This is a talk about the Community Reinforcement Approach developed by Robert Meyers, a scientist and psychologist who did his training under Dr. Nathan Azrin.
The key principle for the Community Reinforcement Approach is that you want to make your sober life so interesting that you would not want to miss a day by using.
Steps include happiness scale, goal setting, sobriety sampling, principles of rational emotive behavioural therapy, social club, functional analysis of unhealthy and healthy behaviour, recreational therapy, couples counseling, job retraining and social club.
Here is a summary of Dr. Azrin’s work:
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Robert Meyers information and training opportunities.
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Info sheet essentials of CRA:
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Key training book:
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Forms for CRA from a random google search
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Comments by Wip - Wip mentioned that no one wants to be divorced at about the 8 min mark. He meant that he did not want to get divorced and used that language in referring to himself.
Around the 9 min mark, JP asked Wip about “how did you do it”. Thinking about it, Wip realized that it was not that he did “nothing”. He did start rock climbing and other sober activities in the evenings. He just didn’t remember in the moment as he wanted to share a short cut for behaviour change.
Featuring addiction psychiatrist Dr. Wiplove (Wip) Lamba, addictions case manager and former addict Jean-Paul (JP) Michael, along with their guests discuss all things related to substance use, addiction, addiction medicine, psychotherapy, harm reduction, treatment and recovery. Wip and JP share their motivation, curiosity, and passion for their craft. JP works on a daily basis in a renown inner city hospital in Canada's largest city. This work is separate from Wiplove’s clinical and academic work.
The content should not be taken as direct medical advice or clinical instruction.
