is to inform clients of the Canadian standards for safe and responsible drinking. The idea with this program is to assess what one s drinking is like, enter these data with a clinician, then get feedback in order to identify the drinking pattern. They don't think that labelling is useful. Brief Solution Therapy uses a client-centred approach, where the client is encouraged to move in incremental steps towards achievable goals. She learns to identify her strengths and use them.
Many substance abusers have horrendous trauma in their lives.
The fact that they still survive and cope, however minimally by others standards, is a phenomenon and should be drawn upon. Janet admits that moderation does not work for some people. Harm reduction is sometimes a step towards abstinence. Motivational interviewing, a part of the transtheoretical model of change tries to understand where the client is. Janet pointed out the necessity for identifying her fears and the barriers in her life.