Chemical Dependency Counselor CCDC Exam Prep - Question List

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41. One of the hyperactive adolescence clients threatens to try to overdose. It is suspected it is a ploy to get sympathy. How should the suicide threat be handled? What two options would you take?
  1. Check his records, social history and see if there were other suicide threats
  2. Interview the client. if he reveals he has attempted or had thoughts of suicide find out how; search the room.
  3. Discharge him immediately; threatening suicide is counterproductive for him and the other clients.
  4. Ignore the threat; he is faking, but keep a watch.
42.

Which does not describe Reality Therapy?

  1. The focus is to help clients change in the here and now.
  2. The major goal is to hold people accountable for their behavior and to teach them better and more effective ways of getting their needs met.
  3. One focus of this therapy is to help clients see how issues from their past continue to influence them and to help them with it.
43. Of these steps in crisis intervention which is or are considered the most important? Choose those that apply.
  1. Give support.
  2. Assist with action plans.
  3. Arrange for follow-up.
  4. Intervene right away.
44. Which of these element words would not be dealt with in Gestalt therapy?
  1. Rage
  2. Unresolved grief
  3. Resentments
  4. Childhood issues
45. Why is it necessary to include goals in the written assessment?
  1. They are the objectives the client wishes to achieve when leaving treatment.
  2. These are the goals criminal justice system demands of a client when being forced to enter treatment instead of going to jail.
  3. These are the goals the counselor and client determine that needs to be worked on while in treatment.
  4. These are the goals the staff determines that have been achieved in the first two weeks that allows him to stay in treatment.

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