Abstract
Hope is a vital component of psychological healing and plays a critical role in counselling. With despair so prominent for
individuals with serious substance abuse problems, the question arises as to how to foster hope in such clients. There are
recent suggestions in the general counselling literature that some of the work in counselling involve moving the topic of
hope to the forefront and openly approaching the concept of hope with clients. This article describes several hope-focused
interventions that can be used to explicitly explore hope in substance abuse counselling.
individuals with serious substance abuse problems, the question arises as to how to foster hope in such clients. There are
recent suggestions in the general counselling literature that some of the work in counselling involve moving the topic of
hope to the forefront and openly approaching the concept of hope with clients. This article describes several hope-focused
interventions that can be used to explicitly explore hope in substance abuse counselling.
- Content Type Journal Article
- Pages 1-12
- DOI 10.1007/s11469-011-9360-3
- Authors
- Corinne Koehn, Counselling Specialization in the School of Education, University of Northern British Columbia, 3333 University Way, Prince George, BC, Canada V2N 4Z9
- Linda O’Neill, Counselling Specialization in the School of Education, University of Northern British Columbia, 3333 University Way, Prince George, BC, Canada V2N 4Z9
- John Sherry, Counselling Specialization in the School of Education, University of Northern British Columbia, 3333 University Way, Prince George, BC, Canada V2N 4Z9
- Journal International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction
- Online ISSN 1557-1882
- Print ISSN 1557-1874