Read the following case and give your response to the questionsafter the case. The client is a married woman in her late 30s, with3 children who are approaching their teens. She has been in weeklytherapy for 6 months. She is struggling to decide whether to remainwith her husband, whom she feels is boring, uninvolved with theirchildren, complacent, and overly wrapped up in his work. She hasurged him to join her in marriage counseling or try some form oftherapy for himself. He maintains that he is \"fine\" and that she isthe one with the problems. She tells you (the counselor) that shewould divorce him immediately if it wasn’t for the kids and thatwhen the children finish school, she will surely leave him. Rightnow she is ambivalent, however, she cannot decide whether she wantsto accept the security that she now has (along with the deadness ofher relationship with her husband) or whether she is willing togive up this security and risk being stuck with less than she nowhas. She has been contemplating having an affair so that someoneother than her husband can meet her physical and emotional needs.She is also exploring the possibility of finding a job so that shewill be less dependent upon her husband. By getting a job, shecould have outside opportunities for personal satisfaction andstill remain in her marriage by deciding to accept what she haswith him. Consider the following 3 questions and decide what valuejudgements can be made, both by the client and you ascounselor.

1). One of her reasons for staying married is for the sake ofthe children. What if you (as the counselor) accept this value andbelieve that she should not challenge her marriage, becausechildren need both parents? Might she be using the children as anexcuse not to get out? What if your judgement is that she would bebetter off divorcing? What do your beliefs about divorce, marriage,and children have to do with her possible decisions.