Matrix Intensive Outpatient Treatment for People With Stimulant Use Disorders: Counselor's Treatment Manual
SAMHSA · 2006 · 268 pages · For addiction counselors and IOP programs
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The counselor manual for the Matrix Model, a structured 16-week intensive outpatient program for people dependent on stimulants like methamphetamine and cocaine. It gives session-by-session talking points, handouts, and protocols for early recovery skills, relapse prevention, family education, and social support groups.
It is one of the most heavily researched IOP curricula for stimulant use, and SAMHSA publishes it at no cost.
Run it with these materials
Relapse prevention and trigger worksheets carry the early recovery sessions, and the family worksheets support the manual's family education track.
This manual is a publication of SAMHSA. Therapy Resource is not affiliated with, or endorsed by, its publisher. The summary above is our own; always follow the manual itself and your clinical judgment. If you are in crisis, contact 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline or call 911.