Telephone Counseling for Smoking Cessation: What's in a Call?

✍ Scribed by Shu-Hong Zhu; Gary J. Tedeschi; Christopher M. Anderson; John P. Pierce

• Publisher: American Counseling Association
• Year: 1996
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 428 KB
• Volume: 75
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 1556-6678
• DOI: 10.1002/j.1556-6676.1996.tb02319.x

✦ Synopsis

Telephone counseling for smoking cessation has been gaining popularity as studies have demonstrated its efficacy. What comprises a successful program, however, has not yet been detailed in the literature. In this article, an innovative telephone counseling intervention for smoking cessation is described, with attention to the clinical issues of client assessment, motivation, self‐efficacy, planning, coping, relapse‐sensitive call scheduling, and self‐image. Counselor training and supervision issues, ethical and legal considerations regarding this form of service delivery, and suggestions for future direction also are outlined.