Master Addiction Counselor Exam Secrets Study Guide: Addiction Counselor Test Review for the Master Addiction Counseling Exam (Mometrix Secrets Study Guides);

***Includes Practice Test Questions*** Get the test prep help you need to be successful on the Master Addiction Counselor test. The Master Addiction Counselor Exam is extremely challenging and thorough test preparation is essential for success. Master Addiction Counselor Exam Secrets Study Guide is the ideal prep solution for anyone who wants to pass the Master Addiction Counselor Exam. Not only does it provide a comprehensive guide to the Master Addiction Counselor Exam as a whole, it also provides practice test questions as well as detailed explanations of each answer. Master Addiction Counselor Exam Secrets Study Guide includes:

• A detailed overview of the Master Addiction Counselor Exam
• A guide to orientation to treatment process
• An in-depth look at assessment
• A breakdown of ongoing treatment planning and implementation
• An examination of addiction counseling practices and prevention
• A full study of professional practice issues
• Comprehensive practice questions with detailed answer explanations

It's filled with the critical information you'll need in order to do well on the test: the concepts, procedures, principles, and vocabulary that the National Association of Alcohol and Drug Abuse Counselors (NAADAC) expects you to have mastered before sitting for the exam. The Orientation to Treatment Process section covers:

• Consent
• Screening and client assessment
• Inaccurate expectations
• Crisis
• Crisis intervention
• Crisis Management Defusing model

The Assessment section covers:

• Competent assessment
• Cocaine assessment instruments
• Gender issues
• Asians
• Codependency
• Adult children and grandchildren of chemical dependents
• Assessing homeless and comorbid patient populations
• Assessing socioeconomic status and social support system

The Ongoing Treatment Planning and Implementation section covers:

• Assessing socioeconomic status and social support system
• Formal treatment plan
• Self-help groups
• Comorbidity
• Counselor-client treatment plan formulation

The Addiction Counseling Practices and Prevention section covers:

• Identification and fulfillment of needs
• Case managers
• Percentage of children of alcoholics who will become alcoholic
• Self-disclosure
• Adolescent drug abuse

The Professional Practice Issues section covers:

• Ethical professional conduct
• Predominant historical perspectives
• Organ systems commonly damaged by alcohol
• Cocaine
• Hallucinogens
• Ecstasy
• Psychoactive ingredient in marijuana
• Multidisciplinary team
• Supervision

These sections are full of specific and detailed information that will be key to passing the Master Addiction Counselor Exam. Concepts and principles aren't simply named or described in passing, but are explained in detail. The guide is laid out in a logical and organized fashion so that one section naturally flows from the one preceding it. Because it's written with an eye for both technical accuracy and accessibility, you will not have to worry about getting lost in dense academic language. Any test prep guide is only as good as its practice questions and answers, and that's another area where our guide stands out. Our test designers have provided scores of test questions that will prepare you for what to expect on the actual Master Addiction Counselor Exam. Each answer is explained in depth, in order to make the principles and reasoning behind it crystal clear.