Western societies have traditionally assigned greater importance to autonomy, independence, and identity while non-Western societies have generally placed greater emphasis on issues of relatedness as central factors in the mature personality. A counselor from the United States working with a female client from Pakistan might need to:
a. refer the client to a different helper.
b. learn more
about the culture the woman comes from to help interpret theclient's behavior.
c. focus on self-development issues to help the client fit in to the Americansociety.
d. assume the client's problems are based on relatedness issues.
b
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According to Copeland, the counselor in training is helped to become familiar with a cultural group by
a. Affective experiencing b. Cognitive understanding c. Skill building d. Consciousness raising
Alcoholics Anonymous' (AA) position on the use of medications to treat medical conditions can be summarized as follows:
(a) AA takes no position on any issue other than alcoholism (b) AA's philosophy is that the alcoholic is best able to maintain abstinence from alcohol if he or she is also abstinent from other drugs (c) AA does support the use of medication in the case of life-threatening conditions (d) AA does not allow members to give advice regarding taking medically useful drugs
________________ is used by clinicians who have a firm grounding in one system of psychotherapy but a willingness to selectively incorporate practices and views from other systems
Fill in the blank(s) with correct word
To help clients learn new behaviors and skills it is crucial to elicit:
A. Client strengths. B. Successful adaptive strategies. C. Problem solving skills. D. All of the above E. None of the above