Counseling Theory and
Practice
Chapter One: Becoming an Effective Counselor
1. Certain qualities of the therapist appear as or more important than the type of therapy used.
These qualities include:
2. Although Eysenck’s research was found to contain flaws, it led to a debate concerning:
3. Counseling and psychotherapy can be differentiated by all but which of the following?
4. The difference between counseling and psychotherapy can be explained by all but which of
the following?
5. Which of the following is (are) true regarding the effectiveness of counseling?
6. Whether one ends up conducting counseling or psychotherapy for a particular client may
depend on all but one of the following factors?
7. Which of the following is the primary reason for incorporating theory into one’s counseling
practice is?
8. Typically, the view of human nature held by a theorist includes all but which of the following?
9. Using an integrative approach to counseling includes all but which of the following?
10. The integrative approach can be viewed as a developmental process which includes the
following phases in order of occurrence:
11. Which of the following is (are) true regarding the integrative approach to counseling?
12. The limitations of ethical codes include all but which of the following?
13. Some purposes of ethical codes include all but which of the following?
14. The Tarasoff case became a model for “duty to warn” or “foreseeable harm.” This may be
interpreted best by which of the following?
15. Models of ethical decision-making were developed to assist the counselor in solving difficult
problems. Which of the following is not considered one of these models?
16. Which of the following describes Corey’s model of making decisions?
17. Which of the following steps in the decision making model of Corey is out of sequence ?
18. Rest developed a moral model of decision making which may be explained by the following:
19. Rest suggests that:
20. Ethical topics commonly addressed in the literature and in practice include all but which of
the following?
21. Which of the following is not identified as an “ethical hot spot” in the text?
22. The moral model of decision-making includes all but which of the following principles?
23. Which of the following statements is (are) true regarding the developmental models of
decision-making?
24. Which of the following is not a best practices method when working with clients?
25. Which of the following is true regarding cultural competent counseling?
26. Which is not culturally incompetent counseling?
27. The Multicultural Competencies include all but which of the following?
28. Which of the following is (are) true regarding counseling individuals from different cultures?
29. All of the following are barriers to the effective multicultural helping relationship except?
30. Which of the following best represents the concept of having an ethnocentric worldview?
31. Which is most likely to hinder our work with clients of diverse backgrounds?
32. Relative to the RESPECTFUL acronym, which word or phrase is not appropriately matched?
33. When assisting a culturally different client, it is important to:
34. Which definition is incorrect relative to theoretical integrative stages?
Matching
customs and values
master therapist
towards one approach
10. A culturally competent counseling I. ethical “hot spot”
True/ False
1. The development of a helper’s personal theory of counseling often includes becoming aware
of one’s view of human nature and progressively transitioning into an integrative approach as
2. The development of new knowledge periodically leads to paradigm shifts where the
3. Typically, the view of human nature held by each theorist takes into account the effect of
5. Metatheory is defined as the point at which a therapist settles into a theoretical orientation
6. Although ethical codes provide us with guidelines regarding how to make decisions,
7. Theories which form the basis for counseling are heuristic, which is defined as non–
9. It is essential for the counselor to encourage the client to conform to the values of the
11. Incorporating theory into one’s counseling or psychotherapy practice assures the client that
12. The Multicultural Counseling Competencies suggest that we examine the following: “self–