A Clinician Who Is Working with a Client Notices That

question 22

Multiple Choice

A clinician who is working with a client notices that he is struggling with a number of issues and trying his best to make change, to no avail. The clinician says, "It seems like you're rearranging chairs on the Titanic." This is an example of:

• A) a formula response.
• B) an advanced response.
• C) the use of metaphor.
• D) a poor empathic response.
• E) Two of the above
• F) Three of the above

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Definitions:

Neurons

Specialized cells within the nervous system responsible for conveying information to other nerve cells, muscles, or glands.

Autonomic Nervous System

The part of the peripheral nervous system that controls the glands and the muscles of the internal organs (such as the heart). Its sympathetic division arouses; its parasympathetic division calms.

Sympathetic Nervous System

The division of the autonomic nervous system that arouses the body, mobilizing its energy in stressful situations.

Parasympathetic Nervous System

The division of the autonomic nervous system that calms the body, conserving its energy.