What is the main difference between a strengths approach and deficit approach to counseling?

What will be an ideal response?


Strengths-based therapy asserts that we are the heroes of our own lives. Individuals with a deficit mindset focus on what is missing in themselves and in other people. They emphasize what they don’t want instead of what they do want. Learning to look for another person’s strengths--be it your partner, child, or friend--involves a process of noticing what’s right about a person.

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Define the term racism.

What will be an ideal response?

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Which of the following is LEAST LIKELY to be a source of bias in the assessment process?

a. The content of the device b. Motivation on the part of the client c. Language d. The counselor's attitude

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Why do many individuals reject the term homosexual?

a. Because it is a word often associated with discrimination. b. Because it is a word often associated with hate crimes. c. Because it is a word often over inclusive in its representation. d. Because it is a word often used by dominant and oppressive groups.

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___________ holds that generalizations may be made across situations and contexts rather easily

Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).

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