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Which of the following is MOST helpful for counselors in defining their professional roles for counseling clients?
- An understanding of self-help groups
- An ethical code of conduct
- Certification
- An advanced degree - Correct Answer - B. An ethical code of conduct
Your dually-diagnosed client, stabilized on medication for his psychiatric disorder,
decides he wants to quit smoking. You should:
- Advise him to select a quit date within the next 2 weeks.
- Encourage him to use the nicotine patch or gum.
- Consult with his physician regarding nicotine/medication interaction.
- Suggest he cut down the number of cigarettes daily for 2 weeks before quitting. -
Correct Answer - C. Consult with his physician regarding nicotine/medication interaction.
Which of the following essential tasks was NOT completed during the client's intake process?
- The client was assigned a primary counselor
- An initial assessment was completed 1 / 4
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- The client was admitted to the program
- The client signed all required consent forms - Correct Answer - D. The client signed
all required consent forms
After a counselor has made a summary statement, the most important thing the
counselor should do is:
- Remain quite for a time to allow the client to consider the summarized material.
- Document the summary as soon as possible as part of the treatment plan.
- Recommend that the client discuss the session with his/her sponsor.
- Terminate the session immediately. - Correct Answer - A. Remain quite for a time to
allow the client to consider the summarized material.
The first contact that a potential client would have with an agency would likely be for the
purpose of:
- Family therapy.
- Education.
- Psychosocial assessment.
- Screening. - Correct Answer - D. Screening.
You are asked to see a client in the emergency room for a consultation. The nursing notes read: pupils dilated; gooseflesh; lacrimation; muscle jerks; flu syndrome; vomiting; diarrhea; nervousness; yawning; and severe anxiety. You conclude that the client is
withdrawing from:
- Hallucinogens.
- CNS depressants.
- Opioids.
- Dextro-amphetamines. - Correct Answer - C. Opioids.
An irresistible impulse is called a(an):
- Compulsion. 2 / 4
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- Delusion.
- Hallucination.
- Obsession. - Correct Answer - A. Compulsion.
When conducting an assessment, what is the counselor's primary focus?
- Identifying the client's problems and needs, strengths and weaknesses
- Explaining the rules of the program
- Having the client sign Release of Information forms
- Confronting the client's denial - Correct Answer - A. Identifying the client's problems
and needs, strengths and weaknesses
You have assessed your client and determined that he is a problem drinker. He insists that the reason he drinks is because of his wife's behavior. Your initial objective should
be to help him:
- Get his wife into counseling with him.
- Take responsibility for his behavior.
- Develop a more positive perception of himself.
- Effect a behavioral intervention. - Correct Answer - B. Take responsibility for his
behavior.
The organization founded as an alternative to programs with spiritual overtones, whose
publication is called "The Small Book," is:
- Rational Recovery.
- Secular Organization for Sobriety.
- Men and Women for Sobriety.
- Codependents Anonymous. - Correct Answer - A. Rational Recovery
The quality of counseling is directly related to the counselor's ability to:
- Formulate and carry out realistic personal and professional goals.
- Interpret the deeper meaning of problems. 3 / 4
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- Analyze client problems.
- Convince clients to change. - Correct Answer - A. Formulate and carry out realistic
personal and professional goals.
The process of termination should be discussed:
- When the client appears to have gained all that he or she can from therapy.
- At the point specified in the therapeutic contract.
- At the onset of therapy.
- When the client brings it up. - Correct Answer - D. When the client brings it up.
What are the PRIMARY factors that made the client appropriate for this level of care?
- There were no physical complications and the client was motivated
- The client was court-ordered and had the ability to pay for services
- The client was intelligent and highly motivated
- The client lived close by and was gainfully employed - Correct Answer - A. There
were no physical complications and the client was motivated
Which of the following important treatment planning activities were NOT accomplished in working with this client?
- The counselor formulated appropriate short term goals for the client
- The counselor identified and ranked the client's problems needing resolution
- The counselor worked with the client in establishing the client's treatment goals
- The client's treatment goals were expressed in measurable behavioral terms -
Correct Answer - B. The counselor identified and ranked the client's problems needing resolution
The focus of intervention in the criminal justice system is first to:
- Rehabilitate offenders.
- Use the threat of incarceration as a motivator to change.
- Protect the health, safety, and welfare of the public.
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