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Marital and Family Therapy

Category - Treatment

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You use a lot of psychodynamic theory in your practice. When you hear your client talk about his work in a positive light one week and a negative light the next, you feel as if you need to bring it up to him. You decide to use confrontation. In confrontation, the role of the therapist is:
  1. To ask questions about the discrepancy
  2. Do nothing but point it out
  3. Figure out where the truth lies between things
  4. Demonstrate superior listening skills
Explanation
Answer - B - Contrary to popular definition, psychodynamic therapists only use confrontation to point out the discrepancies in the stories. They do not make a comment as to whether or not it means anything or why the client may have made such comments. Those specifics are not important. Instead, the client’s own recognition is key if psychodynamic theory is at work to bring things into the conscious mind.
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