Topic_3_Treatment_Interventions.docx CNL: 501 Treatment Interventions Department of Cli

Topic_3_Treatment_Interventions.docx  CNL: 501  Treatment Interventions  Department of Clinical Mental Health Sciences, Grand Canyon University  CNL: 501 Substance Abuse Disorders and Addictions  Treatment Interventions  This paper will talk about two different substance use disorder treatment approaches, motivational interviewing and solution focused. Treatment descriptions, differentiating factors, benefits and risks, and significant factors will all be addressed for both interventions along with personal preferred method of choice.   Treatment Descriptions  Change is the central feature of any therapeutic interaction where counselors work with clients to transform their feelings, attitudes, behaviors, perceptions, knowledge, and skills (Capuzzi & Stauffer, 2016). Change in behavior involves a process that occurs in increments involving specific and varied tasks (Diclemente & Valasquez, 2002). These notions led to the development of motivational interviewing and solution focused approaches.    Motivational Interviewing   This approach is a transtheoretical approach to the change process that incorporates attitude and a set of techniques to provoke and improve a client™s internal change process which began in the 1980™s formed by William Miller. According to Capuzzi and Stauffer (2016) motivational interviewing can be defined as a relationship-centered, client-centered system of change where the counselor employs several methods and interpersonal skills that are known to be successful agents of change. This