What are the uses of a cognitive map in conceptualizing a clients ...

[londonang]

What are the uses of a cognitive map in conceptualizing a clients situation?
 
  a. It is a standard part of the initial assessment and must be submitted to third party payers if the counselor wants to be reimbursed.
  b. It is speculation about how aspects of the clients life interact and should be kept in private files and never shared with anyone else.
  c. It provides a visual representation of what the counselor knows about the client. The counselor may even share such conceptualizations with clients, on occasion.
  d. There are standardized maps for major disorders such as schizophrenia. They are used to educate clients about their diseases.
  e. A clients map should contain only the presenting problem and the clients feelings about the problem.

Question 2

What is the value of predicting what a client will do?
 
  a. Writing predictions into his or her notes will protect the counselor from a lawsuit.
  b. When the client either does or doesnt do what was predicted, the counselor will be able to determine whether he or she is accurately conceptualizing the client.
  c. There is little value in predicting behavior because the predictions could turn out to be incorrect.
  d. The counselor can demonstrate how much he or she knows by showing the predictions to the client in a future session.

[KKcool]

Answer to Question 1

Answer: c

Answer to Question 2

Answer: b

[londonang]

TYSM

[carlsona147]

Gracias!