1. What is the difference between screening and assessment for substance abuse?
2. Think of examples of your own experience with each of the motivational stages during at various times your life. The example does not necessarily need to involve substance abuse. Think about times in your life when you have tried to make a change. List one example for each stage: precontemplation, contemplation, preparation, action, and maintenance. What barriers did you experience that made moving from one stage to another difficult? What was helpful to you as you moved from one stage to the next? What implications does this have for your counseling practice?
Chapter 2
3. The chapter described several counselor qualities and behaviors that are very important in developing a therapeutic alliance and contribute to the quality of the treatment environment. List and discuss the qualities and behaviors that you believe are essential for a counselor to possess. How do you compare? In other words, in reviewing the list, what qualities do you believe you have? What qualities do you need to develop?
