Alcohol and Drug Counselor Exam Prep - Question List

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6.
 A treatment plan is an assessment of the resources a client can use to achieve the goals established by the client and the counselor. The goals will be both long- term and short-term. The plan will identify the strengths and weaknesses, along with planned treatment methods that will be used to reach the goals. 
 What treatment resources might be listed for a fifty-year-old widowed man, employed as an investment broker for thirty years, who lives alone in a large city, and whose goal is to continue sobriety?
  1. A local AA chapter
  2. A local poker group
  3. A local Kiwanis club
  4. All of the above
  5. A&C
7. What of the above does not need to be included in a treatment plan assessment?
  1. Grade average of high school and college attendances.
  2. Living situation
  3. Past and present relationships with others
  4. Vocational history
8.

Which of the following is a reason some counselors feel it is not necessary to be familiar with the DSM-5?

  1. Counselors use these codes of psychiatric descriptions as it quickly provides information needed to outline a required diagnostic client impression.
  2. LCDC counselors sometimes find it necessary to update their copy of this psychiatric code as it is revised periodically.
  3. Experienced counselors may have accrued enough knowledge while working with clients to be able to establish the extent of the client's substance abuse relapse potential and do not need to consult this text.
  4. Counselors need to be able to identify disorders in this assessment to better plan for successful long term recovery.
9. Which of the following statements is NOT a reason for why it is necessary for a client to agree with a problem statement?
  1. It will enhance the corporation of client's efforts to achieve treatment goals.
  2. The complaint can not be made that problem statements are not suitable for the client's situation.
  3. It will ensure that client and counselor are in accord with problem to be address.
  4. Actually it does not manner. Problem statements are selected by a counselor from a list of problem statements provided by the administration of the center.
10. What therapy approaches uses the empty chair?
  1. Person-Centered Therapy.
  2. Existential Therapy
  3. Gestalt Therapy

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