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Marital and Family Therapy

Category - Assessment

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You are working with someone who has been sent to you because of a domestic violence issue, but he points out that he would like to use his time with you to discuss his childhood traumas. What does this perpetrator’s admission signal to you?
  1. He is attempting to skirt the issue
  2. There could be something valuable here, if it ties together with DV
  3. He is attempting to play the therapist
  4. That he has learned his lesson and will complete all terms and conditions
Explanation
Answer - B - Whatever you are working with when related to a court mandate, you have an obligation to attempt connecting the content of therapy to the reason for the referral. Content of the sessions must in some way connect with the incidents that referred the individual to therapy. In this case, trauma sounds much like it could be helpful in determining some core issues that could be addressed.
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