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QUESTION: In an attempt to “reach” the client and improve his behavior, is a marriage therapist that encounters a client who is a not a good spouse, allowed to lie to the client and tell him that he is indeed, a good spouse and should avoid behaviors and actions that are unbecoming of him? This is the common method of setting a high standard for someone to bolster their confidence and then comparing their actions to the standard that they have set (i.e. “You’re too good of a person to be acting this way”)...