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1. Giving information and advice
should be used sparingly.
should be concrete and specific.
Defining Directives, Providing Information, and Psychoeducation
2. One place where advice and information are almost always necessary is
person-centered counseling.
psychodynamic counseling.
Defining Directives, Providing Information, and Psychoeducation
3. The central problem with giving advice, according to the authors, is
the client may follow your advice too readily and avoid personal decision making.
you may put “your thing” in the client’s mind.
you may fail to listen to the client.
Defining Directives, Providing Information, and Psychoeducation
4. Timely and appropriate psychoeducation in the here and now of the session can help change the client’s world.
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Discerning the Specifics of Psychoeducation
5. Recommending physical exercise, according to the authors
should be left for sports specialists and physicians.
is an important strategy as part of any counseling or interviewing session.
is not part of the counseling process.
Discerning the Specifics of Psychoeducation
6. Which of the following is an example of psychoeducation?
decision making education
therapeutic lifestyle changes
Discerning the Specifics of Psychoeducation
7. The skill of logical consequences is particularly important in
psychodynamic counseling.
person-centered Rogerian counseling.
Defining Natural and Logical Consequences and Decisional Counseling
8. The Cognitive and Emotional Balance Sheet is exemplified by
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using one’s hands to show how one side can be compared to the other as in confrontation.
summarizing the pluses and minuses of each possible decisional alternative.
drawing out specific alternatives and then asking the client to make a decision.
balancing decisions on a sheet of paper with the client.
Defining Natural and Logical Consequences and Decisional Counseling
9. Which of the following is true about stress?
Forty-three percent of all adults suffer adverse health effects from stress.
Stress does not play a part in health issues such as skin conditions, asthma, or arthritis.
Stress costs American industry more than $300 billion annually.
Refining Stress Management as Psychoeducation
10. What percent of all doctor’s office visits are for stress-related ailments and complaints?
Refining Stress Management as Psychoeducation
11. The authors identify one of these as very helpful to clients who tend to think negatively or have problems with self-
esteem, even mild depression.
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Refining Directives and Psychoeducational Strategies for Building Mental and Physical Health
12. With guided imagery, the authors suggest
helping the clients get an image of a problem, relax, and note feelings in the body.
encouraging the client to put a positive image from the past in mind.
thought-stopping to guide the person to feeling more positively.
advising the client that this is a good thing.
Refining Directives and Psychoeducational Strategies for Building Mental and Physical Health
13. Which of the following are not suggested as directives that you consider as alternatives for client change?
helping the client to go back to the past and recall negative images
encouraging physical exercise and nutrition
Refining Directives and Psychoeducational Strategies for Building Mental and Physical Health
14. Which of the following provides the client with data on both positive and negative consequences of an intended
action?
Refining Directives and Psychoeducational Strategies for Building Mental and Physical Health
a.
Vague
b.
Concrete
ANSWER:
b
POINTS:
1
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a.
Vague
b.
Concrete
ANSWER:
POINTS:
1
15. If we really want clients to transfer learning from the interview to their daily life, the authors recommend which of the
following as most important?
thinking positive thoughts and using a wellness framework
contracting for a specific homework assignment
Refining Directives and Psychoeducational Strategies for Building Mental and Physical Health
16. ______________ is the number one (1) TLC.
Observing: Introducing Psychoeducational Therapeutic Lifestyle Changes Through Decisional
Counseling
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Practicing: Integrating the Skills and Strategies of This Chapter
19. You’ve been very clever in your statements, but what specifically do you mean? Stop for a moment, sit back… good….
Now I want you to develop an image as if in a dream. Just close your eyes and let it flow.
Practicing: Integrating the Skills and Strategies of This Chapter
20. Stop now, just for a moment, relax, notice your breathing.
Practicing: Integrating the Skills and Strategies of This Chapter
21. Please do some homework related to our interview today.
Practicing: Integrating the Skills and Strategies of This Chapter
22. Now, let’s review the session. What one thing stands out for you from today? What specifically that we discussed can
we use for this week’s homework assignment? This will help follow-up on at least one key issue for today.
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Practicing: Integrating the Skills and Strategies of This Chapter
23. (ALSO, a good final exam question) You have worked with a client for a period of time and have come to the
conclusion that action must be taken. The client’s problem is inability to study. In the past, the client has been very active
socially and has a history of being a good student. You realize that he has become overloaded because of his need for a
job to handle his finances. Write possible influencing skill statements for each category below.
a. interpretation/reframe
b. logical consequences
c. empathic self-disclosure
d. empathic feedback
e. information/advice
f. directives
g. empathic confrontation
24. What are the TLCs? Why are they important? How would you use them to improve the livers of your clients?
25. Give examples of at least four types of directives and how you might use them.
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26. When and how should we give information or advice?
27. What is your personal position on the use of influencing skills in the interview? Document and justify your position.
28. Describe and discuss Decisional Counseling.