Exam 10: Empathic Confrontation and the Creative New: Identifying and Challenging Client Conflict

An interviewer may hear, "Yes, I hurt and perhaps I should be angry," in which level of the Client Change Scale (CCS)?

"You really want to meet him, but you're a little bit anxious." In which step of supportive confrontation would an interviewer most likely make this statement?

According to the authors, empathic confrontation is a distinct skill that relies heavily in influencing skills and strategies to client change.

Instructions: Imagine that you are talking with a client about emotional child abuse.You have just confronted the client with the following statement: "On one hand, you say you love your child, but on the other hand you continue to put her out in the hall of your apartment where you force her to stand in the dark.How do you put that together?" Classify the following client's response using the CCS scale. -Client response: "Yes, I do love her.I care for her very much.She is extremely important to me.We do everything together.We really do so many things that work out OK." This client is where on the CCS?

The first step in confrontation is:

Discrepancies internal to the client include:

Discuss some of the key multicultural issues in the use of confrontation.

Which of the following is NOT part of the Racial-Identity Development Model?

Nelida and Allen's two sessions highlight the importance of helping clients address conflicts related to racial-cultural identity.

Confrontations are frequently observed in session conversations.

____________ developed the Racial-Cultural Identity Development (R-CID) model.

Instructions: Imagine that you are talking with a client about emotional child abuse.You have just confronted the client with the following statement: "On one hand, you say you love your child, but on the other hand you continue to put her out in the hall of your apartment where you force her to stand in the dark.How do you put that together?" Classify the following client's response using the CCS scale. -Client response: "I understand what you are saying, it just doesn't make sense what I'm doing.I seem to be saying one thing, but doing another." This client is where on the CCS?

Counseling helped Nelida:

Which word is NOT interchangeable with all the others?

A nonjudgmental attitude is expressed through which of the following?

If your client starts with you at denial or partial acceptance (Level 1 or 2) and then moves with your help to acceptance and generating new solutions (Level 3 or 4), you have clear evidence of:

As a result of effective and empathic confrontation, a counselor or interviewer can anticipate that the client will ________.

Uncontrollable conflict and discrepancy bring stress to the client resulting in ____.

Clients complete each developmental task in fairly quick succession, and their progress can be quickly assessed on the Client Change Scale (CCS).

Which of the following contextual factors may lead to clients' low self-worth and self-esteem?