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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 Chapter 5, Brief Strategic Interactional Therapies.

Franklin, C., Bolton, K., & Samantha, G. (2019). Solution focused brief family therapy. In APA handbook of contemporary family psychology: Family therapy and training, Vol 3 (pp. 139-153). American Psychological Association.
This is a great overview of the solution focused approach intervention. It provides detail about the premise of this approach, and how this specific intervention is used with clients.

Smock, S., Trepper, T., Wetchler, J., McCollum, E., Ray, R., & Pierce, K. (2008). Solution focused group therapy for level 1 substance abusers. Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, 34(1), 107-120
This article demonstrates the use of SFT in a group setting with substance abusers. It is an interesting use of the techniques in a therapeutic group setting.

Miller, G. (2010). Learning the language of addiction counseling. John Wiley and Sons.
Chapter 9 (pp. 266-290) provides an overview of several treatment approaches in working with substance use disorder. There is particular focus on the stages of change model, motivational interviewing, and brief therapies.