Moderation - Therapeutic Goal or Destructive Fantasy?

Register Slides Handout

Topics

1. Research on moderation as a goal for treatment
2. Educating clients on the goal of moderation vs. abstinence
3. Evaluating the appropriateness of moderation as a goal
4. Key strategies to help clients achieve their moderation goals

Learning Objectives

• Participants will be able to summarize at least one key finding in the research on moderation as a goal in SUD treatment.
• Participants will understand the 12-step’s movement’s philosophy on moderation and its rationale for focusing on abstinence.
• Participants will be able describe client characteristics which make moderation an appropriate or inappropriate goal for therapy.
• Participants will be able to identify two key principles in developing a moderation plan.