Part 1
Chapter 4 – Explain what it means to “engage in the ethical practice and use of diagnostic schemes and assessment devices; which assessments might you consider for this client and why; implement a comprehensive approach to treatment planning.
Chapter 5 – Explain what it means to “employ an ethical approach to helping a client change; what strategies you would use to design a strong therapeutic alliance that will help foster change;”
Chapter 6 – What do you see as the main strengths of a group approach for working with substance-abusing clients? What can a group do for a client that could not be accomplished as effectively through individual sessions; of the five group work models that were discussed in this chapter—psychoeducational groups, skills development groups, cognitive-behavioral groups, support groups, and interpersonal process groups—which ones do you think you would be likely to use if you were employed as a group counselor in a substance abuse setting?
Use only the following textbook for this portion:
Lewis, J. A., Dana, R. Q., & Blevins, G. A. (2018). Substance abuse counseling. (6th ed.). Cengage Learning, Inc.
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Part 2
Review the articles in Unit 3 and Unit 4.
Select two articles to discuss with your peers in the Discussion board.
Here are the articles:
Unit 3: Perceptual Processes (Top 10 Team: Sensation & Perception Psychology; Research Methodology/Statistics )
a. Some People Are More Likely to See Faces in Things (Constandi, 2015).
b. A New Way to Trick the Brain and Beat Jet Lag (Rieland, 2016).
c. Understanding Human Perception by Human-made Illusions (Carbon, 2014).
d. Evoking the Ineffable: The Phenomenology of Extreme Sports (Brymer & Schweitzer, 2017).
Unit 4: Learning
a. You have No Idea What Happened (Konnikova, 2015).
b. A ‘Learning’ Attitude Helps Boost Job Search Success (Sleek, Michel, & Mikulak, 2015).
c. The Science of Learning: Five Classic Studies (Stafford, 2015).
d. B. F. Skinner at Harvard (Briker, 2014).
Choose one article from each unit to review.
Use the following textbook only for this portion:
Landrum, Eric R. (2020) Annual Editions: Psychology. 49th Edition. New York: McGraw-Hill.
