Overcoming Alcohol Problems: A Couples-Focused Program: Therapist Guide
Published:
01 December 2008
Online ISBN:
9780190241889
Print ISBN:
9780195322873
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Contents
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Materials Needed Materials Needed
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Outline Outline
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Blood Alcohol Level Determination Blood Alcohol Level Determination
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Overview of Session and Set Agenda (5 min) Overview of Session and Set Agenda (5 min)
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Review Self-Recording and Homework (5 min) Review Self-Recording and Homework (5 min)
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Graphing Progress Graphing Progress
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Alcohol Use and Urges Alcohol Use and Urges
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Relationship Satisfaction Relationship Satisfaction
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Check In (10 min) Check In (10 min)
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Functional Analysis (35 min) Functional Analysis (35 min)
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Exercise—List of Triggers Exercise—List of Triggers
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Exercise—Behavior Chains Exercise—Behavior Chains
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Noticing Positive Behaviors in Each Other (“Notice Something Nice”)(20 min) Noticing Positive Behaviors in Each Other (“Notice Something Nice”)(20 min)
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Exercise—Notice Something Nice Exercise—Notice Something Nice
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Anticipating High-Risk Situations This Week (10 min) Anticipating High-Risk Situations This Week (10 min)
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Homework (5 min) Homework (5 min)
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Chapter
5 Session 2: Functional Analysis / Noticing Positive Behavior
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Pages
91–108
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Published:December 2008
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McCrady, Barbara S., and Elizabeth E. Epstein, 'Session 2: Functional Analysis / Noticing Positive Behavior', Overcoming Alcohol Problems: A Couples-Focused Program: Therapist Guide, Treatments That Work (New York , 2008; online edn, Oxford Academic, 1 Apr. 2015), https://doi.org/10.1093/med:psych/9780195322873.003.0005, accessed 13 July 2026.
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Abstract
Chapter 5 outlines Session 2 of the ABCT program. This session discusses processes to graph alcohol use and urges, and relationship satisfaction, as well as methods for functional (habit) analysis by identifying personal triggers and feelings, and their consequences. Exercises to encourage participants to notice positive behaviors in each other.
Keywords:
alcohol abuse, ABCT program, relationship satisfaction, personal triggers, positive behaviors, cognitive-behavioral therapy, CBT
Series
Treatments That Work
Collection:
Oxford Clinical Psychology
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