PSY 460 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Fatalism, Shoplifting, Intellectual Disability
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The prevalence of aod problems in our society necessitates their consideration with nearly every client. It"s important to build up a trusting relationship with a person in the helping profession is important for information gathering. 4 major factors to building trust and relationships: You have to build this trust by ensuring everything will be kept confidential. Warmth: the person needs to feel like you care. Positive regard: nobody will trust someone who doesn"t respond well to them. Previous experiences can shape our attitudes towards our clients that are often: *give every new person the benefit of the doubt. Lack of exposure to successfully recovering clients. At risks person not recognized and screened. Denial of existence of substance use problems. ) constantly picking someone up who has a problem, not talking about it (pushing it under the rug) will encourage the user to keep using. Denial and resistance are major signs and symptoms of alcoholism and chemical dependence.
