Imagine That You Are Talking with a Client About Emotional

Multiple Choice

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 for three hours in the dark. How do you put that together?"
The client's responses appear below. Which response is denial? Which is partial examination? Which is full examination, but no change? Which is a decision to live with incongruity? Which is development of newer constructs, patterns, or behaviors?
"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."

A) denial
B) partial examination
C) full examination, no change
D) development of new constructs, patterns, or behaviors