How does the feminist counselor view the family?
a. When the counselor is dealing with an individual, the family is not of interest to the counselor.
b. It is important to understand the power structure of the family, the family functioning, and its well-being.
c. How the counselor conceptualizes the family with respect to the client depends on the counselor’s primary theoretical orientation.
d. The counselor focuses on how the family causes the client’s problems.
e. The counselor focuses on how the family can help the client overcome his or her problems.
Answer: b
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a. Witnessing a murder b. Experiencing 3 years of sexual abuse c. Being disabled in a car accident d. Losing everything in a hurricane
How does healing occur in Gestalt therapy?
a. The counselor models a healthy relationship and the client eventually generalizes it to his or her outside life. b. Split-off parts of the self and the world are re-integrated so that our natural tendency toward equilibrium can guide us. c. The counselor interprets the client’s situation and helps the client figure out what to do. d. The client is encouraged to get in touch with his or her values and work toward congruence of values and lifestyle. e. The client examines cognitive processes and gets in touch with thinking errors that can then be corrected.
Which of the following is a sex-biased response to problems presented in couples' therapy?
A. Assuming that remaining married may not be the best choice for a woman B. Demonstrating equal interest in both the woman's career and the man's career C. Encouraging couples to accept the fact that child rearing is primarily the responsibility of the mother D. Having the same reaction to a woman's extramarital affair as a man's affair
The “miracle question” is used mainly to:
a. develop well-formed goals. b. uncover exceptions. c. help the client to cope with overwhelming circumstances. d. measure client progress.