Describe what reality therapists call the need for belonging and love as one of the five human needs, and demonstrate one way this need is addressed in therapy.

What will be an ideal response?


Practitioners of reality therapy believe that, regardless of age, cultural background, gender, sexual orientation, spiritual and religious commitment, personal constraints, or developmental stage, human beings have a need for belonging and love. They want to connect with others in ways that range from acquaintanceship to intimacy. The compassionate use of reality therapy includes facilitating a reconnection between clients who feel marginalized and those who have caused them pain.

Counseling

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The text describes five major barriers to cultural competence. List these barriers and give an example of each.

What will be an ideal response?

Counseling

The concentration of THC, the active ingredient in marijuana, is found to be ____ times higher in the mother’s breast milk than in the mother’s blood level.

a. 1.5 b. 3 c. 4.5 d. 6

Counseling

Bermudez (2008) noted the following in her research on using the Satir approach:

What will be an ideal response?

Counseling

The MRI therapist tells the family that he wants them to go slow and continue to do what they are doing around the problem so that he can understand it better. This intervention is designed to shift which of the following areas?

a. the problem behavior b. the attempted solution c. the client's definition of the problem d. the therapist's interpretation of the problem

Counseling