Explain the phrase “We can only know our experience of the world—nothing more.”
What will be an ideal response?
Narrative therapy follows a belief system that states that despite feeling that we can related to someone else’s experience or believing that we know what they have experienced, we can only experience the world through our own perspective. Whenever we attempt to understand someone else’s experience, we are interpreting it.
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Which of the following is NOT a disinhibitor?
a. alcohol b. drugs c. rationalizing having sex with children as teaching them d. previously physical abuse against children
Observation can enable you to learn as much about yourself and your counseling skills as you do about your clients
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
In high-context cultures
a. one's importance is tied to individual accomplishment. b. words are paramount. c. communication is direct. d. the group is reflective of one's worth.
Formal relationships differ from informal relationships because in the formal relationship:
a) the helping relationship is secondary to another relationship b) the relationship can occur any place c) roles are stated or implied by position d) there is less structure