Question

If you were a client for mental health counseling, what types of interview techniques would you be willing to undergo? What about psychological testing? What four types of assessment would you be willing to undergo to determine your mental illness?

Answer your question thoroughly and cite one outside source

Answer 1

@Ferredoxin4

Answer 2

Question 1: Interview techniques
There are two main types of psychological interviews, structured and unstructured. Unstructured interviews involve informal directive conversations that are client-centered.
Structured interviews include planned questions and are formal conversations. For mental health counseling, unstructured interviews would best open up the person, and could even lend a path to the client's unconscious mind, rationale, and perception. Structured interviews have a risk of deception, Halo effect (using one trait to make an overall judgment), and Hawthorne effect (participant behaves in a way that is different from his or her typical personality when being observed).

Question 2: Psychological testing
There are 4 types of psychological tests, with several assessments in them: interviews, projective tests, behavioral assessments, and personality inventories. Although it widely depends on the abnormality, the degree of abnormality, and the ability to make a choice in the right state of mind, I would probably say directive, client-centered, and unstructured interviews with a psychoanalytic, humanistic, or cognitive-behavioral psychologist would be the best form of psychological testing. There would be better applications, no deception, and the client would feel more 'open' and ready to release his or her feelings. These aspects would not be easily considered with personality inventories or behavioral assessments. Also, interviews have a sense of humanism, which is necessary for diagnosing psychological disorders. For instance, a test may show that a client is Schizophrenic when in reality the client is having Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID). This simple interpretation cannot be corrected unless there is humanism, which is only found in client-centered interviews.

Question 3:
There are several psychological assessments within the branches of psychological tests. I would favor some form of a projective test, such as a Thematic Apperception Test or a Rorschach Inkblot Exam. This allows the therapist to get a full understanding of the client's unconscious feelings, and id. Second, the client should complete an MMPI-2 (Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2) to get a full assessment of his or her personality traits and Big Five personality traits. Next, the client should definitely complete a Social Readjustment Rating Scale test to evaluate levels of stress and personality types. Next, the client can complete a WAIS-IV exam to evaluate the possibility of intellectual disability. [side note: the same thing as mental retardation, but you can't use this anymore and it's been updated with the new DSM5]. Last but not least, the client can finish off with a directive, client-centered interview.

Answer 3

I didn't use any source but just use this:
Ciccarelli, Saundra K. Psychology (AP Edition), 4th Edition.