Desi is a 35 year old Hispanic male who moved to the US from Mexico approximately 4 years ago. Desi is married to Julie, a 32 year old Caucasian female, who is an assistant professor in the counseling psychology program of a well-known university. Desi and Julie have 3 children and the couple decided after their first child was born that Desi would care for the children due to Julie's full time teaching and research activities. Desi was referred to counseling by his primary care physician due to Desi's complaint of panic attacks, nightmares and shortness of breath. Desi's therapist Pat, is a practicing Gestalt therapist, and hypothesizes that Desi is experiencing:
What will be an ideal response?
Incongruence
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_______ is a skill used to model how important it is to listen.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
The acronym SLAP refers to which of the following?
a. Specificity, lethality, access to means, proximity of social support b. Suicidal ideation, loved ones, affect, plan c. Specificity, loved ones, aggressiveness, proximity of means d. None of the above
What percentage of therapists have gone for at least one session of their own personal therapy?
a) 10% b) 25% c) 50% d) 75% e) 90%
It is important to assess interest to help clients
a. to determine their likes and dislikes, particularly with occupation. b. know what they want to get out of life. c. deal with existential dread. d. make healthy decisions with their lives.