ASWB Clinical Exam 2024 with 100% correct answers

Richard presents with severe depression. He reports motivation for counseling services, but he is strongly opposed to medication. The FIRST thing to do is: -Acknowledge Richard's opposition and further assess any concerns about the treatment -Make a no-Suicide Contract -Get informed Consent to treat Richard's depression -Support Richard's self-determination to not take the medication. - correct answer Acknowledge Richard's opposition and further assess any concerns about the treatment. A series of tornadoes hits a small town, and a woman presents at the disaster crisis center to speak with a crisis counselor. She is disheveled, and you are aware she has lost her home. What is the FIRST task to encourage in the session? -Let her tell her story