Many counselors have concerns about the use of the DSM by counselors. Which of the following concern(s) do they have?
a) They are not given sufficient training to use the DSM.
b) Counselors do not have input in the compilation of the DSM.
c) It goes against the strength-based approach used in counselors' work with clients.
d) Counselors are often legally prohibited by state law to formally diagnose clients.
e) All of the above.
c;
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a. Naikan b. Solution-focused c. Existentialist d. Morita
How do feminist theorists address the issue of native healers?
a. Because the efficacy of any one native healer’s practices has not been demonstrated, it is unethical to include native healers in treatment plans. b. It is all right for a client to choose to see a native healer but a feminist therapist would not want to talk about it. Religion and therapy should always be separate things. c. Feminist therapists discourage clients from confusing the effectiveness of therapy by involving other processes, particularly less scientific practitioners such as astrologers, herbalists, shamans, and priests. d. Feminist theorists agree that getting the whole picture of the therapeutic efforts combined in a client’s system of mental health care is part of being respectful of the client’s culture and responsible in your own practice.
The belief that one's own culture is the standard by which other cultures are judged is called _____
a. Prejudice b. Discrimination c. Ethnocentrism d. Multiculturalism
All of the following are true of formal assessments except that they
A. have no standard method of interpretation. B. have no standard way to compare one person's scores with those of others. C. have known reliability. D. are usually free of charge.