CAADC Evidence-Based Counseling Models 5

Question 1

The 'empty chair' technique used in Gestalt therapy for addiction counseling is BEST suited for:

Accepted Answer

Facilitating unfinished emotional business with significant others or aspects of self

Answer

The empty chair technique allows clients to externalize and dialogue with unresolved feelings or internal conflicts that often underlie addictive behavior.

Question 2

In Seeking Safety, a trauma-informed model for co-occurring PTSD and substance use, the primary treatment focus is on:

Accepted Answer

Establishing safety as the first and overriding goal of treatment

Answer

Seeking Safety explicitly prioritizes safety — safe coping in both trauma and substance use domains — before any trauma processing work begins.

Question 3

A counselor employing Solution-Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT) with an addicted client would MOST characteristically ask:

Accepted Answer

'What would your life look like if you woke up tomorrow and the problem was solved?'

Answer

The 'miracle question' is a signature SFBT technique that orients clients toward a preferred future rather than the history of the problem.

Question 4

Which statement BEST describes the role of 'values clarification' in Motivational Interviewing?

Accepted Answer

It helps clients explore discrepancies between their values and current substance use behavior to elicit change talk

Answer

Values clarification in MI surfaces the gap between what clients care about most and how their substance use affects those things, naturally generating intrinsic motivation to change.

Question 5

Integrated Cognitive Affective Therapy (ICAT) for bulimia with co-occurring substance use differs from standard CBT primarily by emphasizing:

Accepted Answer

The interplay of emotions, cognitions, and urges across both conditions simultaneously

Answer

ICAT targets the cognitive-affective processes that simultaneously drive binge-purge cycles and substance use, treating them as functionally linked.

CAADC - Certified Advanced Addiction & Drug Counselor Practice Test

CAADC - Certified Advanced Addiction & Drug Counselor Practice Test

CAADC Evidence-Based Counseling Models 5