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Level 1. Denial, The negative alpha solution. The client seems unable to accommodate new data from the counselor or therapist. The client will fail to deal with the conflict or contradiction, make an abrupt topic shift, or show a clearly incorrect "off-the-wall" response.
Level 2. Partial examination, The more mature alpha solution. The client deals with only a portion of the issue or counselor's statement. The client may over-generalize, delete, or distort what has been said, but not as seriously as in Level 1. You may find irrational ideas and some blindness to problems.
Level 3. Acceptance and recognition, Beta solution. The client recognizes the situation as it is and the client's comment, feeling, or thought seems close to that presented by the therapist, but nothing new is added by the client. This level characterizes homeostasis or no change. Score as Beta if the client tends to describe a situation, event, or self-picture fairly clearly, but tends to leave it there.
Level 4. Generation of a new solution, Early gamma solution. In response to the counselor, the client moves to the creation of something new. The client has added something that was not there before. At times, the underlying conflict may remain ï‚¾ï€ acceptance of insoluble problems begins here.
Level 5. Transcendence, Full gamma solution. The client has arrived at a new synthesis, a new way of thinking, behaving, or feeling. These are relatively rare moments in counseling and therapy and may represent the development of useful or important insights, the ability to engage in a truly new way of behaving, the generation of a new ability to engage emotionally.
You will now be given a variety of counselor-client situations. The possible client responses are in random order. Please classify each client response at one of the five levels.
Career choice
Counselor: (To student who was referred by his engineering professor for failing grades) "John, we've gone through the tests and reviewed your work history. Given all the information we've come up with, how do you put it together?"
Client:
a. "Well, I see the results. They seem to be saying that I don't look like an
engineer and that I appear more like a journalist or English major. And, it's true that I haven't done too well in math and that English courses have given me my best grades."
b. "The tests don't seem to make much sense. I'm going to work harder. I can't
see why they referred me here anyway."
c. "It makes sense. I did enjoy the English courses. I guess it's time to give myself
a chance to do what I want. My dad wanted me to be an engineer like him. I've always tried to please him too much."
d. "I don't know. Engineers make the best salaries. It's really important that I do
what dad wants."
e. "That settles it. I've given dad's idea a good try, but I haven't done well and I
really like English better. I am going to do what I want and makes sense for me. I'm going to change my major."