LMSW Test Prep (Practice Questions with correct answers

A couple requests help in improving their seven-year marriage. When you ask them about their goals, they begin to argue almost immediately. The husband states his wife nags him too much about chores. The wife states her husband is lazy. How should you proceed with establishing treatment goals? A. Assist them in setting a goal to help them resolve their arguments around household responsibilities. B. Assist them in establishing treatment goals to help them learn to improve their communication and resolve conflict. C. Recommend they receive individual treatment to help them work on individual issues. D. Recommend that they each attend sessions with you individually to set separate goals to work on until they are ready to work together in a session. - correct answer B. Assist them in establishing treatment goals to help them learn to improve their communication and resolve conflict. It is correct to help them learn new skills that they can use to address the problem of disagreements over chores as well as other problems in their relationship. When establishing treatment goals, it is important to teach people skills that they can use during and after treatment. Sometimes solving the current problem will not give them these skills. Teaching people new skills and how to apply them to their lives can assist them in making progress after treatment ends. In couples therapy, sometimes each person wants their spouse to be "fixed." It is important to keep longer-term goals in mind while helping the couple with their immediate marital issues. A family has adopted a seven-year-old boy who had previously experienced severe neglect. The adoptive parents are meeting with a social worker because they are frustrated that he continues to