LCDC Exam Latest Update Graded A+

LCDC Exam Latest Update Graded A+ 3 Approaches to living with a substance using family member Keeping out of the way of the dependent person and managing one's own life Being the caregiver, getting into counseling and trying to control the situation and use Resigning to the idea that the user will always use and continuing to maintain a facade that all is well 6 stage of family dealing with addiction Denial - Early on, episodes are explained away as isolated instances with no reason for concern Attempts to eliminate - When user's partner realizes that the using behavior is not normal and tries to pressure user to control, cut down or quit Disorganization and chaos - When the normal family operations have broken down and user's partner has to deal with critical situations on a frequent basis Reorganization in spite of the problem - When the user's partner takes charge and redirects main focus away from user and on to maintaining a family life Efforts to escape - Separation or divorce; if family remains together, family life continues despite use Family reorganization - When separation occurs and the family reorganizes without the user. Reconciliation may take place if both parties make adjustments Abuse (of drugs) Intentional use of a drug for other than what or how it was intended, of for the sole purpose of achieving an altered state of consciousness, or leads to any degree of mental, physical, emotional, or social impairment of the person using, the user's family or society Addiction counseling and Psychoanalysis Focus on denial and defense mechanisms Client may not be ready for deep insight until period of abstinence Focus on rapport building Additional specifiers used for diagnosis Early full remission, Early partial remission, sustained full remission, sustained partial remission, on agonist therapy, in a controlled environment Adlerian Therapy Alfred Adler Focus: Helping clients see how issues from past continue to influence them Insight oriented therapy View: What an individual becomes in life influenced