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Child Psych

Category - Consultation

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How would you handle a client who comes to your office for advice concerning her child’s behavior but then refuses to take it?
  1. Ask the client why she came to you for a consultation if she doesn’t want to take your advice.
  2. Say “The final decision is up to you. However, you came here for my professional opinion, and I am now offering it.”
  3. Tell the client that what she wants to do is not in the child’s best interest.
  4. Tell the client to give the matter some more thought, and to come back when she starts feeling differently.
  5. Modify your position. Admit that maybe your earlier recommendation was premature and she may be right after all.
Explanation
Answer: B - The therapist should say, “The final decision is up to you. However, you came here for my professional opinion, and I am now offering it.” This is the only one of the five alternatives that correctly states that the actual decision rests with the parent, not the therapist, but at the same time shows the therapist to be someone sufficiently confident of his or her own professional opinion to stand by it.
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