#1. If a client comes from a cultural tradition that sanctions the use of a ritual that you believe is harmful (e.g., female circumcision), do you believe that your highest responsibility as a therapist is to respect the client’s cultural identity or to act based on your personal values?

#2. Which do you think is more traumatic and why: the death of a young child, an adolescent, a partner in early adulthood, midlife or later adulthood, a parent while one is either a child, adolescent, early adult, adult in midlife or in older life? Explain your answer.

#3. Do you think it is harder for families to cope with progressive, relapsing, or constant illness that are either acute or gradual? Please explain your answer and give examples to support your points.