Group and Family Counseling
CRC · 14 questions
- In IPE meetings, family members consistently speak for a young adult client and interrupt whenever the client tries to state a preference. Using family systems concepts, what should the counselor prioritize?
- Parents of a client with intellectual disability strongly disagree—one favors competitive employment, the other prefers a segregated day program—and the conflict stalls the rehab plan. What family counseling theory application is most on point?
- A spouse has become the unpaid de facto case manager for a client after disability onset and now shows burnout that threatens home support for work goals. What family intervention focus is most appropriate?
- Family members misinterpret a client’s TBI-related irritability and memory gaps as “laziness,” undermining home support for rehab goals. What family intervention is most appropriate?
- After disability onset, a couple’s escalating money conflict is threatening the client’s new job retention. The CRC is not a couples therapist specialty clinic. What scope-aware family-informed action fits best?
- A rehab counselor is forming a job-club group for clients seeking employment. Which group counseling theory basic should be established early?
- In a disability adjustment group, members say “I thought I was the only one” and begin expressing renewed hope after hearing peers’ progress. Which group counseling concept best names what is occurring?
- An agency must choose between a structured psychoeducational group on workplace disability rights and a process-oriented group focused on disability identity and interpersonal dynamics. What matching principle applies?
- In a chronic-pain coping group, one member monopolizes discussion and quieter members stop contributing. What group intervention skill should the counselor apply?
- During orientation for a job-club group at a community rehab program, several members ask whether what they share stays private like individual counseling. What should the CRC emphasize?
- A CRC designs a six-session interview-skills group for clients with psychiatric disabilities. Which method best builds usable workplace interview behavior?
- In a family session, parents repeatedly call employers 'for' their adult child with a disability and cancel interviews when the client feels nervous, while urging the CRC to 'just motivate' the client alone. What should the counselor prioritize?
- Two CRCs will co-lead a multi-family psychoeducation group for first-episode psychosis rehab. What structural practice most supports effective co-leadership?
- A CRP will run a six-week workplace socialization curriculum with progressive skill modules. Which group design best fits that brief curriculum?