Relapse

Yes, prayer is the main approach for Christian counselors to utilize as a source of mental stability. It is heartbreaking to know that her father would quote a Bible scripture when molesting her, and then in return you as her counselor will also be providing her a another Bible scripture to help with her healing. You did an extraordinary in your approach towards Mary. You targeted each aspect of what McMinn (2011), describes in his book (my future manual), in regards to how the address the…

The effectiveness of substance abuse treatments including alcoholism, can be successful. Similarly, it is equally important to establish efficacy in treatment patients and or clients must first volunteer to treatment. As clinicians, it is important to conceptualize with all the needs that a client may warrant including social, environmental, and financial, which are common pathways that lead to substance abuse as it is found in most cases used as methods of coping. Nonetheless in addition to…

understand what experiences are stressors and ways to build resilience to them, as most stress is unavoidable. It is also at this stage of psychoeducation that biological predisposition is explained. The end stages of psychoeducation include making a relapse prevention plan with the client and family. Through communication enhancement training, practitioners teach families how to improve expression of positive and negative feelings, active listening, communicating clearly, and making positive…

disorders essential life skills that will help them live productive substance-free lives. As part of this treatment approach, counselors teach behavioral skills, job counseling, social and recreational counseling, marital and family therapy, and relapse prevention techniques (Dijkstra & Roozen, 2012). Addicts in recovery learn effective communication skills, problem-solving skills, job counseling and interviewing tips and suggestions, and new coping mechanisms to use when they feel stressed or…

Effective treatment is an integrated approach incorporating detoxification, prescription medications, intense behavioral therapy, and relapse prevention that relies heavily on “community or family based recovery support systems” and a designated aftercare program (Drug Facts, 2009). A prudent employer should seek counsel from qualified professionals such as, medical professionals and Addiction…

acceptable if the can be applied universally. In this case, this can be applied to the employer who refuses to hire people with criminal records. If every employer were to reject people with those records, no ex-offenders would be employed and the relapse rate would likely be much higher, making the world even less safe than it already is. The idea of duty relates to ethical pluralism and Ross’s idea of the prima facie duties. These are a series of seven duties that one has a moral obligation…

instance, if you have immediate family who had or have schizophrenia increases your chances of obtaining the disease by up to 9%. Also, some schizophrenic patients have been said to have tension within their family which may cause relapses. Some drugs are also known to cause relapses also. A drug called cannabis is mostly reported to have been used by the patients before symptoms are shown of…

As the relationship between Hazel and Gus grows you see a role reversal, Hazel has now become the caretaker and Gus is the one taken care of. This allowed me to see Gus from a whole different perspective, vulnerable and weak. Hazel is now the one waiting outside of Gus’s hospital room, hoping and praying he makes it through the night. The two still try to remain a normal relationship by doing things like going to the playground and emotionally connecting. However, Gus has reached a point of…

Transtheoretical Model of Behavior Change addresses behavioral change on an individual level with the anticipated outcome that the individual experiences changes in attitudes, intentions, and behavior (Iwasiw and Goldenberg, 2015). Each stage is different, but the individual naturally moves back and forth between the stages during the change process. Before the individual entertains the idea that change is needed they are in the precontemplation stage, which leads into the contemplation stage…

The Transtheoretical Model (TTM) of change states that change is a process involving progress through a series of stages. There are six stages in this model: Pre-contemplation, contemplation, preparation, action, maintenance, and termination. According to Ziaaddini, Ebrahim-Nejad, and Nakhaee (2013), prior to the study, all participants undergoing methadone maintenance therapy (MMT) completed the Family Assessment Device and the Marital Conflict Questionnaire. Then, the 48 opioid dependent…