Discuss the concept of the “good enough mother”.

What will be an ideal response?


The good-enough mother adjusts to her baby appropriately at differing stages of infancy, thereby permitting an optimal environment for the healthy development of a separate child, eventually capable of establishing object relations. According to Winnicott, the good-enough mother begins by adapting almost completely to her infant’s needs and as time goes on adapts less and less according to the infant’s growing ability to deal with her failures.

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If you read that 10% of women are victims of rape and 20% are victims of drug-facilitated rape, why can you not assume that 30% of women experience some form of sexual assault?

a. advocacy statistics b. survey participants lie c. polyvictimization d. correlation, not causation

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The not-knowing in collaborative counseling refers to how counselors think about what they (think they) know and the intent with which they introduce this knowing (expertise, truths, etc) to the client. This is an attempt to avoid ______________________

a. expertise b. power c. control d. assuming

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Provide a brief explanation as to why group leaders welcome group conflict and why conflict can be helpful to the growth of the group members

What will be an ideal response?

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The final stage of Super’s model that typically occurs immediately before retirement is the ____________________ stage

a. disengagement b. establishment c. growth d. exploratory e. maintenance

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