Challenges to the client therapist relationship

Question 1

Every relationship is characterized by

Answer 1

emotional experience

Question 2

all relationships require us to

Answer 2

choose whether to reveal something about ourselves or not

Question 3

Intimate self disclosure can create

Answer 3

positive or negative outcomes

Question 4

Every treatment relationship is characterized by

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undeniable power differential

Question 5

Who is the ate keeper of knowledge and resources

Answer 5

Therapis

Question 6

what is a big issues with kids and adolescence

Answer 6

power dilemmas

Question 7

Examples of nonverbal cues

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body language 
facial expressions 
posture
movt patterns 
touch 
dress

Question 8

Wha are common points in therapy

Answer 8

crisis points

Question 9

What is one of the main behaviors you see

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reluctance

Question 10

How can reluctance manifest

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anxiety
passivity
lack of follow through

Question 11

What can reluctance be explained by

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symptom escalation 
tasks are too difficult or demanding 
anxiety
values about health care
low self esteem

Question 12

What is resistance

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clients conscious effort to refuse, skip, avoid, under perform, fail to follow through

Question 13

Why does resistance not make sense to others

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because it is typically maladaptive
deeply embedded
not reflective of clients best interest
part of who they are/internal process

Question 14

What may attribute to resistance

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relationships with others outside of therapy
issues in the client-therapist relationship
selecting activities the client finds irrelevant

Question 15

How does resistace manifest

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Refusal to do things

challenging therapist

Question 16

What do clients that test theraipst boundaries have issues with

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boundaries in other relationships

Question 17

What are empathetic breaks

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necessary misses that occur in any relationship

Question 18

Examples of empathetic breaks

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therapist demands too much
therapist too directive
disruption in therapy due to therapist absence
saying the wrong thing

Question 19

What is an interpersonal event

Answer 19

naturally occurring communication, reaction, process, task, or general circumstance that has the potential to challenge the therapeutic relationship