When Involuntary Clients Are Required to Sign Documents Waiving Their

question 11

Multiple Choice

When involuntary clients are required to sign documents waiving their privacy before beginning counseling sessions,

• A) counselors should refuse to counsel these clients who have been forced into counseling.
• B) the client in these situations is the agency mandating the client into counseling, not the client himself or herself.
• C) counselors then have no responsibility to maintain the client's privacy.
• D) counselors should warn clients that they should never say anything in counseling sessions that may put them in a difficult situation with the person or agency that has mandated their counseling sessions.
• E) counselors should carefully explain to clients the limits of their privacy within the counseling relationship.

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Definitions:

DID

Stands for Dissociative Identity Disorder, a psychological condition characterized by the presence of two or more distinct personality states or identities within a single individual.

Trauma Model

The theory that dissociative identity disorder is caused by severe childhood trauma, including sexual, physical, and emotional abuse, accompanied by personality traits that predispose the individual to employ dissociation as a defence mechanism or coping strategy.

Dissociative Disorders

Mental health conditions that involve disruptions or breakdowns of memory, consciousness, awareness, identity, and perception.

High Hypnotizability

A trait or condition in which an individual is exceptionally susceptible to hypnosis and can easily enter a hypnotic state.