Dr. Thompson, a Caucasian female therapist, is working with Akela, a 15-year-old African American female. Akela reveals that she recently learned that her father (who has been divorced from her mother for the past 5 years) is gay. She tells Dr. Thompson that she has “no idea of what she is going through.” Dr. Thompson shares with Akela that she too had parents that divorced when she was a teenager and a few years after the divorce, learned that her mother was a lesbian. This is an example of ______.
A. exhibiting empathy
B. culturally appropriate intervention strategies
C. awareness of worldview
D. self-disclosure
D. self-disclosure
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The most common first step of CBFTs include assessment, where a therapist obtains a detailed behavioral and/or cognitive assessment of _______________, including the frequency, duration, and context of problem behaviors and thoughts
a. risks b. symptoms c. baseline functioning d. dysfunctional behaviors
Subtle, more persistent features of a family system include all of the following EXCEPT
a. stated roles played by certain members of the family. b. intimacy between members. c. communication style. d. levels of emotional distance. e. privacy.
__________________ focuses on how the system created by the family through healthy and unhealthy dynamics impacts the emotional and relational health of the family members.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
Presenting one model to which all trainees subscribe is:
a. ? what the counseling profession endorses at present. b. ? likely to be a reality by the year 2020 when the CACREP standards are revisited. c. ? dangerous in that it can limit their effectiveness in working with a diverse range of future clients. d. ? illegal in the Northeastern region of the U.S., but not in other parts of the country.