List and discuss two guiding principles for cross-cultural drug and alcohol abuse counseling.

What will be an ideal response?


(1) Determine acculturation status and link substance abuse assessment to the personal and community cultural contexts, (2) understand the cultural norms, (3) explore cultural understandings of the role of spirituality in recovery, (4) Work within the cultural, sociolinguistic, and social interactional framework in counseling and the client’s explanatory models, (5) recognize that comorbidity with psychological disorders is the norm in substance abuse disorders

Counseling

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The number of clinicians who opt out of insurance plans is likely to increase

(a) true (b) false

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Each of the following questions can help guide professional counselors' efforts to advocate for the profession EXCEPT

a. What do professional counselors do? b. How do I locate a professional counselor? c. What are the benefits of counseling? d. Why should I seek counseling?

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When a group leader refers to her theoretical approach to leadership as "eclectic" she most likely means that her approach

a. strictly adheres to one theory. b. is "atheoretical." c. is a composite of several theories. d. is NOT theory driven.

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All of the following group topics are appropriate at the High School level except ________

a. at-risk issues b. body image c. career concerns d. eating disorders

Counseling