 166 INTIMATE RELATIONSHI P CONFLICTS CLIENT PRESENTATION 1. Indifferent to Emotional Needs (1) * A. The client displayed a pattern of indifference toward the emotional needs of his/her partner. B. The client's partner has complained about the client's pattern of indifference toward the partner's emotional needs. C. When the client's partner expresses emotional needs, the client becomes critical, frustrated, and overly reactive. D. The client reported an increased focus on his/her partner's needs. E. The cli ent consistently takes notice of and considers the emotional needs of his/her partner. 2. Distrust Due to Paranoia (2) A. The client described a pattern of consistent distrust of his/her partner. B. The client offered no sufficient basis for his/her pat tern of distrust of his/her partner. C. The client's level of distrust toward his/her partner has diminished. D. The client verbalized trust in his/her partner despite the previously held extreme distrust. 3. Relationship Stress (3) A. The effects of t he client's erratic behavior (e. g., legal problems, impulsive spending, inability to work) have led to increased levels of stress within the relationship. B. The client's intimate relationship is at risk for dissolution due to the increased levels of stre ss relating to the effects of his/her erratic behavior. C. Stress levels have decreased significantly for the client and his/her partner as the effects of the client's erratic behavior have decreased. D. As the client's erratic behavior has decreased, hi s/her relationship with his/her partner has become significantly more stable. 4. Pattern of Discontinuation of Relationships (4) A. The client described a pattern of repeated discontinuation of relationships due to personal deficiencies in problem solvin g, social skills, or assertion. B. The client's current relationship is at risk of dissolution due to his/her personal deficiencies in problem solving, social skills, or assertion. C. As the client has gained conflict resolution and social skills to help relationship problems, his/her relationship has become more stable. 5. Impulsive Sexual Involvement (5) A. The client described a pattern of impulsive sexual involvement outside of the committed relationship. * The numbers in parentheses correlate to the number of the Behavioral Definition stat ement in the companion chapter with the same title in The Severe and Persistent Mental Illness Treatment Planner, 2nd ed. (Berghuis and Jongsma) by John Wiley & Sons, 2008. 