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Child Psych

Category - Intervention

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Under what conditions would it be inappropriate for a clinical psychologist to decide to terminate therapy with a client or patient?
  1. Upon deciding that the client no longer needs or is likely to benefit from therapy, but the client disagrees.
  2. When feeling that continuing therapy is potentially dangerous to either the therapist or patient.
  3. When the patient is either coming late to every scheduled appointment or not coming at all.
  4. When the patient seems more anxious or depressed than usual and it is making the therapist feel uncomfortable, too.
Explanation
Answer: D - It would not be appropriate to terminate therapy when there is an exacerbation of symptoms just because the patient’s demeanor is making the therapist uncomfortable. If necessary, the therapist can search the relevant literature, seek professional guidance from a supervisor or colleague, or bring in an expert consultant. But it would be unprofessional to give up and abandon a client who clearly needs help without taking feasible appropriate action to provide that help.
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