CRC Recovery Capital & Strengths 2 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: A client in recovery has a strong faith community but no stable housing. Which type of recovery capital does the faith community represent?
- Physical capital
- Social capital (Correct answer)
- Human capital
- Cultural capital
Correct answer: Social capital
Social capital includes supportive relationships and community connections such as faith communities that provide belonging and accountability.
Question 2: When assessing recovery capital, a coach discovers the client has marketable job skills but low self-efficacy. Which approach best addresses this imbalance?
- Focus solely on job placement services
- Acknowledge existing skills while building confidence through small successes (Correct answer)
- Postpone employment goals until self-efficacy improves
- Refer the client to a therapist before continuing coaching
Correct answer: Acknowledge existing skills while building confidence through small successes
A strengths-based approach acknowledges existing human capital while using motivational strategies to build self-efficacy incrementally.
Question 3: Which instrument is most commonly used by recovery coaches to assess the breadth of a client's recovery capital?
- CAGE questionnaire
- AUDIT-C screening tool
- BARC-10 (Brief Assessment of Recovery Capital) (Correct answer)
- PHQ-9 depression scale
Correct answer: BARC-10 (Brief Assessment of Recovery Capital)
The BARC-10 is a validated 10-item tool specifically designed to measure recovery capital across multiple life domains.
Question 4: A client mentions they have been sober for two years but still avoids all social situations out of fear. How does this impact their recovery capital?
- It increases physical capital by reducing stress
- It depletes social capital by limiting supportive connections (Correct answer)
- It has no impact because abstinence is the primary measure
- It only affects occupational capital
Correct answer: It depletes social capital by limiting supportive connections
Avoidance of social situations erodes social capital by preventing the client from building and maintaining supportive relationships essential to sustained recovery.
Question 5: In the recovery capital framework, what is meant by 'community capital'?
- A client's personal savings and financial assets
- The recovery-supportive resources available within the broader community and environment (Correct answer)
- The number of 12-step meetings held locally
- A client's educational credentials
Correct answer: The recovery-supportive resources available within the broader community and environment
Community capital refers to external environmental resources such as recovery-friendly employers, accessible treatment, housing, and community support systems.
Question 6: A peer support worker with lived experience of addiction recovery wants to know how their personal recovery journey is considered an asset in coaching. Which concept best explains this?
- Counter-transference
- Experiential human capital (Correct answer)
- Motivational interviewing
- Dual diagnosis credentialing
Correct answer: Experiential human capital
Lived experience constitutes experiential human capital — a unique asset that enhances credibility, empathy, and connection with clients in recovery.
Question 7: When a client has high personal recovery capital but lives in a community with few recovery resources, the coach should prioritize:
- Relocating the client to a recovery-friendly city
- Helping the client leverage personal strengths to navigate and advocate within limited community resources (Correct answer)
- Concluding that recovery is unlikely without environmental change
- Reducing session frequency until resources improve
Correct answer: Helping the client leverage personal strengths to navigate and advocate within limited community resources
A strengths-based coach uses the client's internal assets to navigate environmental barriers rather than treating limited community capital as insurmountable.
CRC Recovery Capital & Strengths 2
A client in recovery has a strong faith community but no stable housing.
Which type of recovery capital does the faith community represent?