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1. Happiness Isn’t Brain Surgery
SNAP-T: Strengths, Needs,
Attitudes, Preferences &
Temperament
Dr. Dawn-Elise Snipes PhD, LPC-MHSM, LMHC, NCC
Executive Director, AllCEUs
Host, Counselor Toolbox
President, Recovery and Resilience International

2.  Explore the concept of SNAP-T
 Review the different learning styles
 Identify the characteristics of each dimension
of temperament
 Discuss the levels of Maslow’s heirarchy
 Identify other characteristics which may yield
specialized needs.
Objectives

3.  Strengths
 Needs (Accommodations)
 Attitudes
 Preferences (learning style, temperament)
SNAP

4. Strengths
 Things the client is good at… (transferability)
 How the client…
 Learns best
 Has coped in the past
 What gives the client hope
 What the client already knows about
 The condition
 Recovery methods
 What does and does not work for him/her

5. Needs
 Emotional
 Happiness
 Contentment/Efficacy
 Mental/Cognitive
 Learning preferences
 Learning needs to understand the condition and
interventions
 Physical
 Assistive devices
 Frequent breaks
 Medications

6. Needs
 Social
 Friendships
 Understanding of healthy relationships
 Environmental
 Safety
 Temperature
 Comfort
 Time of Day
 Transportation
 Child Care

7.  How you best take in information
 Auditory
 Kinesthetic
 Visual
 How you process information
 Active
 Reflective
 Conceptualization
 Sequential
 Global
Learning Styles Review

8. Attitudes
 Self
 Others
 The Condition/Target Issue
 Willingness to learn and try new things
 Interventions/Recovery
I will not call myself an addict every day
I will not go to “those meetings”
Everybody relapses
I have to have Suboxone to achieve recovery

9. Decisional Balance
The Old Way The New Way/Change
Benefits Reasons I want to stay the same
Positive attitudes about the old
way
Reasons I want to change
Positive attitudes about change
What I hope will be different
Drawbacks Things that I don’t like about
the old way/staying the same.
Reasons why I need to change.
Concerns I have about changing
Fears or negative attitudes
about change

10. Preferences
 People’s temperament impacts their Strengths, Needs,
Attitudes and Preferences
 Temperament is:
 Comprised of 4 dimensions
 Environment and Energy
 Mental Conceptualization
 Motivation and Meaning
 Time Management and Structure
 An overarching concept that is on a continuum.
 One end of the continuum is not better than the other, it is
just different.
 Most people are somewhere in the middle, having
characteristics of both “ends”

11.  Improving Communication
 Increasing Motivation
 Effective Interventions
 Relapse Prevention Planning
Application

12. Temperament
Extrovert Introvert
 Are expansive and less passionate
 Are generally easy to get to know
 Like meeting new people, have
many close friends
 Would rather figure things out
while they are talking
 Often enjoy background noise
such as TV or radio
 Know what is going on around
them rather than inside them
 Often do not mind interruptions
 Are often considered good talkers
 Are intense and passionate
 Generally more difficult to get to
know
 Exert effort to meet new people
 Have only a few close friends
 Figure things out before they talk
 Prefer peace and quiet
 Are more likely to know what is
going on inside them than what is
going on around them
 Dislike being interrupted
 Are often good listeners

13. Temperament
Sensing iNtuitive
 Are practical and realistic
 Prefer facts and live in the real
world
 Content in general
 Would rather do than think
 Focus on practical, concrete
problems
 See the details and may ignore the
big picture
 Want specifics and tend to be very
literal
 May think that those preferring
intuition are impractical
 Believe “if it isn’t broken, don’t
fix it”
 Are imaginative dreamers
 Prefer abstraction, inspiration,
insights
 Live in the world of possibilities
 Would rather think than do
 Focus on complicated abstract
problems
 See the big picture but miss the
details
 Love word games
 May think that those preferring the
practical lack vision
 Believe anything can be improved
 Focus on the future and possibilities

14. Temperament
Thinking Feeling
 Like words such as principles,
justice, standards or analysis
 Respond most easily to people’s
thoughts
 Want to apply objective principles
 Value objectivity above sentiment
 Can assess logical consequences
 Believe it is more important to be
just than merciful
 Assess reality with a true/false lens
 May think that those who are
sentimental take things too
personally
 May argue both sides of an issue for
mental stimulation
 Like words such as care, compassion,
mercy, intimacy, harmony, devotion
 Respond most easily to people’s
values
 Want to apply values and ethics from
multiple perspectives
 Value sentiment above objectivity
 Good at assessing the human impact
 Believe it is more important to be
caring/merciful
 Assess reality with a good/bad lens
 Think that those preferring
objectivity are insensitive
 Prefer a to agree with those around
them

15. Temperament
Judging Perceiving
 Plan ahead
 Self disciplined and purposeful
 Thrive on order
 Get things done early. Plan ahead &
work steadily.
 Define and work within limits
 Maybe hasty in making decisions
 Time and deadline oriented
 Thinks those preferring spontaneity
are too unpredictable
 Excellent planners. May not
appreciate or make use of things
which are not planned or expected
 Adapt as they go
 Flexible and tolerant
 Thrive on spontaneity
 Get things done at the last minute
depending on spurt of energy
 Want more information
 May fail to make decisions
 Always think there’s plenty of time
 Think that those who are not
spontaneous are too rigid
 Good at handling unplanned events,
but may not make affective choices
among the possibilities.

16. Apply It
Client with depression and a history of addiction
wants to “stay in recovery”
 What do you need to know about his:
 Strengths?
 Needs
 Attitudes
 Preferences

17.  Treatment involves helping people learn what is
causing their distress and tools to manage it.
 Effective change involves helping people
 Maximize their strengths
 Consider their needs and motivations
 Address their attitudes
 Work in harmony with their own preferences
 As a coach or clinician, it is important to pay attention to
the potential pitfalls of your treatment or discharge plan
based on the person’s SNAP-T
Summary