Author Question: The single most important guideline for negotiating a successful termination to therapy is for the ... (Read 44 times)

scienceeasy · **on:** Jul 31, 2018

The single most important guideline for negotiating a successful termination to therapy is for the therapist to:

A) wait until the last session to approach the subject of ending.
B) unambiguously acknowledge the reality of ending and establish a final date for termination.
C) accept the client's wishes to discontinue the impending termination.
D) address termination carefully and indirectly to prevent the client from becoming angry.

Question 2

When therapists and clients collude to deny or avoid the impending separation:

A) clients' fears of abandonment are healed.
B) therapists may be acting out their own separation anxieties.
C) therapists are eliminating the problem of reenacting the client's generic conflict.
D) clients' initial presenting symptoms may return.