Which of the Following Is a Condition Under Which a Client's

question 57

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is a condition under which a client's confidentiality may be breached?

• A) When the therapist believes the client needs to be released from the hospital
• B) When the client begins to inflict severe verbal abuse on the therapist
• C) When the therapist learns through the client that a child has been abused
• D) Confidentiality should never be breached

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Definitions:

Sigmund Freud

An Austrian neurologist and the founder of psychoanalysis, a method for treating psychopathology through dialogue between a patient and a psychoanalyst.

Carl Rogers

An influential American psychologist who founded the client-centered approach to psychotherapy.

Operant Conditioning

The process by which a response becomes more likely to occur or less so, depending on its consequences.

Classical Conditioning

The process by which a previously neutral stimulus becomes associated with a stimulus that already elicits a response and, in turn, acquires the capacity to elicit a similar or related response. Also called Pavlovian or respondent conditioning.