Goal setting and monitoring with alcohol and other drug use disorders: Principles and practices.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

This work builds on a small body of literature that explores core processes in psychotherapy, behavior change, and evidence-based alcohol or other drug (AOD) therapies. Here, this paper discusses two separate but dependent processes. The research team defines goal setting and goal monitoring as collaborative processes where clinicians and clients identify and formulate therapeutic goals; actionable objectives; and revisit, measure, and renegotiate these plans via a standardized procedure over time.

Method

Study methods included a literature review and qualitative content analysis to derive a set of principles and practices of goal setting and monitoring. The research team used source documents (i.e., literature reviews, therapy manuals, and government-issued pra

SUBMITTER: Magill M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8671316 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature