Dr. Lois, a White female counselor, is greeting a new patient in her office. Her patient, Ms. Clark, a middle-aged African American female, described that she was coming to counseling because she was struggling with being a single parent to her three children. Unlike her other clients, Dr. Lois did not ask when or how she became a single parent, but rather began counseling her in a solution-focused way. When she learned that Ms. Clark’s husband, and father to the three children, was killed in a car accident on his way home from work, Dr. Lois reconsidered her treatment plan. Dr. Lois’ lack of assessment, which led to a less effective treatment approach for Ms. Clark, is an example of ______.
A. explicit bias
B. implicit bias
C. monoculturalism
D. lack of cultural awareness
B. implicit bias
Counseling
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Bad clients:
A. exist B. sometimes exist C. do not exist D. occasionally exist
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Feelings of uncertainty or incompetence are best resolved by focusing on
A. the client. B. the textbook. C. coworkers. D. yourself.
Counseling
Who is attributed with creating "choice theory"?
A) ?Freud B) ?Ellis C) ?Beck D) ?Glasser
Counseling
Encounter groups are also known as ¬________________ ¬¬¬groups, a term that refers to individuals' awareness of their own emotional experiences and the behavior of others.
What will be an ideal response?
Counseling