Chapter 6: Group Treatment
| 1: Interpersonal group are run just like AA groups. |
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| FALSE |
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| 2: Group process refers to all patterns and styles of interaction in the group. |
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| FALSE |
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| 3: Early stage group clients might flee from: |
| too much group leader direction. |
| displays of intimacy and overwhelming emotion. |
| too long or too short sessions. |
| other members who are monopolizing the group. |
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| 4: The major role of the addiction group leader is to: |
| correct mistakes in information group members share. |
| give advice about how to solve problems. |
| facilitate the group process. |
| help the group avoid conflict. |
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| 5: When it comes to intervening, the counselor can: |
| intervene with one member. |
| intervene among several members. |
| intervene with the group as a whole. |
| All of these are correct. |
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| 6: Interventions by a group counselor: |
| are governed by group content. |
| should address issues critical to the functioning of the group. |
| should disregard the group process when needed. |
| should only be made to halt potential violence or anger. |
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| 7: The term intervention in group work usually refers to: |
| creating a conflict to motivate the client to address his or her addiction. |
| any statement or comment made by the group counselor. |
| separating two group members during an argument. |
| a counselor’s intentional silence in the group. |
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| 8: Orientation to group counseling should include: |
| readings from AA literature. |
| developing and setting ground rules for member behaviors. |
| establishing topic areas to be discussed. |
| deciding who will lead the group that day. |
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| 9: Group is used less in SUD treatment than in individual counseling. |
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| FALSE |
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| 10: Groups work well at the cultural level because they: |
| increase cultural identity. |
| establish group norms. |
| bond clients to a culture of recovery. |
| enhance motivation to change. |
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| 11: According to interpersonal group therapy, the three levels of intervention are intrapsychic, interpersonal, and: |
| intermediate. |
| group as a whole. |
| psychosocial. |
| existential. |
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| 12: Format in group refers to: |
| level of recovery of the members. |
| how much intervention will take place. |
| roles members play in group. |
| how time is structured for participation. |
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| 13: Carroll and Kraus point out that: |
| there is considerable research on the effectiveness of group counseling. |
| group counseling is less beneficial than we think. |
| groups work better than individual counseling with addicts. |
| there is little research on the effectiveness of groups. |
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| 14: Saying, “Everything said here stays here," early in a group is an example of: |
| orientation and ground rules. |
| problem solving in a group context. |
| a group as a whole intervention. |
| taking a leadership role. |
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| 15: Issues that are highly sensitive such as sexual orientation, sexual abuse, or violence are best dealt with: |
| after group rules and orientation are completed. |
| in a specific men’s or women’s group. |
| in individual counseling. |
| in a REBT type group. |
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| 16: Sharing of self is risky and requires: |
| trust from other group members. |
| prodding by the group leader. |
| risk taking by other group members. |
| at least 2 months of group therapy. |
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| 17: Group process in a confrontational style can be: |
| an effective way to get clients to change. |
| a self-fulfilling prophecy creating more defenses. |
| the only way to control clients in early recovery. |
| done if it is set up in the ground rules. |
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| 18: One of the major tasks in planning group treatment is to make sure that issues that arise in individual counseling are: |
| addressed in the group process. |
| submerged under the needs of the group. |
| related to the issues the group is willing to deal with. |
| is in line with the purpose of the group. |
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| 19: One way to try to avoid regression to old ways of behavior is: |
| to extend time the group meets. |
| review past issues and problems. |
| provide homework for the group. |
| ask those in the group who are not progressing to leave. |
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| 20: It can be very valuable for the group to label a new member's defensive behavior. |
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| FALSE |
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| 21: The provocative, hostile, and resentful role in group may represent recapitulation of which of the following family roles? |
| Family hero |
| Lost child |
| Scapegoat |
| Chief enabler |
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| 22: In the cognitive addictions group model format, one of the steps is to challenge thoughts and beliefs that lead to (trigger) addictive behavior. |
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| FALSE |
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