Compared to working with young clients, what is the main challenge for a counselor treating an older adult client’s mental health problems?

A. comorbidity with other mental health challenges and difficulty to parse apart from medical difficulties
B. significant resistance from the client
C. limited insurance or financial means to cover the cost of treatment
D. lack of family support


A. comorbidity with other mental health challenges and difficulty to parse apart from medical difficulties

Counseling

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Regarding diversity, The Women’s Project asserted that therapist should be agents for social change by challenging sexist attitudes in all of the following ways EXCEPT:

a. openly discussing gender role expectations in session. b. using the self-of-the-therapist to model an attitude of gender equality. c. pushing men to take equal responsibility in family relationships and in the household. d. teaching women they do not need to take private time in order to maintain their individual identity.

Counseling

Delusions, distortions of body image, hallucinations, obsessions, or suicidal or homicidal ideation all refer to the client's:

a. affect. b. mood. c. thought components. d. cognitive functioning. e. All of these are true.

Counseling

Francine has begun to make some career choices but needs her counselor to help her confirm these options. According to the text, an appropriate assessment tool to use in this case would be the _______________________________________________

a. Values Card Sort b. Strong Interest Inventory c. Vocational Confirmation Survey d. General Aptitude Test Battery

Counseling

What does witnessing parent’s intimate partner violence lead to in terms of sexual harassment?

a. decreased risk of experiencing sexual harassment b. increased risk of perpetuating sexual harassment c. increased likelihood of reporting sexual harassment d. decreased likelihood of reporting sexual harassment

Counseling