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The book chapters we will review in this discussion are published by SAMSHA and are from the book  titled, Treatment  Improvement Protocol (TIP) Series, No. 41. Substance Abuse Treatment: Group Therapy (2005). This book is a great resource to keep handy as a counselor. You may want to create a “Counseling Resources” folder in your bookmarks bar to save these and other resources you acquire throughout your graduate studies. At the end of your program, you will have a nice toolbox of counseling resources.  

Thread: For this discussion, read the two following articles from SAMSHA (2005 a & b) (search  source from reference list below if link not working properly):

Types of Groups Commonly Used in Substance Abuse Treatment   

Group Leadership, Concepts, and Techniques   

References

SAMSHA (2005a). Treatment Improvement Protocol (TIP) Series, No. 41. Substance Abuse Treatment: Group Therapy. Types of Groups Commonly Used in Substance Abuse Treatment. Center for Substance Abuse Treatment: Rockville, MD. Retrieved from  https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK64214/   

SAMSHA (2005b). Treatment Improvement Protocol (TIP) series, no. 41. Substance Abuse Treatment: Group Therapy. Group Leadership, Concepts, and Techniques. Center for Substance Abuse Treatment: Rockville, MD. Retrieved from   https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK64211/    

In your initial post of at least 300 words, respond to the following:   

· from article #1 above, share which two groups you found most interesting and explain why,

· from article #2 above, share two ways you can incorporate the information from the article as a group member into the  two groups in this course (Weekly Discussion and the Group Wiki Project),

· share at least one personal thought, personal experience, or personal reaction you had from the articles.