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Business relationships create dual relationships and exploitation risk. The ethical stance is to avoid.

Irvin Yalom identified therapeutic factors of groups, such as universality, instillation of hope, and corrective feedback. Encouraging peer support and challenge reflects these principles. Psychoanalysis, TA, and hypnosis do not apply here.

Motivational Interviewing (MI) is a client-centered approach designed to enhance intrinsic motivation for change. It emphasizes collaboration, evocation of client goals, and respect for autonomy. The core skill is exploring ambivalence and encouraging clients to articulate “change talk” — statements favoring change. Confrontation, imposing tasks, or offering prescriptive solutions undermines MI principles. The correct response is exploring ambivalence and eliciting change talk.

Hoarding Disorder is distinct from OCD and involves persistent difficulty discarding possessions regardless of value, leading to distress and impairment. OCD may include hoarding but is driven by obsessions/compulsions. Specific phobia and adjustment disorder do not apply.

Alcohol Use Disorder involves a problematic pattern of alcohol use leading to significant impairment or distress, including tolerance, withdrawal, inability to control use, and continued use despite consequences. Alcohol Intoxication describes acute effects of drinking, not a persistent pattern. Adjustment Disorder refers to temporary stress reactions. Substance-Induced Mood Disorder describes mood disturbances caused directly by substance effects. The client’s repeated pattern of harmful drinking behavior best matches Alcohol Use Disorder.