Recommending the right intervention requires high competence. Several factors affect treatment outcomes such as: degree of insight, willingness, ability, mental, medical and social conditions, comorbidity level (interaction between multiple concurrent health issues e.g. mental illness and addiction) and the degree of withdrawal symptoms. Our success in mapping all these factors and making correct assessments affects the degree to which we achieve sustainable treatment results. We create good conditions for sustainable results.
“Relapses are not sudden events. The path there is lined with warning signals and does not begin with him or her pouring the first glass. It is the culmination of a long downward process.”
Previct Helps the Dialogue
With the help of Previct as a tool, I as a therapist can keep track of this throughout the entire treatment period. Previct has various functions I can use. Something that helps me as a therapist as well as the client to know that something is not right and one can sit and have a dialogue about what is about to happen. Such as how behaviors that are changed or troublesome feelings or good feelings that cannot be handled with the help of the AI button can be prevented. One can have a good dialogue with the client and the client learns that: “It’s like walking up an escalator that goes down. You can never stand still. If you stop moving forward/upward, you are carried backward.” A quote that speaks to our way of thinking about addiction treatment. That the client is in a constant development process. Every life change is positive.
A Previct Smiley Plays a Big Role
Previct contributes with the tools to reflect on what is happening and the knowledge of how one might possibly do things differently. My clients are reinforced by getting a smile when they have blown green. With Previct, therapist and client can build a good alliance as well as build self-esteem. And I as a therapist can feel secure with my method when I have a good tool like Previct to work with.
Shoresh Palanijafi