Author Question: When giving clients information about the possible benefits and risks of a treatment program, it is ... (Read 21 times)

renzo156 · **on:** Jul 30, 2018

When giving clients information about the possible benefits and risks of a treatment program, it is a good idea to:

a. avoid talking about these issues too early in therapy, lest clients become needlessly anxious.
b. give clients promises of specific outcomes, if they cooperate with the program.
c. emphasize the role of client responsibility for outcomes.
d. avoid talking about risks, but play up the benefits of therapy.

Question 2

Proponents of using therapeutic contracts emphasize the:

a. collaborative partnership of client and therapist.
b. need for therapists to employ manipulation to uproot client defenses.
c. value of keeping the therapeutic process mysterious.
d. value of therapists promoting client dependence.
e. the need to keep clients passive during the therapy process.