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A social worker meets with a client who has been sober for six months but recently relapsed once. Using harm reduction principles, the MOST appropriate response is to:
Answer: Acknowledge the relapse as part of recovery and collaboratively develop a safety plan
Harm reduction treats relapse as a common part of the recovery process and focuses on minimizing risk while maintaining the therapeutic relationship.
Which of the following BEST describes the 'identified patient' concept in family systems theory?
Answer: The symptom-bearer who is actually expressing the family's systemic dysfunction
The identified patient is the family member labeled as 'the problem,' whose symptoms are understood as a manifestation of the entire family system's dysfunction.
A social worker learns that a colleague is billing insurance for sessions that were never conducted. According to the NASW Code of Ethics, the worker should FIRST:
Answer: Document the concern and report to the agency supervisor or ethics board
The NASW Code of Ethics requires social workers to address unethical conduct by colleagues, typically through internal reporting channels before external authorities.
A social worker is conducting a mental status exam and notes the client is jumping between loosely related ideas with rapid topic changes. This thought process is called:
Answer: Flight of ideas
Flight of ideas is a rapid succession of thoughts with some associative connection but poor goal direction, commonly seen in manic episodes.
Ecological systems theory, developed by Urie Bronfenbrenner, describes which environmental layer as the system of relationships between the microsystems surrounding a person?
Answer: Mesosystem
The mesosystem represents the interactions and relationships among the various microsystems (e.g., how family and school influence each other).
A social worker using solution-focused brief therapy (SFBT) asks: 'On a scale of 1–10, where 10 means the problem is fully solved, where would you rate things today?' This is an example of:
Answer: Scaling questions
Scaling questions in SFBT help clients quantify progress, identify strengths, and set incremental goals toward change.
Which of the following is the MOST accurate description of countertransference?
Answer: The therapist's emotional reactions to the client influenced by the therapist's own unresolved issues
Countertransference refers to the clinician's emotional reactions to a client, shaped by the clinician's own past experiences and unresolved conflicts.