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category: Psychology
published: Mar 2003
ISBN:9780888688804
publisher: Centre for Addiction and Mental Health

Brief Couples Therapy

Group and Individual Couple Treatment for Addiction and Related Mental Health Concerns

by Gloria Chaim & Sharon Armstrong

tagged: couples & family
Description

Brief Couples Therapy is a facilitator’s manual for counsellors working in substance use settings who would like to augment their practice by seeing couples. It will also be useful for couple counsellors who would like to offer a focused program for clients with substance use issues.

The manual evolved from a research project at CAMH. It has been tested and reviewed by consultants, clinicians and researchers practising in the areas of mental health, substance use, and general family services and private practice. The program consists of an assessment session followed by eight sessions, each of which includes:

  • session guidelines
  • session resources
  • participant handouts
  • template for recording progress notes.
About the Authors

Gloria Chaim, MSW, RSW Deputy Clinical Director, Child, Youth & Family Program is currently serving as project manager for the Pathways to Healthy Families Program at the Jean Tweed Centre, on a secondment from the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, where she was clinical director, Assessment and General Treatment Program and Addiction Treatment Program for Special Populations. Gloria has worked in the substance use treatment field for over 20 years and has prior experience in community mental health settings. She has focused on clinical work and research, as well as training and education, as they relate to her areas of special interest - primarily youth, families and couples. She is particularly interested in integrating research, training and education to facilitate program development that will meet the needs of special population groups that are frequently underserved.


Sharon Armstrong, PhD, C.Psych., is a clinical psychologist in private practice. Sharon obtained a post-graduate fellowship with Family Services at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH), and later worked as a psychologist and as Acting Clinic Head of Rainbow Services at CAMH. Sharon is on contract as faculty at York University, where she teaches clinical and counselling theory and skills, and behaviour modification and therapy.

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