CASAC Counseling Theories and Practice 4

Question 1

A client in early recovery insists their drinking was never really a problem and everyone is overreacting. Which defense mechanism is most prominently displayed?

Accepted Answer

Denial

Answer

Denial involves refusing to acknowledge the reality of a problem, which is the primary defense mechanism being displayed here.

Question 2

In Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT), what does the 'B' in the ABC model represent?

Accepted Answer

Beliefs

Answer

In Ellis's ABC model, B stands for Beliefs — specifically the irrational beliefs that mediate between activating events and emotional consequences.

Question 3

A counselor uses role-playing to help a client practice refusing a drink at a party. This technique is most associated with which therapeutic approach?

Accepted Answer

Behavioral therapy

Answer

Behavioral therapy uses skill-building techniques like role-playing and behavioral rehearsal to develop concrete coping responses.

Question 4

Which concept from Adlerian therapy is most relevant when a client with SUD describes feeling inferior to sober peers and overcompensating through bravado?

Accepted Answer

Inferiority complex

Answer

Adler's concept of the inferiority complex describes the experience of deep inadequacy that drives compensatory behaviors.

Question 5

A counselor working from a feminist therapy framework would MOST prioritize which of the following?

Accepted Answer

Examining how social and cultural power structures affect the client

Answer

Feminist therapy emphasizes that personal problems are often rooted in social, cultural, and political power imbalances rather than solely individual pathology.

CASAC - Credentialed Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Counselor Practice Test

CASAC - Credentialed Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Counselor Practice Test

CASAC Counseling Theories and Practice 4