About Helping

  • Family and Friends

    You cannot over estimate the importance of a trusted friend to someone who needs help…

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  • Effective People

    Some addiction practitioners are more effective than others. Who will make things better, who will make things worse…

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    Effective Places

    The culture of a service is as important as the interventions it offers. Which agencies make things better…

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  • Close-up of a blue book with the number 12 on the cover and a blue bookmark in the pages.

    What works: 12-steps and mutual aid

    The approach has stood the test of time. No other intervention has such effectiveness and freely available accessibility.

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Just for practitioners…

  • Book cover titled 'Motivational Dialogue' with subtitle 'Preparing addiction professionals for motivational interviewing practice', edited by Gillian Tober and Duncan Raistick.

    What works: motivational dialogue

    Whatever intervention practitioners or family and friends might be doing it is important to use a motivational style of conversation…

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  • Take-home tasks

    Take-home tasks are one of the most important vehicles for change. Service users can do them in their own time and in their choice of place.

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  • Appraisal tools

    Practice supervision is an essential part of clinical governance. On this page practitioners can check out their therapy skills.

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  • CPD modules

    Lifelong learning is the key to maintenance of good practice. There are four CPD modules to explore.

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  • Book cover titled 'Social Behaviour and Network Therapy for Alcohol Problems' by Alex Copello, Jim Orford, Ray North and Gillian Tobler with red arrows pointing to the title.

    What works: iSBNT

    Manual led treatment, such as iSBNT, provides structure without constraining the practitioner’s personal style…

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