You are working with a client who reveals in the assessment that she was raped while returning to her parked car one night. After the rape, she broke up with her boyfriend and went through counseling for 6 months
Two years later, she is unable to have a relationship with any man. Based on Erickson's Adaptive Potential Assessment Model, which state of coping best describes the client's current state? a. impoverishment
b. arousal
c. adaptive equilibrium
d. maladaptive equilibrium
D
Based on Erickson's Adaptive Potential Assessment Model, a woman unable to have a relationship with a man after being the victim of rape is most likely in a state of maladaptive equilibrium. The woman is unable to reestablish her precrisis level of equilibrium and balance.
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