NCMHCE Clinical Mental Health Counselor

Category - Counseling and Psychotherapy

Research indicates that there are certain characteristics of successful clients such as maturity, ability to form relationships, and honesty. Why do some clients struggle with being honest?
  1. Lack of rapport with therapist
  2. Shame
  3. Attention-seeking behavior
  4. All of the above
Explanation
Answer: D - Lack of rapport between client and therapist can lead to lack of trust, and therefore, the client is left feeling uncomfortable being fully honest; Clients’ experiencing shame often fail to report fully in therapy due to embarrassment; some client’s suffer with the need for more attention (or more significantly, fictitious disorder), and therefore, tend to make things up.
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