Chapter 1: Overview
A crisis intervention model that focuses on achieving rapport, boiling down the problem, and coping
ABC Model
What can be defined as standards, principles, processes, and rules that are adopted and enforced by government authority?
Laws
Crisis intervention must be__________and _________focused
Flexible; client
Suicide is usually proceeded by a________________
Denial and isolation, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance are stages of what?
Kubler-Ross's five stages of death and dying
A precipitating event, perception, emotional distress, and lowered functioning when coping fails can result in a what?
Crisis
Character; customs
During the A phase of the ABC model, the counselor is focusing on what?
Achieving rapport
What is the purpose of assessing for signs of suicide?
Determine the risk level
The attention span for grieving parents is about how long?
About a minute
A crisis can be either a __________or an_________.
danger; opportunity
An ethical issue in which a person has more than one relationship with a client is referred to as....
Dual relationships
During the B phase of the ABC model, the counselor is focusing on what?
The client's thoughts, beliefs, perception of the problem
The most common suicidal clients fall into what risk category?
Middle (can still function, but hopeless and helpless; feel there is no way out)
What is one of the best interventions for grieving parents?
Support groups
Cognitive behavioral therapy mostly focuses on reframing what?
The person's cognitions (meanings, beliefs, perspectives) about the crisis
Confidentiality must be broken in cases of...
Danger to self or others; child abuse
Clients who are in certain crisis situations in which they feel violated, victimized, or helpless respond well to what kinds of statements?
Empowering
No
As a grief counselor, it is wise to come to terms with what about yourself?
Your own fears and beliefs about death, dying, and grieving
The humanistic approach focuses on:
When a counselor intervenes inappropriately with the client because the client has triggered an emotional issue within the counselor based on the counselor's own history and experiences
Countertransference
A suicide assessment should take place within what phase of the ABC model?
B
If a client has viable means and a detailed plan, he or she should be placed in what risk category?
High
If a client is displaying strong, out of control emotions and cannot sleep, eat, work, or take care themselves, the crisis worker should do what?
Refer the client to a physician