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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Jan 5.
Published in final edited form as: Addiction. 2009 Mar;104(3):391–401. doi: 10.1111/j.1360-0443.2008.02467.x

Table 2.

Session Content by Treatment Condition

Session TAU DIR MOT
1 Psychosocial Assessment Psychosocial Assessment Psychosocial Assessment
2 Final Treatment Plan
Intro to AA
Skills: Problem Solving
Final Treatment Plan
Intro to AA (readings, attendance slips, journal contract)

Acceptance of Disease of Alcoholism
Final Treatment Plan
Intro to AA (handout, cost/ benefit)

AA Discussion
3* Significant Other (support focus) Surrender
Skills: Problem Solving
AA Decision
Skills: Problem Solving
4 Skills: Drink Refusal Significant Other (Al-Anon focus) Significant Other (support focus)
5 Monitoring Client Progress Skills: Drink Refusal Skills: Drink Refusal
6 Skills: Relaxation Skills: Relaxation Skills: Relaxation
7 Mid-Way Evaluation of Treatment Goals Mid-Way Evaluation of Treatment Goals (Getting Active) Mid-Way Evaluation of Treatment Goals
8 Skills: Communication Skills: Communication Skills: Communication
9 Skills: Anger Management Skills: Anger Management Skills: Anger Management
10 Coping, Relapse Prevention Coping, Relapse Prevention Coping, Relapse Prevention
11 Monitoring Client Progress Monitoring Client Progress Monitoring Client Progress
12 Termination Termination Termination

Notes.

*

Beginning with Session 3, a condition-specific review of AA occurred at the beginning of each session.

Highlighted material designates condition-specific treatment content.

TAU = Treatment as usual comparison condition; DIR = directive AA facilitation condition; MOT = motivational AA facilitation condition.