Gambling
Other Addictions
Training, Certification, & Ethics
Counselor Self-Care
Potpourri
100
Esther's Question: Financial and other economic impact, abuse and neglect, homelessness, and suicide.
What are a few ramifications of pathological gambling?
100
Terese's Question: Unlike some other addictive behavior, the individual who falls into this pattern is often rewarded financially or promoted for their compulsion.
What is compulsive working?
100
Mary's and Ronnie's Question: Herlihy and Corey (2006) outlined five principles -- i.e., autonomy, nonmaleficence, beneficence, justice, and fidelity -- intended to facilitate these types of behaviors of counselors.
What are ethical behaviors?
100
Jackie's Question: Symptoms, such as blaming clients for not improving or feeling tired or angry, could indicate that the counselor is struggling with this.
What is burnout?
100
Stacy's Question: The desire to fix what seems wrong with people and to set them promptly on a better course, relying in particular on directing.
What is the righting reflex?
200
Nikki's Question: This type of gambler sees gambling as recreation. They may rarely lose more money than intended, and he or she spends a great deal of time in gambling or gambling-related activities. The gambling and associated behavior of this type of gambler can affect vocational functioning and family relationships because of the amount of time spent on preparing for gambling and following bets.
What is a “Heavy Social Gambler”?
200
Marie's Question: Symptoms include eating much more rapidly than normal; eating until feeling uncomfortably full; eating large amounts of food when not feeling physically hungry; eating alone because of being embarrassed by how much one is eating; and feeling disgusted with oneself, depressed,, and/or feeling guilty after overeating.
What is chronic binge eating?
200
Sheindel's Question: Clarify and outline the dilemma.
What is the first aspect of making an ethical decision?
200
Elaine's Question: This aspect of the counselors’ support system is considered crucial to professional development.
What is a mentor?
200
Cecil's Question: This is the most common place to get stuck on the road to change.
What is ambivalence?
300
Laura's Question: This type of regular or recreational gambler does not experience problems from gambling, such as losing more than intended or finding it difficult to stop gambling.
What is a casual social gambler?
300
Cecil's Question: Over the last decade, this disorder has become the most widespread mental health concern in young women.
What are eating disorders?
300
Cecil's Question: This national organization represents counselors around the country in the alcohol and drug abuse counseling field.
What is the National Association of Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Counselors (NAADAC)?
300
Terese's Question: Given the sedentary nature of most counseling practices, this type of activity is recommended for self care and wellness.
What is “exercise” or “stretching?”
300
Laura's Question: This type of defense (part of an addict's internal defense system) is characterized by the addict downplaying the frequency, amount, and consequences of his/her substance use.
What is minimization?
400
Mary's Question: This is a type of group meeting that a member of GA (Gambler’s Anonymous) can request after about thirty days of continuous abstinence.
What is a pressure relief group meeting?
400
Jackie's Question: This disorder leads to the highest mortality rate of any other mental or emotional disorder.
What is anorexia nervosa?
400
Laura's Question: This type of counseling integrates the counselor's sense of a personal spiritual journey with the unique spiritual journey of the client.
What is transpersonal counseling?
400
Nikki's Question: Leaving work at work, not taking it home with you, both in a physical sense and an emotional sense. Also helps with burnout prevention.
What is “Detaching”?
400
Ronnie's Question: Genuine compassion, deep understanding, and the ability to be authentic, while expressing accurate empathy and providing unconditional positive regard.
What are the core values of counselors?
500
Angela's Question: Both the National Council on Problem Gambling & Quirk, Jodgen, Springborn, Howell, and Daus has estimated the loss of money due to gambling to be about_____.
What is $7 billion each year?
500
Elaine's Question: Regarding Internet Addiction, Hall and Parsons (2001) outline four key areas in need of assessment: Internet usage, usage content, environmental distress, and ___________.
What is comorbidity?
500
Stacy's Question: Of the 70 counseling programs surveyed that are CACREP-accredited, the percent that require courses in substance abuse or dependency.
What is 30%?
500
Mary's Question: Using this model developed by Meyers et al. (2002) during the supervisory process can help keep focus not only on client care, but also on counselor care.
What is the wellness model?
500
Rhoades' Question: This is the best predictor of treatment success and has been found to predict treatment adherence (compliance) and concordance and outcome across a range of client diagnoses and treatment settings.
What is the therapeutic relationship?
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