When a client rejects an interpretation, it is best to:
A) Confront their rejection and discuss why they are resistant to the
interpretation.
B) Drop the interpretation entirely, as it is obviously
counterproductive.
C) Persist in presenting the interpretation using different wording, until
it is found to be acceptable to the client.
D) Drop the rejected interpreting response temporarily, review it for
accuracy, and then await a later opportunity to reintroduce it.
D
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Frankie and Johnnie are social work counselors at a group home for adolescent girls with emotional and behavioral
problems. They and their significant others occasionally have dinner with a mutual friend Leroy, a county social services worker, along with his significant other. The three workers regularly compare “battle stories” about their most difficult cases. Is this a problem?
a. True b. False
In rational behavior therapy, the difference between the "normal" adolescent and the adolescent who acts out is that the latter
A. Is less intelligent and more aggressive B. Needs less structure and more interpretation C. Has more anxiety and an unloving family D. Needs more structure and resolves conflict with activity as opposed to thinking
Relationship factors apply to:
a. individuals, families or groups. b. social workers. c. formal social supports. d. all participants.
Because of internalized verbal and nonverbal scripts within a culture that may be different from your own, you should:
a. Memorize the other culture’s scripts to help the client adapt to his or her new environment b. Check your perceptions with the person in a nonjudgmental way c. Never confront the person about his or her behavior because that individual may take offence d. Understand that some cultural perspectives are superior to others