What is relapse prevention? When and how should a counselor work with a client on relapse prevention?
What will be an ideal response?
Relapse prevention is a program that “teach individuals who are trying to change their behavior how to anticipate and cope with the problem of relapse.” It is a way to encourage sustained behavior change by considering future obstacles that clients may face in their recovery. Approaches to relapse prevention provide frameworks for the development of recovery plans, strategies, and coping skills to help clients navigate obstacles without returning to drug and alcohol use. Counselors should not wait until the maintenance stage of change to begin addressing potential barriers to sustained abstinence. Instead, the counselor and client can identify risks and triggers for relapse early in their clinical work, begin developing effective coping skills, and increase client confidence in her or his ability to employ these skills.
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a. true b. false