ABSTRACT
As mental health professionals, we are trained to try to see things through our clients’ eyes. Guided by what they tell us, we attempt to see the world as they do. However, there may be many situations in which our clients do not present themselves genuinely. In forensic evaluations, for example, examinees often have very tangible motivations to present themselves as either exceptionally free from psychological problems (e.g., in child custody evaluations) or to exaggerate mental health symptoms (e.g., in disability evaluations or assessments of criminal responsibility).
