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Supportive Expressive Psychotherapy helps the patients to recover from the drug use by giving some sort of support to make him feel free to express his addiction and reasons.

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The addicts of heroin and cocaine are indulged in a serious problem it’s not easy for them to recover. For their recovery we use this supportive expressive treatment.

Supportive expressive psychotherapy is Supportive+ expressive treatment which means a sort of support is given to patient and him open up with his secrets and expresses his feelings and problems to therapist.

Process

The process consists of 2 techniques:
-Supportive techniques are used to help patients feel comfortable in discussing their personal experiences.
-Expressive techniques are used to help patients identify and work through interpersonal relationship issues.
-Special attention is paid to the role of drugs in relation to problem feelings and behaviors, and how problems may be solved without recourse to drugs

By using both the techniques the patient get complete freedom from drugs.

Risks and precaution

Sometimes patient don’t feel comfortable in expressing the feelings if the therapy is not carried out properly. But if carried out properly than results are positive as a research carried out which is as explained below in results.

Results

In case of drug using treatment and in supportive program the patient of supportive program heals faster and less chances of relapses.

The patients who get supportive program maintained many gain like they face no side effects, no addiction to drug used for medication.

When drug counseling therapy is also added to this program than results is much better and unexpected.