What are the strengths and weaknesses of the approaches of relapse prevention?
What will be an ideal response?
Strengths: collaborative in nature where the client is the expert in identifying relapse warning signs and high risk situations and the counselor is the expert when facilitating new coping strategies, increasing self-efficacy, and engaging in cognitive restructuring. It is preemptive in nature and aligns with the biopsychosocial model of addiction and spiral structure of the TTM. It helps provide tools and strategies to prevent relapse, given how common relapse is for clients.
Weaknesses: it can be challenging for counselors to walk the line between preparing a client for potential relapse and inadvertently giving permission to use. Counselors must uphold the ethical principles of autonomy and nonmaleficence (do no harm), which can conflict during relapse prevention efforts.
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Melanie has lost a significant amount of weight and hasn’t been able to sleep since she broke up with her boyfriend a month ago. She feels guilty for not having spent enough time with him while they were together and is having difficulty thinking about anything else. She is still happy to go to dance class and her weekly pizza night with friends, but often finds that she’s moving more slowly throughout her day. Her parents have observed that she also seems to be moving more slowly than before. Can Melanie be diagnosed with major depressive disorder?
a. Yes. b. No, because it was triggered by a break-up. c. No, because it hasn’t persisted long enough. d. No, because it’s not clear that she has depressed mood or a loss of interest or pleasure in most activities.
Describe the theories that behavior therapy is based upon.
What will be an ideal response?
Martin Buber's concept of "I- thou" fits most closely with the concept of
a. Eigenwelt. b. Mitwelt. c. Überwelt. d. Umwelt.
Family systems therapists view marriage counseling as
a. a discipline that is less concerned with gender and multicultural issues than is family systems therapy. b. a discipline that is separate from family systems therapy. c. less effective than family systems therapy as it does not deal with the entire system. d. family therapy done with a small system.