An adolescent client of yours has attended several AA meetings. He understands its principles. However, he is having trouble surrendering to a higher power because he was raised in an atheistic, humanist tradition. How do you respond?
A. You tell him he needs to accept that surrender to a higher power
is synonymous with surrendering to God.
B. You indicate that many atheists have been helped by AA and so
surrendering to a higher power should not be a problem for him.
C. You say he does not need to surrender to God but needs to place
an emphasis on creating a spiritual defense against his alcohol
use.
D. You reply that the surrender steps are not as important as the
integrity and serenity steps.
Question 2
Your youthful, Mexican-American client is using alcohol and marijuana. Her mother says she knows that her husband's heavy drinking has been a negative influence on her daughter, but she wants help for her daughter.
The youth wants help, too. The father is indifferent. Which
type of family therapy do you think would be best?
A. FBT
B. BSFT
C. MST
D. Structural-strategic family therapy
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