Author Question: Two guidelines for helping clients work through family of origin issues are: A) for clients to ... (Read 35 times)

LCritchfi · **on:** Jul 31, 2018

Two guidelines for helping clients work through family of origin issues are:

A) for clients to change how they respond to current interactions with family members and for clients to grieve what they have missed developmentally.
B) for clients to get angry and blame their abusive parents and for clients to confront their parental figures directly.
C) for clients to learn more assertive communication styles and for them to approach their parental figures directly in order to openly discuss their childhood issues.
D) None of the choices are guidelines for helping clients.

Question 2

Despite continuous discussion in therapy, when clients do not assimilate or attempt new, adaptive responses:

A) the therapist and client are most likely recapitulating the generic conflict.
B) the client is simply not ready to change.
C) the therapist must remain vigilant in guiding the client towards making new responses.
D) the client is probably currently in an abusive relationship where they feel unable to respond assertively.