Author Question: Instructions: Counselor responses follow. Identify what type of focus the responder is using in the ... (Read 113 times)

awywial · **on:** Jul 31, 2018

Instructions: Counselor responses follow. Identify what type of focus the responder is using in the reply to the following statement. Client: I just found that I'm pregnant. I don't know who it was, but I have an idea who it is most likely to be. But no one is likely to help. My family doesn't know yet, and they really deserted me last time I got in trouble. I've only talked to them a few times, and we are starting to get along again, but now... I wonder what's going to happen. I just feel lost. Counselor response: You must feel lost. This is an encourager with a ____.

A) focus on the client
B) focus on the main theme or problem
C) focus on others
D) focus on family

Question 2

Sounds like you are punishing yourself when you are trying so hard to be responsible. By using this response, how is the interviewer trying to focus the client?

A) Client focus
B) Theme or issue focus
C) Significant others focus
D) Mutuality, immediacy, and the interviewer focus