What was Albert Ellis’s outlook on treating homosexuality?
What will be an ideal response?
Ellis believed, as many researchers of his time did, that humans are inherently bisexual. He was generally against rigid adherence to any kind of sexual behavior, and while he didn’t consider homosexuality to be pathology, he claimed, early in his work, that strict homosexual orientation can be addressed through psychotherapy. However, his approach was helping homosexuals obtain a more flexible sexual orientation and making them capable of heterosexual sex. This idea was fully compatible with Ellis’s ideas of rational living; since homosexuality was still condemned and marginalized, Ellis believed that homosexuals could lead better lives if their sexual choices were different and flexible. In this area of his work, Ellis neglected the genetic, biological, and even learned basis of sexuality and emphasized human freedom to control their choices and behavior. However, he still considered homosexuality a legitimate variance of sexual expression. Later in life, Ellis changed his position on treating homosexuals and recognized the deterministic nature of human sexual choices.
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a. Re-configuration b. Mutual puzzling c. Re-alignment d. Meaning making
Persons who score and prepare reports of assessments have a professional responsibility to:
a. ensure the accuracy of the assessment results by conducting reasonable quality control procedures before, during, and after scoring. b. minimize the effect on scoring of factors irrelevant to the purposes of the assessment. c. protect the confidentiality of information that identifies individuals as prescribed by state and federal law. d. release summary results of the assessment all persons involved in the individuals educational development.
As a beginning therapist it is most important that you
a) Learn one specific treatment technique and stick to it. b) Try out as many different treatment techniques as you can, until you find the one you like c) Sit still, say nothing and hope nothing bad happens d) Try to listen to the client and restate what you hear in as clear and honest a manner possible.
Alfred Adler added to Freudian theory by
a. emphasizing the social over the biological roots of personality. b. highlighting preadolescence and adolescence as a growth period for personality. c. highlighting adult development. d. stressing cognitive functions. e. using brief therapy.