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Posted on April 12, 2013 at 7:20 pm by Sparrow

TSF and other models
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CONTRAST TO OTHER COUNSELING APPROACHES Most Similar Counseling Approaches TSF has its roots in the Minnesota Model first described by Daniel J. Anderson and as implemented in most AA-oriented treatment programs (e.g.,the Hazelden Foundation, the Betty Ford Foundation, the Sierra Tuscan Center, and others). These models assume addiction can be arrested but not cured, ascribe …∞

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Posted on April 3, 2013 at 5:32 pm by Sparrow

Brief-TSF theory
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Brief-TSF Theoretical Rationale/Mechanism of Action The theoretical rationale is based in the 12 steps and 12 traditions of AA and includes the need to accept that willpower alone is not sufficient to achieve sustained sobriety, that self-centredness must be replaced by surrender to the group process/conscience, and that long-term recovery consists of a process of …∞

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Posted on March 21, 2013 at 4:01 pm by Sparrow

Cost-Effectiveness of Home Visits for Alcoholism
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Cost-Effectiveness of Home Visits in the Outpatient Treatment of Patients with Alcohol Dependence The purpose of this study was to compare the cost-effectiveness of conventional outpatient treatment for alcoholic patients (CT) with this same conventional treatment plus home visits (HV), a new proposal for intervention within the Brazilian outpatient treatment system. A cost-effectiveness evaluation alongside …∞

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Posted on August 31, 2012 at 10:20 am by Sparrow

Concept of Alcoholism
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Concept of Alcoholism In TSF and Brief-TSF alcoholism is considered an illness that affects individuals both mentally and physically in such a way that they are unable to control their use of alcohol. Viewed from this perspective, the concept of controlled use of alcohol amounts to denial of the primary problem, that is, loss of …∞

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Posted on July 14, 2011 at 5:40 pm by Sparrow

Slogans for everyday life in AA
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Slogans for everyday life
and the ethical practices of
alcoholics anonymous
Alcoholics Anonymous has
developed an oral tradition
for teaching people to alter
their relation to their own
desires and their own
freedom fundamentally,
teaching that is done
through practice rather
than through ideas. Our
study of AA’;s innovative
organisational tools for
building long-lasting
mutual-help groups shows
that the same tools that
build the organisation also
exemplify and embody the
organisation’;s ethical
worldview. To that extent,
AA’;s group practices are
worth studying not only
from the point of view of
learning about bottom-up,
non-expert-led networks
but also to shed light on
the development of a
popular pragmatist ethics in
which little techniques -

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