A client who successfully detoxified from alcohol is ready to begin
outpatient services. You suggest educational/psychoeducational
resources, individual counseling, and group therapy in AA.
She insists
that therapy in a spiritually-oriented support group is not for her
because she is an atheist. What do you tell her first?
A. She does not need to attend any form of therapy that makes her
uncomfortable.
B. Some atheists and agnostics have successfully recovered
through AA, and she might, too, or she might try SMART
instead.
C. You would not have suggested group therapy in AA if you did not
think it would help her. She needs to try it.
D. As an atheist, she should not attend a spiritually oriented
mutual-help support group.
B
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