Author Question: In the early stages of working with a consultee, consultants often rephrase consultees' statements. ... (Read 19 times)

jjjetplane · **on:** Jul 31, 2018

In the early stages of working with a consultee, consultants often rephrase consultees' statements. What function do these restatements serve during these early stages?

a. Restatements focus consultees' attention on their own role in the problem.
b. Restatements help to establish the expert power of the consultant.
c. Restatements demonstrate that the consultant has understood the consultee's point of view.
d. Restatements are a form of role structuring.

Question 2

When counseling victims of domestic violence, counselors should

a. avoid encouraging the victim to leave the relationship until safety can be assured
b. report the abuser to the police
c. try to persuade the victim to leave the abuser
d. remember that the abuser is probably himself or herself a victim of abuse
e. never see the members of the couple separately, to avoid deceit