1. Synthesizing the approaches covered in the text:​
a. ​can easily be accomplished after taking an introductory course.
b. ​isusuallymasteredbytheendofthefirstyearofone’sgraduateprogram.
c. ​often requires many years of study, training, and practical counseling experience.
d. ​rarely, if ever, happens and is a completely unrealistic goal.
2. ​Which one of the following is not considered an experiential and relationship-oriented therapy?
a. ​Gestalt therapy
b. ​Family systems therapy
c. ​Existential approach
d. ​Person-centered approach
3. Which one of the following is not associated with the cognitive-behavioral action-oriented therapies?​
a. ​Existential therapy
b. ​Cognitive behavior therapy
c. ​Choice theory/relative therapy
d. ​Behavior therapy
4. Which humanistic approach places emphasis on the basic attitudes of the therapist? ​
a. ​Psychoanalytic therapy
b. ​Adlerian therapy
c. ​Person-centered therapy
d. ​Cognitive-behavioral therapy
5. Presenting one model to which all trainees subscribe is: ​
a. ​what the counseling profession endorses at present.
b. ​likely to be a reality by the year 2020 when the CACREP standards are revisited.
c. ​dangerous in that it can limit their effectiveness in working with a diverse range of future clients.
d. ​illegal in the Northeastern region of the U.S., but not in other parts of the country.
6. The author makes a case for:​
a. ​initially getting an overview of the major theoretical orientations and then learning a particular approach by
becoming steeped in that approach for some time.
b. ​delving deeply into one approach initially and then taking a superficial look at other theoretical models.
c. ​learning the theories of counseling only after starting to work with clients in order to make the theories more
relevant.
d. ​the reader to choose the approach to which s/he subscribes.
7. Which of the following statements about theories or models of counseling/psychotherapy is true?​
a. ​Extensiveresearchhasshownthatcertainpopularmodelsofpsychotherapyare“wrong.”
b. ​There is a clear place for theoretical pluralism in our society.
c. ​Accepting the validity of one model implies rejecting the validity of other models.
d. ​Theoretical pluralism has been frowned on by several major professional organizations.
8. ​Which of the following is not a factor that oftentimes limits our freedom of choice?
a. ​Social
b. ​Environmental
c. ​Cultural
d. ​Internal
9. ​Which of these statements about interventions is true?
a. ​It is helpful to use one type of intervention with most clients.
b. ​Duringthecourseofanindividual’stherapy,differentinterventionsmaybeneededatdifferenttimes.
c. ​It is best to require clients to adapt to your approach to counseling and the interventions that you are skilled at
using.
d. ​You should only use counseling interventions when you are certified or licensed.
10. ​Which approach was developed during the 1940s as a nondirective reaction against psychoanalysis?
a. ​Personcenteredtherapy
b. ​Familysystemstherapy
c. ​Adleriantherapy
d. ​Realitytherapy
11. Francesca, a cognitive behavioral therapist, likes to give homework assignments to her clients. What might her
rationale be for doing this?​
a. ​Homework can be a vehicle for assisting her clients in putting into action what they are learning in therapy.
b. ​By assigning homework to her clients, she establishes her clear authority over them (as if she is their
teacher).
c. ​She is probably a novice therapist who is insecure about her skills; thus, by assigning homework, she may feel
like she is being more productive.
d. ​In order to be reimbursed by insurance companies, Francesca is required to give her clients homework
assignments.
12. ​Whichofthefollowingstatementsbestdescribestheauthor’sviewofthemedicalmodel?
a. ​Coreyappreciatesthefocusonpsychopathologyandbelievesitgivescliniciansthetoolstoassesswhat’s
wrong with clients.
b. ​A focus on the medical model restricts therapeutic practice because it stresses deficits rather than strengths.
c. ​The medical model emphasizes strengths and competencies rather than psychopathology.
d. ​The medical model is especially relevant for culturally diverse client populations.
13. A comprehensive approach to counseling:​
a. ​goes beyond understanding our internal dynamics and addresses those environmental and systemic realities
that influence us.
b. focusesalmostexclusivelyontheclient’sinternaldynamics.
c. ​focusesprimarilyonthetherapist’sinternalreactionstotheclient’sbehavior.
d. ​focuses only on systemic factors.
14. Effective psychotherapy is a practice in which the: ​
a. ​therapist solves problems for clients.
b. ​therapist is merely a skilled technician.
c. ​clientandtherapistcollaborateincoconstructingsolutionsregardinglife’stasks.
d. ​client is in complete control of the direction of the therapy.
15. Which of the following is not an issue that Stan struggles with?​
a. ​Fearofbeingalone
b. ​Fearofintimaterelationshipswithwomen
c. ​Substanceuse
d. ​Aggressiveoutbursts
16. An undisciplined mixture of approaches can be an excuse for failing to develop a sound rationale for systematically
adhering to certain concepts and to the techniques that are extensions of them.​
a. True
b. False
17. An integrative perspective is not developed in a random fashion.​
a. True
b. False
18. Since Corey challenges the deterministic notion that humans are the product of their early conditioning and, thus, are
victims of their past, he believes that an exploration of the past is rarely useful.​
a. True
b. False
19. Both family therapy and feminist therapy are based on the premise that to understand the individual it is essential to
take into consideration the interpersonal dimensions and the sociocultural context rather than focusing primarily on
the intrapsychic domain.​
a. True
b. False
20. Psychotherapy is a process of engagement between two people, both of whom are bound to change through the
therapeutic venture.​
a. True
b. False
21. Those practicing brief therapy are in business to change clients, to give them quick advice, and to solve their
problems for them.​
a. True
b. False
22. Withrespecttomasteringthetechniquesofcounselingandapplyingthemappropriatelyandeffectively,itisCorey’s
belief that you are your own very best technique.​
a. True
b. False
23. Techniquescancounteractaclient–therapistrelationshipthatislackingincertainrespects.​
a. True
b. False
24. Much of effective therapy is the product of artistry.​
a. True
b. False
25. Rudolf Dreikurs is credited with popularizing the Adlerian approach in the United States.​
a. True
b. False
26. Choice theory/reality therapy applies the principles of learning to the resolution of specific behavioral problems.​
a. True
b. False
27. Donald Meichenbaum is a prominent contributor to the development of cognitive behavior therapy.
a. True
b. False
28. Reality therapy is based on choice theory and focuses on the client assuming responsibility in the present.​
a. True
b. False
29. Michael White and David Epston are the major figures associated with narrative therapy.​
a. True
b. False
30. An experiential approach is Gestalt therapy, which offers a range of experiments to help clients gain awareness of
what they are experiencing in the here and now.​
a. True
b. False