What problems and precautions must you consider when assigning homework?
What will be an ideal response?
Some precautions with homework assignments include focusing on the tasks being not too complex or onerous and goals being easily completed which helps the client learn that change is gradual and to feel a sense of success in the accomplishment. Homework should be individually tailored to the client. Regular practice is important. Tasks should fit easily into the client’s lifestyle. Homework should become more challenging as the client successfully masters the previous tasks.
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Which of the following statements best describes the Gestalt concept of Unfinished Business?
What will be an ideal response?
The first to use written examinations at the university level were the
a. Jesuits b. ancient Greeks c. Chinese d. Protestants
Discuss the goals of DBT.
What will be an ideal response?
In the context of REBT, what is meant by an effective new philosophy?
a. The client looks at the list of irrational beliefs and identifies which ones apply. Then the client and the counselor are able to reframe the situation in the client’s mind. b. The counselor points out to the client what part of the situation can be attributed to the client’s cognition. Then, the two work together to teach the client how to approach the situation from a more reasonable point of view. c. The client learns to substitute more adaptive thoughts in place of the beliefs that often involve unrealistic and over-generalized attributions. d. The philosophy of autonomy, as conceptualized by Maslow, is given to the client in one of the early sessions so that the client can evaluate his or her life and start to adjust life circumstances and become more autonomous. e. The client explores childhood traumas and heals old wounds so that he or she can create a more satisfying life.