CHCCCS014 Brief Interventions Assessment Book: A Practical Guide

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DIPLOMA OF COUNSELLING
CHCCCS014
Provide Brief Interventions
Assessment Book

First Edition, January 2017
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Section 1
AN INTRODUCTION TO BRIEF INTERVENTIONS
What are brief interventions?
1.1 Select True or False in relation to the following statements:
a) The broad purpose of brief interventions is to raise client
awareness of, or readiness to change in regard to, a particular
issue and then share relevant knowledge/resources that will
support the client to make beneficial changes in their life.
True False
b) Brief interventions can be used to help a person think about
and make changes to their behaviour in order to improve
health/wellbeing.
True False
c) Brief interventions are only ever done with clients who
specifically seek out the services of a brief intervention
counsellor.
True False
d) Brief interventions may be performed by a range of health
practitioners to take advantage of opportunities, such as when
a client comes to a general health setting but is unlikely to
attend specialist treatment.
True False
e) Brief interventions are only used for issues of addiction.
True False
f) Brief interventions can be used to help change a client’s
attitudes towards smoking and alcohol consumption.
True False
g) Brief interventions can be used to help clients who are living in
conditions of poor environmental health take steps to improve
and protect their emotional and physical health.
True False
h) Brief interventions usually take place in a group setting.
True False
i) Brief interventions usually consist of a minimum of six
sessions.
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True False
j) Brief interventions involve supplying the client with
specifically tailored information and strategies based upon the
client’s level of desire to change.
True False
1.2 Why are brief interventions often used as a public health strategy?
(Your total response should be no more than 75 words)
Brief interventions are the interventions that can be applied to the
person to help them regarding change in their life. The brief
interventions's motive is to involve all those yong generation
people who are not ready to aacept the change and the brief
intervention helps the person to expand their perception. Thus
the brief interventions are the best tools that are used by the
general people as a health strategy to cure their health problems.
1.3 Which of the following are typical approaches used to support
behaviour change in brief interventions? (Select all that apply)
Approach Select if
typically
used in brief
intervention
s
Raising client awareness
Sharing information and resources
Telling the client that they must change their
behaviour
Exploring the client’s concerns and strategies
Helping the client to express their feelings, make
decisions, and set goals
Encouraging the client to hide problematic
behaviour from family and friends
Highlighting the benefits of change
Providing positive feedback and encouragement
Paying the client to change their behaviour
Offering time and support
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Referring the client to other sources of
assistance.
The stages of change model
1.4 Why are counsellors who use brief interventions interested in
determining a client’s “stage of change”? (Your response should be
no more than 30 words)
The counsellors are interested in ascertaining the client's change
because the stage of change help them to know about the client's
behaviour and support them in treatment by providing them
proper assistance.
1.5 Complete the table below by briefly outlining, in your own words,
the key characteristics that define clients who are in each stage of
change. (Your total response should be no more than 200 words)
Stage of
Change
Key Characteristics
Pre-
contemplation
The people usually in this stage are open-
minded to know the information about the risk
in their substance use but they are not ready to
accepttheir change in behaviour.
Contemplation In this stage of change the people now the
people are trying to change in some time. The
people in this stage are not like;ly to adopt the
chanbges based on the traditional methods.
Preparation In the preparationn stage the people are more
likely to accept the change than in the last
stage because in the last stage they have
already adopted some change.The people are
immidiate action oriented.
Action In this stage of action the people have already
accepted the change because they are
observing the process that is helping them to
bring the changes.The people are now more
likely to accept the change.
Maintenance In this stage the people do not try to adopt
more chabnges because they have already
changed their lifestyle to a greater extent. The
change they have accepted is continued in this
stage.
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Relapse In this stage some of the people go back to
their old lifestyles while others try to accept the
changes untill they are successful in their
improvement. The people find different
experiences in this stage.
1.6 Complete the table below by selecting which stage of change each
client is most likely currently at.
Client scenario Stage of
change
a) Johnny has decided that it is time to do
something about his weight and unhealthy
diet. He has researched a diet plan that he
intends to start next week and is thinking
about joining a gym.
Pre-
contemplation
b) Marco made a decision to quit smoking
twelve months ago. In the first three
months after his decision he gradually cut
down the number of cigarettes he smoked
each day, and for the last nine months he
has not smoked a single cigarette.
Maintenance
c) Josh’s fiancé, Mary, is concerned about
Josh’s level of drinking and has asked him
to see a counsellor. Josh doesn’t think that
he has a drinking problem however he is
willing to go to a counsellor once so Mary
will stop nagging him.
Pre-
contemplation
d) Six months ago, Tony decided to stop
taking cocaine because of the impact it was
having on his relationship with his wife as
well as their joint finances. Tony went into
a rehab to “get clean” and since then has
be attending Narcotics Anonymous
meetings. However, two weeks ago, while
out celebrating an old friend’s birthday,
Tony was offered some cocaine and he took
it. Since then he has purchased some and
used three times.
Relapse
e) Three weeks ago, Raj found out that his
wife, Anita, was pregnant. Raj decided that
it is time for him to quit smoking. He called
Quitline to obtain some advice and is
currently actively engaged in one of their
Contemplation
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