How can a counselor respond accurately to a client’s experiences, thoughts, and behaviors?
What will be an ideal response?
- Consider the following examples and propose possible responses.
- Tina had been mugged and, as a result, was very fearful of leaving her apartment. Meeting with her counselor required Tina to leave her apartment and take a bus to the counseling center. Tina arrived, in typical fashion, with alcohol on her breath and acknowledged that drinking alcohol enabled her to leave home. After several weeks, Tina arrived without having alcohol on her breath and commented, “So, I finally did it. I finally made it here without drinking, which I consider to be progress.”
Paulo decided to come out to his family as gay. He was concerned about how they would take his news, so he and his counselor role-played several possibilities. When he arrived for his counseling session after coming out to his family, he laughed and said “They said they knew along and were just waiting for me to realize it!”
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Which of the following may increase parent involvement?
A. Posting homework information on the teacher's website. B. Conducting parent workshops which encourage an open working alliance. C. Contacting parents with positive news rather than only when a problem has occurred. D. All of the above.
Feminist Therapists assert that psychological dysfunction results from
a. irrational views of society b. failing to integrate ones culture into his or her sense of personal identity c. oppression by the dominant culture d. attempting to overcome traditional male gender roles
Which of the following is NOT part of the Western stereotype of masculinity?
a. need to be looked up to b. toughness c. confidence d. aggression e. dependence
Feminist therapy proceeds from the conviction that women:
a. will never get a fair share of social, economic and political rights. b. have been denied equal rights and share characteristics with other oppressed groups. c. are superior to men in many respects and are entitled to better access to power. d. are better at relationships than men and would use political and social power more wisely.