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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Mar 15.
Published in final edited form as: J Child Adolesc Subst Abuse. 2011 Dec 29;21(1):51–68. doi: 10.1080/1067828X.2012.636697

Table 4.

Excerpts From GSC Therapy Sessions For Treatment Completers

Completion Status Excerpt
Completer (T) What did you get out of this exercise?
(C) I realize more…my friends getting arrested and I don’t want to.
(T) You must be very strong…I am very impressed.
Completer (T) What are the positive things of using drugs?
(C) Getting high…better time…everybody more loose…everybody acts all different…everybody happy.
(T) All right that’s it! That’s your problem use right there.
Completer (T) You really have a lot of good things about stopping…that’s excellent.
(C) I don’t want to be a burnout.
(T) Good, it really sounds like you thought this through.

Note. (T) = Therapist, (C) = Client