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Topic 4: Short Answer Questions Directions: Provide short answers of 100-150 words each for the following questions/statements. Do not exceed 200 words for your response. Include a minimum of one scholarly resource in addition to the course textbook.

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What is motivational interviewing? Describe motivational interviewing techniques, including the use of the acronym OARS.

Motivation interviewing deals is when a counselor uses different techniques and skills to entice change in their client. Capuzzi and Stauffer defines it as a, “client-centered system of change by which the counselor utilizes various techniques and interpersonal skills known to be effective agents of change” (2016). In order to correctly utilize motivational interviewing correctly, counselors utilize the acronym OARS. This acronym stands for, “Open questions, affirmation, reflective listening, and summary reflections” (2007). Open questions are questions that cannot be answered with a simple yes or no so the client can answer with what in on their mind. Affirmations states any positives in the clients’ actions in order to boost self confidence in said client. Reflective listening is when the counselor understands the feelings of their client and reiterates their thought back to the client, these are not questions to the client but rather an understanding of the clients’ thoughts. Summary reflections is listening to all the clients concerns and summarizing their statements to engage the client during transitional points in the conversation.

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Briefly describe the stages of change. Why do you think this may be an effective strategy in assessing clients who present with addiction problems?

Stages of change is a way to assess the motivation of clients to modify their risky behaviors. Recover First Treatment Center defines it as a way to, “help clinicians to identify where individuals with substance abuse issues stood regarding their understanding of their substance abuse” (2020). This contains 6 defining stages which include pre-contemplation, contemplation, preparation, action, maintenance, and relapse. This is described as an upward spiral meaning that should the client relapse, they learn from their previous actions and are able to recover in a better manner. This is an effective strategy since it helps the counselor figure out where their client is at in order to form a relationship and implement actions that can help the client through each stage. Capuzzi and Stauffer mention this when they state, “This model acknowledges the importance of a developmental perspective of change rather than a theoretical approach that exclusively focuses on personality characteristics or behaviors as predictors of change” (2016).

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Several versions of the Stages of Change exist in the literature. Some include the term relapse and others include a stage called termination. The stage of termination suggests the client has reached a state of recovery, permanently adopting new behavior patterns. Based on your knowledge so far in counseling those suffering from an addiction, do you think a person ever reaches a termination stage of change? Why or why not? © 2017. Grand Canyon University. All Rights Reserved.

I do not think people reach a point of termination, rather, a point of where they can prevent a relapse. The term termination suggests the client no longer want their preferred substance i and that they would not become addicted to the substance should they be presented to it again. We see this in coping skills, the goal of coping is to, “Help those in recovery deal with the internal and external triggers and consequences described earlier in this chapter” (2016). What we see in recovering addicts is the craving for their desired substance. Jayakrishnan and Kandasamy state what causes these craving when they state, “Substance users seem to use drugs or relapse more readily in environments associated with prior drug use” (2018). When exposed to past environments or individuals that bring up memories from their addiction, this can cause the need for their preferred substance. With corrected behaviors, clients can navigate through their cravings to avoid a relapse. With these in mind, the termination of addiction is not attainable, rather the possibility of relapsing is avoidable. The addiction will always be there, but the client is now able to implement healthy mechanisms to avoid falling back into addiction.

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Capuzzi, D., & Stauffer, M. (2016). Foundations of addictions counseling (3rd ed.). Pearson ISBN-13: 9780133998641 Menon, J., & Kandasamy, A. (2018). Relapse prevention. Indian journal of psychiatry, 60(Suppl 4), S473–S478. https://doi.org/10.4103/psychiatry.IndianJPsychiatry_36_18 Motivational Interviewing: Open Questions, Affirmation, Reflective Listening, and Summary Reflections (OARS) | The Homeless Hub. (2007). SAHMSA. https://www.homelesshub.ca/resource/motivational-interviewing-open-questionsaffirmation-reflective-listening-and-summary Motivational interviewing: Stages of change. Recovery First Treatment Center. (2020. https://recoveryfirst.org/motivational-interviewing/.

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