Addiction Counseling Practices, Skills
& Professional Issues fully solved
"Drinking ten beers a day does not
make me an alcoholic!" -- What defense mechanism is this? - correct answer ✔✔ Denial =
refusing to accept some aspect of reality that is apparent to other peopIe
"I would have passed that test if the
professor graded fairly." -- What defense mechanism is this? - correct answer ✔✔ Displacement
= transferring a feeling about an unpleasant situation onto another individual
"She only has friends because she has a lot of money." -- What defense mechanism is this? -
correct answer ✔✔ Projection = attributing unacceptable thoughts or feelings to another
individual or object
"I did not run for class president because I did not want to hurt anyone's feelings when I beat
them." -- What defense mechanism is this? - correct answer ✔✔ Rationalization = hiding the
true reasoning behind a behavior or feeling, but doing so i n a self-serving way, with incorrect
explanations
"I don't remember the night I was raped other than going to the movies." -- What defense
mechanism is this? - correct answer ✔✔ Repression = blocking unpleasant experiences or
thoughts from the conscious mind
"Because I am feeling sad today about the death of my grandmother, I should go to lunch with
my friend." -- What defense mechanism is this? - correct answer ✔✔ Sublimation = redirecting
maladaptive behavior into socially acceptable behavior
,12 Steps - correct answer ✔✔ 1. We admitted we were powerless over alcohol—that our lives
had become unmanageable.
2. Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity.
3. Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood Him.
4. Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves.
5. Admitted to God, to ourselves, and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs.
6. Were entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of character.
7. Humbly asked Him to remove our shortcomings.
8. Made a list of all persons we had harmed, and became willing to make
amends to them all.
9. Made direct amends to such people wherever possible, except when to do so would injure
them or others.
10. Continued to take personal inventory and when we were wrong promptly admitted it.
11. Sought through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with God as we
understood Him, praying only for knowledge of His will for us and the power to carry that out.
12. Having had a spiritual awakening as the result of these steps, we tried to carry this message
to alcoholics, and to practice these principles in all our affair
Rules in a family system become rigid as a result of these three covert/overt messages: - correct
answer ✔✔ (1) DON'T TALK about what you see, hear or know (i.e., shut-up);
(2) DON'T FEEL what you are feeling (i.e., shutdown); and
(3) DON'T TRUST anyone or what anyone says or does, including yourself (i.e., shutout.)
What happens with family roles affected when member has sud? - correct answer ✔✔ Roles
become either fluid and easily changeable, or rigid and locked into personality characteristics
because appropriate boundaries are shattered and/or become non-existent; Enabler, Hero,
Scapegoat, Lost Child, Mascot
what function does the Enabler role play? - correct answer ✔✔ Provides responsibility
, what function does the Hero role play? - correct answer ✔✔ provides self-worth; Usually the
oldest child, Becomes the competent caretaker that keeps the family functioning
what function does the scapegoat role play? - correct answer ✔✔ provides focus; The
scapegoat child acts out to take the focus off the alcoholic parent by getting into trouble.
what function does the mascot role play? - correct answer ✔✔ provides distraction; The mascot
is usually the youngest child. They try to ease family tension with comedy to mask the sadness.
what function does the lost child role play? - correct answer ✔✔ provides relief; The lost child
tries to avoid conflict and pain by withdrawing physically.
Purpose of group counseling - correct answer ✔✔ is to use the resources and experiences of a
group to learn new behaviors and recognize, confront, correctly label, appropriately express and
deal with a client's denial and unpleasant feelings about his or her addiction
Group therapy is thought to be therapeutic because: - correct answer ✔✔ - it instills hope in
otherwise empty individuals suffering from a psychoactive substance use disorder;
- it teaches that there is universality, and no human deed or thought is fully outside the
experience of others;
- it provides an opportunity for the group members to impart advice, information and didactic
instruction;
- it is based on the principle of altruism, so clients may receive through giving;
- it resembles a family in many aspects, which is something many members may have never
experienced fully;
- it a1lows for members to learn from other members through modeling and to explore new
ideas, attitudes and behaviors; and
- it helps in developing new socialization techniques now that the client is sober.
& Professional Issues fully solved
"Drinking ten beers a day does not
make me an alcoholic!" -- What defense mechanism is this? - correct answer ✔✔ Denial =
refusing to accept some aspect of reality that is apparent to other peopIe
"I would have passed that test if the
professor graded fairly." -- What defense mechanism is this? - correct answer ✔✔ Displacement
= transferring a feeling about an unpleasant situation onto another individual
"She only has friends because she has a lot of money." -- What defense mechanism is this? -
correct answer ✔✔ Projection = attributing unacceptable thoughts or feelings to another
individual or object
"I did not run for class president because I did not want to hurt anyone's feelings when I beat
them." -- What defense mechanism is this? - correct answer ✔✔ Rationalization = hiding the
true reasoning behind a behavior or feeling, but doing so i n a self-serving way, with incorrect
explanations
"I don't remember the night I was raped other than going to the movies." -- What defense
mechanism is this? - correct answer ✔✔ Repression = blocking unpleasant experiences or
thoughts from the conscious mind
"Because I am feeling sad today about the death of my grandmother, I should go to lunch with
my friend." -- What defense mechanism is this? - correct answer ✔✔ Sublimation = redirecting
maladaptive behavior into socially acceptable behavior
,12 Steps - correct answer ✔✔ 1. We admitted we were powerless over alcohol—that our lives
had become unmanageable.
2. Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity.
3. Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood Him.
4. Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves.
5. Admitted to God, to ourselves, and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs.
6. Were entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of character.
7. Humbly asked Him to remove our shortcomings.
8. Made a list of all persons we had harmed, and became willing to make
amends to them all.
9. Made direct amends to such people wherever possible, except when to do so would injure
them or others.
10. Continued to take personal inventory and when we were wrong promptly admitted it.
11. Sought through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with God as we
understood Him, praying only for knowledge of His will for us and the power to carry that out.
12. Having had a spiritual awakening as the result of these steps, we tried to carry this message
to alcoholics, and to practice these principles in all our affair
Rules in a family system become rigid as a result of these three covert/overt messages: - correct
answer ✔✔ (1) DON'T TALK about what you see, hear or know (i.e., shut-up);
(2) DON'T FEEL what you are feeling (i.e., shutdown); and
(3) DON'T TRUST anyone or what anyone says or does, including yourself (i.e., shutout.)
What happens with family roles affected when member has sud? - correct answer ✔✔ Roles
become either fluid and easily changeable, or rigid and locked into personality characteristics
because appropriate boundaries are shattered and/or become non-existent; Enabler, Hero,
Scapegoat, Lost Child, Mascot
what function does the Enabler role play? - correct answer ✔✔ Provides responsibility
, what function does the Hero role play? - correct answer ✔✔ provides self-worth; Usually the
oldest child, Becomes the competent caretaker that keeps the family functioning
what function does the scapegoat role play? - correct answer ✔✔ provides focus; The
scapegoat child acts out to take the focus off the alcoholic parent by getting into trouble.
what function does the mascot role play? - correct answer ✔✔ provides distraction; The mascot
is usually the youngest child. They try to ease family tension with comedy to mask the sadness.
what function does the lost child role play? - correct answer ✔✔ provides relief; The lost child
tries to avoid conflict and pain by withdrawing physically.
Purpose of group counseling - correct answer ✔✔ is to use the resources and experiences of a
group to learn new behaviors and recognize, confront, correctly label, appropriately express and
deal with a client's denial and unpleasant feelings about his or her addiction
Group therapy is thought to be therapeutic because: - correct answer ✔✔ - it instills hope in
otherwise empty individuals suffering from a psychoactive substance use disorder;
- it teaches that there is universality, and no human deed or thought is fully outside the
experience of others;
- it provides an opportunity for the group members to impart advice, information and didactic
instruction;
- it is based on the principle of altruism, so clients may receive through giving;
- it resembles a family in many aspects, which is something many members may have never
experienced fully;
- it a1lows for members to learn from other members through modeling and to explore new
ideas, attitudes and behaviors; and
- it helps in developing new socialization techniques now that the client is sober.
