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Clinical Mental Health Counseling NCMHCE®

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Counseling Interventions

Match the Intervention

Readiness Decides · L1

Fundamental concept

Matching intervention to problem, goal, stage, and readiness, and recognizing when a good intervention is wrong for now.

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Scenario

Four clients present with alcohol-related concerns, but at different stages of readiness. Match each to the intervention that fits where they actually are.

Match each client to the most appropriate intervention.

Says he does not have a problem and came because his wife insisted

Says he knows he should cut down but "not yet," and lists reasons on both sides

Has decided to stop and asks how to handle the situations where he usually drinks

Has been abstinent four months and is worried about an upcoming wedding