Chapter 9

The most influential aspect in whether a not a client will be able to bond with the therapist, has to do with the specific personality disorder that is present.

False

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Which of the following is TRUE of NPD?

All of these are true

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This PD is very unlikely to even come in for therapy as they are not likely to feel depressed or anxiety or even experience a lot of conflict.

SPD

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Which of the following is NOT TRUE regarding therapeutic alliance?

People with BPD generally cannot build alliances

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When working this PD the clinician needs to be very careful to not accidentally shame the client as they tend to get scared off really easily and have high drop out rates .

AVPD

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When working with a BPD client, the clinician should be able to do all of the following: EXCEPT

Refer out when the client starts engaging in problematic behavior

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Psychopaths are virtually impossible to build an alliance with and often will not receive any benefit from therapy.

True

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Which PD client thinks about his/her therapist the MOST outside of session?

STPD

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Which PD would likely find a female therapist to be threatening or become very dependent on a male therapist?

HPD

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Which of the following is NOT TRUE regarding medication and hospitalizations?

If a client has to be hospitalized it means the therapy wasn't working

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