10-18-2006, 10:25 AM
A 16-year-old girl comes to the office after her boyfriend of 2 years abruptly ended their relationship. She has been a patient of yours for the past 7 years and seems to feel very comfortable talking about relationships and sexual issues with you.
She says that she just decided to have sexual intercourse with him a month ago and that this was a "huge deal" because it was her first "abandoned" her. She suddenly becomes silent and begins to cry. She takes a tissue out her pocketbook and remains silent.
At this point you should
A. advise her to "pull herself together"
B. maintain eye contact, and after a few minutes say, "I understand that this is hard for you"
C. remain silent for however long she needs to compose herself
D. tell her not to cry and say, "he is not worth getting so upset over"
E. use this time to review the notes in her chart
G.recommend that she go talk to a psychiatrist
She says that she just decided to have sexual intercourse with him a month ago and that this was a "huge deal" because it was her first "abandoned" her. She suddenly becomes silent and begins to cry. She takes a tissue out her pocketbook and remains silent.
At this point you should
A. advise her to "pull herself together"
B. maintain eye contact, and after a few minutes say, "I understand that this is hard for you"
C. remain silent for however long she needs to compose herself
D. tell her not to cry and say, "he is not worth getting so upset over"
E. use this time to review the notes in her chart
G.recommend that she go talk to a psychiatrist
