When Counseling Clients Who Are Terminally Ill and Wish to Explore

question 10

Multiple Choice

When counseling clients who are terminally ill and wish to explore end-of-life decisions, counselors should always do all of the following EXCEPT:

• A) help the clients clarify their thoughts and feelings about end-of-life choices.
• B) assist the clients to deal with grief and loss issues.
• C) examine their own values and beliefs about death and dying before agreeing to counsel terminally ill clients.
• D) ensure that they have the competencies needed to work with terminally ill clients.
• E) inform the terminally ill client's family that the client is considering various end of life options and involve the family in the decision-making process.

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Definitions:

Metapathology

The study or theory of underlying psychological dysfunction or disease.

Self-Actualizing Person

A term coined by Abraham Maslow referring to an individual who has achieved the highest level of psychological development and is fully realizing their potential.

Hierarchy of Needs

A model introduced by Abraham Maslow that is often depicted as a pyramid, representing the progression through different levels of human needs from physiological up to self-actualization.

Self-Actualized

The realization or fulfillment of one's talents and potentialities, considered as a drive inherent in everyone, often associated with Maslow's hierarchy of needs.