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Client, Professional, or Family-Centered Counseling Approach

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Benefits and disadvantages vary depending on the counseling approach used. With a client-centered approach, the client "owns" the problem and the decision. When the audiologist is at the center , he or she controls the time and information being presented. With a family-centered approach, the family shares all responsibilities and ownership of problems and decisions.

 

 

 

 



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