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Center for Substance Abuse Treatment. (2012). Brief interventions and brief therapies for substance abuse. Treatment Improvement Protocol 34. (HHS Publication No. (SMA) 12-3952). Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.
This is another extensive document in the Treatment Improvement Protocol (TIP) Series. It includes information about many interventions, as behavioral therapy, cognitive therapy, psychodynamic therapy. It also covers solution focused therapy and family therapy with substance abusing clients. Read Chapters 1 and 2, pp. 1-30.

Center for Substance Abuse Treatment. (2020). Substance use disorder treatment and family therapy. Treatment Improvement Protocol 39. (SAMHSA Publication No. PEP20-02-02-012). Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.
This document offers an initial look at how families are affected when a loved one abuses substances. This document is quite long – it has a significant amount of information and is a resource with which you will want to become familiar. This week, you will read Chapter 4, Integrated Family Counseling to Address Substance Use Disorders.

Lipari, R. N., & Van Horn, S. L. (2017, August 24). Children living with parents who have a substance use disorder: The CBHSQ Report. Center for Behavioral Health Statistics and Quality, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.
This article provides a great glimpse into the experience of children who live with substance abusing parents. Helping children with this lived experience will require an understanding of how they are impacted. This article does a great job of discussing the impact of substance abuse on children. Inclusion of SAMHSA content does not constitute or imply endorsement or recommendation by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, or the U.S. Government.

O’Farrell, T. J., & Clements, K. (2012). Review of outcomes research on marital and family therapy in treatment for alcoholism. Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, 38(1), 122–144.
Read this chapter for an overview of research focusing on family therapy interventions with substance abusing families. The content will demonstrate efficacy of different interventions used with this population.