The human service worker who wishes to minimize the chance of a violent confrontation with a client will

a. treat the client in a permissive fashion so as to avoid an incident.
b. take a defensive posture that lets the client know the worker will not be intimidated.
c. obtain support staff as a show of strength.
d. keep the client fruitfully busy or otherwise occupied.


D

Counseling

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When the therapist responds effectively to a client's test, disconfirming pathogenic beliefs about self and faulty expectations, the client often feels ________ and begins to act stronger

a. affirmed b. safer c. stronger d. braver

Counseling

__________ are used to document the amount of time spent in various counseling and noncounseling-related activities

A. time logs B. journals C. event-topic counts D. tally sheets

Counseling

The ability to spontaneously express need and desire while maintaining a clear distinction between self and other is believed to be a result of _____________________________

a. good enough mothering b. distant mothering c. chaotic mothering d. perfectionist mothering

Counseling

Treatment adaptations organized around each of the following patient features has been shown by meta-analysis to improve psychotherapy outcomes EXCEPT:

a. gender. c. stage of change. b. culture. d. coping style.

Counseling