Family Counseling Flashcards
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The 'CRAFT' model (Community Reinforcement and Family Training) is primarily designed to help family members:
Answer: Engage treatment-resistant loved ones into substance use treatment
CRAFT teaches family members specific skills to reduce enabling, reinforce sober behavior, and strategically invite their loved one to enter treatment.
When a family counselor observes that a couple consistently argues about topics other than the real issue of substance use, this pattern is known as:
Answer: Detouring
Detouring occurs when a family deflects tension onto a third party or peripheral issue rather than addressing the core conflict directly.
A counselor using Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) with a couple affected by addiction would primarily focus on:
Answer: Attachment injuries and underlying emotional needs driving the couple's negative interaction cycle
EFT targets the attachment-based emotional cycle underlying relationship distress, helping partners identify and respond to each other's deeper emotional needs.
Which ethical issue is MOST likely to arise when providing family counseling in addiction treatment?
Answer: Confidentiality conflicts when multiple family members are clients
When multiple family members are clients, confidentiality between members can create significant ethical dilemmas around information sharing within sessions.
In the Johnson Intervention model, the goal of the structured intervention is to:
Answer: Present specific, documented evidence of harm and offer a pre-arranged treatment option
The Johnson Intervention uses carefully prepared, factual impact statements from loved ones combined with a ready treatment plan to motivate entry into care.
Family resilience in the context of addiction recovery is BEST described as:
Answer: The family's capacity to adapt, reorganize, and grow stronger through the challenges of addiction and recovery
Family resilience involves key processes—belief systems, organizational patterns, and communication—that allow families to withstand and recover from adversity.
Which of the following is TRUE about Multisystemic Therapy (MST) for adolescent substance use?
Answer: MST is an intensive, home-based intervention targeting multiple ecological systems
MST delivers intensive treatment in the home and community, addressing adolescent substance use by intervening across family, peer, school, and neighborhood systems.