A counselor working with a young client on social skills learns that the client has recently lost a beloved pet. In the situation, the best course of action is to:
a. Continue providing interventions focused on social skills to adhere to the treatment plan
b. Deviate from the treatment plan to address feelings of grief and loss
c. Amend the treatment plan to include addressing grief and loss as treatment goals
d. Refer the client to a grief counselor to help the client process the loss
Answer: C
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A mental health clinician practicing psychological first aid (PFA) would be less likely to
A. observe the individual before engaging in counseling. B. provide practical and realistic resources. C. allow the individual to detail the trauma and vent. D. empower the individual by letting the individual know that there is hope.
Which of the following is not an area of competence in 8- to 13-year-olds, as identified by Harter?
a. athletic competence b. likeability by peers c. attachment to family d. physical appearance
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
Which of the following situations warrants a referral to another counselor?
a. A client successfully completes a social skills group in at a mental health agency b. A student with chronic depression moves to a new school district near the end of the year c. A family decides to end family counseling due to accomplishing their goals and objectives d. A client is transferred to a higher level of care due to increased anxiety symptoms