Testing Saint Martin's College and Seminary Group Treatment of Addiction Chapter 4 test Group Treatment of Addiction – Chapter 4 Your Email address * Phone * 1) Group treatment in this book refers to * a) any collection of people working together b) clients’ talking to each other to facilitate growth c) having a minimum of 6-8 clients together d) using a specific counseling theory with a group of clients 2) Groups work well at the cultural level because they * a) increase cultural identity b) establish group norms c) bond clients to a culture of recovery d) enhance motivation to change 3) Psycho-educational groups differ from treatment groups in that * a) the leader is more a teacher than a facilitator b) no group process takes place c) nothing personal is discussed d) enhance motivation to change 4) Carroll and Wiggens point out that * a) there is considerable research on the effectiveness of group counseling b) group counseling is less beneficial than we think c) groups work better than individual counseling with addicts d) there is little research on the effectiveness of groups 5) The culture of a group includes * a) themes and traditions b) format c) philosophy of human nature d) all the above 6) Saying early in a group that “Everything said here stays here” is an example of * a) orientation and ground rules b) problem solving in a group context c) a person to person intervention d) taking a leadership role 7) The major role of an addictions group counselor is * a) to educate clients about addiction b) to facilitate group processes c) to provide advice in a tentative way d) to ask questions that help the clients explore their experiences 8) Issues that are highly sensitive such as sexual orientation, sexual abuse or violence are best dealt with * a) after group rules and orientation are completed b) in a specific men’s or women’s group c) in individual counseling d) in a RET type group 9) Counselors fear silence in groups because * a) silence often means nothing is happening in the group b) silence will hurt the group process c) silence is time is being wasted and it causes the counselor’s need to effect change to be missed d) silence means that progress is not occurring 10) Format refers to * a) how many clients are in the group b) therapeutic model c) how time is structured in groups d) how chairs are arranged 11) In a study by Feeny and Dranger, alcoholics rated ______ as the most helpful element of group counseling * a) giving feedback b) sharing feelings c) a sense of belonging d) identification with others 12) All of the following are self oriented and destructed roles in group EXCEPT * a) dominator b) blocker c) gatekeeper d) recognition seeker 13) Staying in a cognitive and informational channel is a way for clients to * a) get attention b) avoid emotions c) be disruptive d) recognize their faulty thinking 14) In working at an agency it is important to make sure that * a) you keep what you learned about a client’s progress in group to yourself b) issues, progress, and emerging problems be forwarded to individual counseling c) all client issues be worked on in group d) all clients address similar problems in their groups 15) From a motivational point of view, group interventions should be * a) keyed to readiness to change b) always done by the group leader c) a challenge to the client’s irrational thinking d) done as soon as problematic behavior arises reCAPTCHA Submit
