When working with a family impacted by substance use, the first thing the counselor should do is:

a. Assess the severity of the substance use disorder
b. Assess the symptoms of other mental health symptoms
c. Assess the immediate safety of family members
d. Assess the risk of withdrawal symptoms


Answer: C

Counseling

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Once psychoeducational material has been delivered by the Adlerian counselor and understood by the client, the next part of the counseling session should focus on task setting. This involves:

a. Planning what the counselor and client will work on in the next session of therapy b. Finding a way for the client to implement the idea in his/her life outside of session to solve a current problem c. Asking the client to think of all the ways the information has applied the client's life in the past d. Providing the client with more psychoeducation

Counseling

Who is likely to receive the greatest benefit from direct community services?

a. Teenagers participating in an AIDS awareness/prevention workshop b. A heroine addict c. The leader of a gang d. A child abuser

Counseling

Brooks-Harris (2008) presents five principles for psychotherapy integration. Name two of these.

What will be an ideal response?

Counseling

In SFT, it is assumed that solutions to drug and alcohol problems:

A. Exist. B. Do not exist. C. Are too difficult to find within a short time. D. Can be constructed only by the client.

Counseling