Counseling Theories
______ suggests that our thoughts, emotions, body sensations, and behavior are all connected, and that what we think and do affects the way we feel. Thousands of research trials have demonstrated that _____ is an effective treatment for conditions from anxiety and depression to pain and insomnia.
Cognitive Behavioral Theory
opioid partial agonist, reduces cravings, prevents withdrawals, stabilizes user
Buprenorphine/Subutex
Even if there are more positive aspects than negative in a situation or person, you focus on the negatives exclusively.
Filtering
Missy calls a treatment program and attends an intake appointment. Missy has been in the program for 10 days. She has attended every appointment asked of her.
Action
the discomfort that arises when there is a mismatch between your thoughts, beliefs, or actions
Dissonance
is a guiding style of communication, that sits between following (good listening) and directing (giving information and advice). is designed to empower people to change by drawing out their own meaning, importance and capacity for change. is based on a respectful and curious way of being with people that facilitates the natural process of change and honors client autonomy.
Motivational Interviewing
long-acting opioid agonist, reduces opioid craving and withdrawal and blunts or blocks the effects of opioids. Taken daily, it is available in liquid, powder and diskettes forms.
Methadone
you interpret an event or situation negatively without evidence supporting such a conclusion. Then, you react to your assumption.
Jumping to Conclusions
Steve has been in the program for six months. Steve submits drug screens each week, attends group each week, has obtained employment, and remains sober since his intake.
Maintenance
the state of having mixed feelings or contradictory ideas about something or someone
Ambivalence
______is a modified type of cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT). Its main goals are to teach people how to live in the moment, develop healthy ways to cope with stress, regulate their emotions, and improve their relationships with others. It was originally intended to treat borderline personality disorder (BPD), but it has been adapted to treat other mental health conditions
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
opioid partial agonist, reduces cravings, prevents withdrawals, stabilizes user in combination with opioid antagonist medication that is used to reverse an opioid overdose
Buprenorphine Naloxone/ Suboxone
leads you to believe that you’re responsible for events that, in reality, are completely or partially out of your control.
Personalization
Billy found a number to a detox/inpatient treatment facility online that he may want to attend, but is looking into other treatment options as well.
Preparation
occurs when a person redirects some of their feelings or desires for another person to an entirely different person.
Transference
focuses on a person’s present circumstances and strengths, identifies future goals, and develops strategies for achieving those goals. This method doesn’t reflect much on the past but works instead to define, visualize, and discuss potential future outcomes based on different actions taken during the given scenarios. It also taps into revealing actions that are currently working in an effort to further reinforce those positive steps.
Solution Focused Therapy
A drug that blocks the action of opiates (drugs used to treat pain). It may be used in the treatment of intravenous opiate addiction or alcohol dependence
Naltrexone
leads you to believe that the way you feel is a reflection of reality.
Emotional Reasoning
Alex has been using for 6 years. Recently she has been thinking about what her life would be like if she was sober, and how she might begin to get sober.
Contemplation
refers to the transference of a therapist’s personal thoughts and feelings onto a client.
Countertransference
treats mental health conditions that happen because of memories from traumatic events in your past. It’s best known for its role in treating post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), but its use is expanding to include treatment of many other conditions.
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
used in certain people with chronic alcoholism. This medicine can help keep you from drinking because of the unpleasant side effects that will occur if you consume alcohol while taking
Antabuse
is related to jumping to conclusions. In this case, you jump to the worst possible conclusion in every scenario, no matter how improbable it is.
Catastrophizing
Harry is an active heroin user. He has overdosed and been administered Narcan several times. He continues to receive information about treatment programs from the EMT's but Harry throws them in the back seat of his car and does not read them
Pre-contemplation
The tendency for different mental disorders to occur together in the same person
Co-Morbidity