What is the greatest benefit for the clinician in using stage-oriented frameworks for assessment and intervention (e.g., Stages of Readiness for Change; Developmental Model of Recovery)? The frameworks help the clinician

a. choose whether to intervene at the individual, couple, family, or peer level;
b. sequence the therapeutic tasks so they are matched to the client’s (or family’s) level of acknowledgement of the problem and openness to addressing it;
c. use a psychodynamic perspective in understanding the meaning of the AOD problem, the function it serves in the family system or social group, and how it affects individual and family power dynamics;
d. alert the individual or family to behaviors (e.g., social isolation, negative thinking; grandiosity) that can be seen if the client is building up to a relapse


b. sequence the therapeutic tasks so they are matched to the client’s (or family’s) level of acknowledgement of the problem and openness to addressing it;

Counseling

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The BASK model, a way of conceptualizing dissociation, was developed originally in 1988 by ___________________.

Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).

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Testing, conflict resolution, and issues of power and control are characteristic of which stage(s) of group work?

a. Beginning b. Transitioning c. Middle d. Working e. End

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Which of the following is a quote from Hudson (1999, p. 7) defining career coaching?

a.“ helping adults manage change effectively.” b. “advising, like a sports coach, to maximize a strategy for success”. c. “motivating people to demonstrate their best efforts.” d. “creating and implementing the client’s highest vision.”

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A main task of the narrative therapist is to help clients construct a:

a. ? negative story line. b. ? preferred story line. c. ? new façade. d. ? second personality.

Counseling