Author Question: Read the following example. Client: My mother gets very depressed, tries to kill herself, and is ... (Read 28 times)

tsand2 · **on:** Jul 31, 2018

Read the following example.

Client: My mother gets very depressed, tries to kill herself, and is put in a psychiatric hospital.

Which clinician response below best communicates empathy?

a. I feel very sorry for you and your family
b. I had a similar situation in my family
c. Unfortunately, I see many people who share this type of family background
d. You've certainly had a very difficult family background

Question 2

When a therapist is more caught up with diagnosis than the person:

a) The patient will get worse
b) This prevents them from connecting with the client because they are mainly working
with the diagnosis rather than the person
c) The therapist is following proper training
d) The client will learn to accept responsibility for his problems