Twelve Step Facilitation Therapy Manual (Project MATCH Volume 1)
NIAAA · 1992 · 140 pages · For addiction counselors and program directors
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The therapist manual for Twelve Step Facilitation, one of three treatments tested in Project MATCH. It gives session-by-session guidance for a 12-session program grounded in AA principles, covering core topics like acceptance and surrender, elective topics, and conjoint sessions with a partner.
Clinicians use it because it turned informal 12-step work into a structured protocol with clear session objectives and recovery tasks assigned as homework.
Run it with these materials
Relapse prevention, trigger identification, and social support worksheets slot into the manual's between-session recovery tasks.
This manual is a publication of NIAAA. 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.