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Informed consent discussions about the projected length of treatment are problematic because: [Help]

A Most people who pursue psychotherapy hope to attain changes in their overall sense of well-being.

B Most people who pursue psychotherapy hope to attain symptom reduction.

C Psychotherapy is similar to a medical procedure.

D Psychotherapy can be practiced formulaically.

Some research on client preferences for the timing of when informed consent should be obtained indicates: [Help]

A During the phone screening prior to therapy.

B Later on in the treatment.

C Immediately during the intake session.

D Within the first three visits.

From a humanistic ethics standpoint, informed consent exposes clients in meaningful ways to: [Help]

A A direct and authentic version of how psychotherapy is typically conducted by a given therapist.

B An embodied representation of the type and quality of psychotherapy clients might expect.

C The procedural knowledge a given psychotherapist has acquired and displays.

D All of the above.

From a humanistic ethics standpoint, the setting and tracking of treatment goals can be handled: [Help]

A With symptom checklists completed by clients before and after sessions.

B With discussions about agreed upon areas of progress at the end of each session.

C Organically in the form of conversational exchanges that arise spontaneously when the content of what the client brings into therapy makes such topics relevant.

D None of the above.

Boundary crossings typically occur when psychotherapists find themselves: [Help]

A Deviating from typical standards of clinical practice that risk sending confusing messages to clients about the nature of the clinician-client relationship.

B Deviating from a strictly neutral stance with clients.

C Engaging in actions like self-disclosure and gift giving/receiving with clients.

D All of the above.

Gift giving and receiving in psychotherapy tends to be considered acceptable in the following context: [Help]

A To augment fees

B To honor milestone events in a client's life

C As a means to test a client's gratitude

D None of the above

Which statement best characterizes the type of psychotherapist self-disclosures that receive high favorability ratings from clients? [Help]

A "Me too, a long time ago" disclosures that are on point and uttered succinctly

B "Me too, recently disclosures that are on point and uttered succinctly.

C Elaborate "me too" disclosures that are emotionally laden.

D Elaborate "me too, a long time ago" disclosures that are emotionally laden.

Among the types of therapeutic touch outlined by Zur (2007) are: [Help]

A Consolation touch.

B Reassuring touch.

C Grounding or reorienting touch.

D All of the above.

The current debate on what constitutes acceptable levels of multicultural competency on the part of psychotherapists is best captured as follows: [Help]

A Acquired knowledge of patterns of racial discrimination as distinct from those pertaining to LGBTQ+ issues.

B Acquired knowledge of patterns of discrimination involving LGBTQ+ individuals as distinct from those pertaining to systemic racism.

C Acquired knowledge and demonstrated respect for diversity as distinct from helping disadvantaged clients understand and address the myriad ways they are marginalized, oppressed, and minoritized by dominant cultural values.

D None of the above.

Ellis and Wieling propose an ecological model of post-traumatic growth with LGBTQ+ populations where recovery and resilience cannot be obtained from individual trauma treatment alone, but: [Help]

A Necessarily incorporates constructive ties with the LGBTQ+ community, interpersonal relationships with friends and loved ones who counter the effects of discrimination in their lives, and political activism.

B Must involve exposure with response prevention interventions.

C Necessarily incorporates family systems interventions.

D Must involve ancillary emotion focused couples therapy interventions.

Examples provided by Mullan (2023) regarding alterations in clinical terminology that can be less stigmatizing to clients include switching: [Help]

A "Survival strategies" for "maladaptive behaviors."

B "Unsheltered" for "homeless."

C "Relief seeking" for "drug seeking."

D All of the above.

Individualistic values and traditional professional ways of conducting psychotherapy can be off-putting to clients from collectivist cultures and nondominant groups because they: [Help]

A Privilege autonomy and personal responsibility taking over interdependent ways of framing psychological functioning.

B Privilege bureaucratic efficiency.

C Privilege consumer capitalism.

D Privilege the medical model.

The statement that best characterizes how the individualistic values inherent in traditional trauma work can be an incomplete model of care is as follows: [Help]

A Insofar as psychotherapists act merely as detached observers, they limit the range of traumatic experiences clients can explore and process.

B Being more of a compassionate witness, rather than a detached observer, and assisting traumatized clients engage in corrective real world action, can amount to a more complete model of trauma recovery.

C Insofar as psychotherapists act merely as detached observers, they deny clients the exposure and response prevention elements of treatment necessary for trauma recovery.

D All of the above.

Therapist responsiveness is considered a key metacompetency linked to clinical effectiveness. Which of the following best defines therapist responsiveness?: [Help]

A Being flexible and versatile in one's approach to each client depending on their psychological profile and treatment needs.

B Self-disclosing liberally to help clients open up.

C Showing ample empathy.

D Being eclectically emotional.

The Facilitative Interpersonal Skills research model spearheaded by Timothy Anderson and colleagues identifies a host of therapist characteristics that are conducive to favorable client outcomes. Among them are: [Help]

A Verbal fluency, emotional expressiveness, and persuasiveness.

B Positive regard, hopefulness, and empathy.

C A capacity to repair ruptures in the therapeutic relationship.

D All of the above.

Psychotherapists' own personal therapy can be an avenue to enhancing clinical competency insofar as it: [Help]

A Can expand their humanity in ways that avail them with experiential bridges to access and understand clients' type and sources of life problems.

B Enables them to be permanently immune to countertransference.

C Represents a professional requirement in the mental health field.

D Emotionally inoculates them against acting out with clients.

What separates moral injury from garden-variety posttraumatic stress disorder(PTSD) is: [Help]

A The trauma is always religious in nature.

B The nature of the trauma is colored by a sense that a person has violated norms of human decency by contributing to, or failing to prevent, serious harm to fellow human beings.

C The nature of the trauma is colored by a sense that a person has violated norms of militaristic aggression.

D The trauma is best understood in terms of secular humanistic ethical precepts.

Which statement(s) best support the point of view that psychotherapists might have an ethical obligation to conceive of and treat psychological problems as moral injuries? [Help]

A Guilt and shame over being the subject of, or subjected to, human wrongdoing often underlies clients' descriptions of their psychological problems.

B The sort of relational depth that bodes well for treatment outcome is bolstered by engaging the suffering clients experience due to human wrongdoing.

C At the root of many psychological problems are human vices like betrayal, exploitation, and deceit.

D All of the above.

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