Guided Self-Change (GSC) treatment has been accepted by American Psychological Association Division 12, Society of Clinical Psychology, as an empirically supported treatment.
GSC is a brief, cognitive-behavioral, motivational intervention developed in the early 1980s. It is among the various brief Cognitive Behavioral Therapy. It was first developed for problem drinkers, but has since then, been researched on several populations (e.g., drug abusers, Spanish-speaking alcohol abuses, adolescents).
Research Articles
Sobell, L.C.; Sobell, M. B.; Agrawal, S. (2009). "Randomized controlled trial of a cognitive-behavioral motivational intervention in a group versus individual format for substance use disorders". Psychology of Addictive Behaviors. 23: 672–683. doi:10.1037/a0016636.
Floyd, R. L.; Sobell, M.; Velasquez, M. M.; Ingersoll, K.; Nettleman, M; Sobell, L.; Mullen, P. D.; Ceperich, S.; von Sternberg, K.; Bolton, B.; Skarpness, B. Nagaraja; Johnson, K.; Project, CHOICES Efficacy Study Group (2007). "Preventing alcohol-exposed pregnancies: A randomized controlled trial". American Journal of Preventive Medicine. 32 (1): 1–10.
Sobell, M. B.; Sobell, L. C. (2005). "Guided Self-Change treatment for substance abusers". Journal of Cognitive Psychotherapy. 19: 199–210. doi:10.1891/088983905780907496.
Sobell, M. B.; Sobell, L. C.; Gavin, D. (1995). "Portraying alcohol treatment outcomes: Different yardsticks of success". Behavior Therapy. 26: 643–669. doi:10.1016/s0005-7894(05)80037-1.
Andréasson, S.; Hansagi, H.; Oesterlund, B. (2002). "Short-term treatment for alcohol-related problems: Four-session guided self-change versus one session of advice–A randomized, controlled trial". Alcohol. 28 (1): 57–62.
