Overview of Session 9: Elective Skill Topic 1, Planning for Emergencies and Coping With a Lapse
Total Time: 1 hour
Delivery Method: CBT-focused individual therapy
Materials (all forms except forms 1A, 1B, and 1C, which are in section V, are at the end of this section):
• Personal Emergency Plan: High-Risk Situation (form 9A)
• Personal Emergency Plan: Lapse (form 9B)
• Learning New Coping Strategies (form 1A)
• A Guide to Quitting Marijuana (form 1B)
• The client’s Quit Agreement (form 1C)
Goals for This Session:
• To increase preparedness for unexpected triggers and situations likely to promote relapse
• To learn techniques to manage the aftermath of a lapse or relapse of marijuana use
• To review the client’s treatment
Session Outline:
1. Explain the effects of major life changes
2. Present Personal Emergency Plan: High-Risk Situation (form 9A)
3. Present Personal Emergency Plan: Lapse (form 9B)
4. Review Previous Skill Topics
• Review strategies from previous skill topics that the client found helpful
• Review Learning New Coping Strategies (form 1A), A Guide to Quitting Marijuana (form 1B), and the client’s Quit Agreement (form 1C)
5. Terminate treatment