Donna comes to see a solution focused counselor, Bob, because she thinks that she has obsessive compulsive disorder. She has numerous obsessive thoughts. One of these thoughts is that she has left the coffee-maker on in her apartment and that it will start a fire that will burn the building down. The coffee-maker worry results in her returning to her apartment 3 or 4 times each morning, and she is often late to work. Bob asks Donna to go home and write some dialogue to bring to their next session. He tells her to write a conversation between the detail-oriented, Dee, and the slob, Dave. Bob seems a little scattered in his approach; in fact, he is acting more like a _____ therapist than a solution-focused therapist and is using the _____ technique.
Gestalt therapy; top dog- underdog
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a. Super’s Developmental b. Theory of Work Adjustment c. Social Cognitive Career Theory d. Gottfredson’s
In which year did the National Center on Child Abuse and Neglect add the endangerment standard?
a. 1868 b. 1878 c. 1988 d. 1998
When the group therapist experiences feelings from the past that are reactivated by a group member in the present, he or she is experiencing
a. sublimation. b. psychosis. c. countertransference. d. transference.
How do feminist theorists view the value of social action?
a. Feminist theorists focus on in-session therapy before putting energy into social action. b. Focusing on social action is unethical because it is tantamount to treating the symptom and ignoring the disease. c. Feminist theorists don’t address the issue of social activism, one way or the other. d. Feminist theorists are famous for becoming involved in social causes, themselves, but they don’t encourage their clients to become active until they have years of therapy. e. For the client, social action is a move toward psychological health because it accomplishes two things: empowering the client and changing the system.