1. Read the following scenario (adapted from Parsons & Dickinson):A 45-year-old married mother of four children presents to a marriage and family counselor complaining that her husband does not support her as a mother or a person. She describes her husband as very traditional and somewhat chauvinistic. He provides for their familyfinancially and does not support her desire to go back to school and enter into a career of her own. She states that she feels they are not compatible and is becoming increasingly unhappy in the marriage.

For each of the five potential therapist types listed below, discuss how this helping relationship may be impacted by potential implicit bias, which oftenaffects judgments, decisions, and behaviors and often occurs unintentionally and subconsciously.

1. A female therapist who divorced her husband, returned to school, and just completed her degree.
2. A male therapist who comes from a traditional family, and has a stay-at-home wife and three children.
3. A male therapist who is married and is currently having financial difficulties.
4. A therapist who experienced their parents' contentious and drawn-out divorce as a child.
5. A therapist who has been without an intimate partner for over two years.

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