Adler taught that we must successfully master three universal life tasks. Which of the
following is not one of these tasks?
a. building friendships
b. establishing intimacy
c. contributing to society
d. enhancing wellness
Which approach assumes that a family can best be understood when it is analyzed from
at least a three-generational perspective?
a. Bowenian family therapy
b. human validation process model
c. social constructionism
d. strategic family therapy
e. experiential/symbolic family therapy
The model that applies concepts of existential therapy to a family systems approach is:
a. Bowenian family therapy.
b. human validation process model.
c. structural therapy.
d. strategic therapy.
e. experiential/symbolic family therapy.
In Freud’s view, an individual experiencing neurotic anxiety feels:
a. he has behaved in a manner that is inconsistent with his moral code.
b. a realistic threat is present in the environment.
c. he will not be able to control his instincts and will behave inappropriately.
d. guilt associated with past actions.
Dr. Kane pointed out to her client John that his feelings of inadequacy at work seem
reminiscent of the feelings he experienced in his family of origin. It is probable that Dr.
Kane:
a. was crossing theoretical boundaries by referring to John’s past.
b. was looking for continuity by paying attention to themes running through John’s life.
c. was trying to get John to tap into the unconscious realm by having him explore
painful memories related to his family of origin.
d. was hoping her intervention would promote transference, which could then be
worked through.
In suggesting that Stan write his father a letter as a homework assignment, Jerry’s intent
was:
a. to provide an avenue for Stan to continue thinking about the impact his father has had
on him and to further promote his work during the week.
b. for Stan to mail the letter and prepare to confront his father in person.
c. to help Stan understand how much he still needs his father.
d. to give Stan the opportunity to show his father what a great writer he is, which would
hopefully boost Stan’s confidence.
Culturally encapsulated counselors would be most likely to:
a. depend entirely on their own internalized value assumptions about what is good for
people.
b. have an appreciation for a multicultural perspective in their counseling practice.
c. recognize the cultural dimensions their clients bring to therapy.
d. accept clients who have a different set of assumptions about life.
Diagnosis and assessment are considered important in therapy.
a. behavior therapy
b. feminist therapy
c. Gestalt therapy
d. person-centered therapy
e. both (b) and (c)
Without proper training, Gestalt therapists may:
a. evoke catharsis without having the ability to work it through with their client.
b. design faulty experiments.
c. may use ready-made techniques inappropriately.
d. may damage the therapeutic relationship with the client.
e. all of these.
A therapist who asks Stan where his tension is located in his body and who encourages
him to “be that feeling” is aligned theoretically with which model of therapy?
a. the feminist approach
b. the Gestalt approach
c. family systems therapy
d. cognitive therapy
e. brief psychodynamic therapy
The existential approach is particularly well-suited to clients who:
a. are dealing with grief and loss.
b. are victims of oppression.
c. have limited intellectual capacities.
d. suffer from severe mental illness.
According to the existential viewpoint, death:
a. makes life absurd.
b. makes life meaningless and hopeless.
c. gives significance to living.
d. should not be explored in therapy.
One item in the series of five does not fit with the other four items. Identify the word or
phrase that does not fit with the rest of the series.
(a) solution-focused brief therapy (b) self psychology, (c) object-relations theory, (d)
borderline personality, (e) narcissistic personality
Which theory(ies) is (are) least likely to use assessment and diagnosis in the therapeutic
process?
a. person-centered therapy
b narrative therapy
c. behavior therapy
d. psychoanalytic therapy
e. both (a) and (b)
Adler pioneered the practice of teaching professionals through live demonstrations with
parents and children before large audiences. This is now called:
a. “open-forum” family counseling.
b. spectator therapy.
c. “on stage” family therapy.
d. “hot seat” family counseling.
The technique of reflection involves the therapist:
a. restating the client’s words verbatim.
b. sharing his or her genuine emotional response with the client.
c. mirroring the client’s emotional experience of a particular situation.
d. bringing an actual mirror into the session and having a client look at himself or
herself in the mirror.
The developmental crisis involving initiative vs. guilt occurs during the:
a. school age.
b. early childhood stage.
c. preschool age.
d. adolescence.
e. later life.
Reality therapy is best described as:
a. an intensive and long-term therapy.
b. a rational therapy.
c. an insight therapy.
d. a short-term therapy that stresses doing.
e. an experiential therapy stressing feelings and attitudes.
One item in the series of five does not fit with the other four items. Identify the word or
phrase that does not fit with the rest of the series.
(a) layers of neurosis, (b) unfinished business, (c) genograms, (d) contact and resistance
to contact, (e) energy and blocks to energy
An Adlerian therapist would interpret Stan’s depression as:
a. a sickness that needs to be cured.
b. discouragement that can be helped by encouragement.
c. a feeling that leads to his faulty thinking.
d. related to unfinished business.
e. internalized anger and guilt.
Which of the following approaches does not have an established application to family
therapy?
a. Adlerian therapy
b. narrative therapy
c. person-centered therapy
d. cognitive-behavioral therapy
e. none of the above
A contribution of this therapeutic approach is that:
a. it enables intense experiencing to occur quickly.
b. it can be a relatively brief therapy.
c. it stresses doing and experiencing, as opposed to talking about problems.
d. all of these.
e. none of these.
Developmentally, Freud’s latency stage corresponds to Erickson’s stage of:
a. trust versus mistrust.
b. intimacy versus isolation.
c. initiative versus guilt.
d. identity versus role confusion.
e. industry versus inferiority.
Patrick has been confronted by family members and friends about his excessive
gambling. Despite their attempts to help him, he insists that they are overreacting and
that he has everything under control. He does not feel the need to alter his behaviors.
Patrick is at which stage of change?
a. precontemplation
b. contemplation
c. preparation
d. action
e. maintenance
In reality therapy, when a client fails to carry out their plans, the therapist will:
a. use a behavioral form of punishment.
b. “put the client down” to arouse their anger and motivate them to change.
c. accept their excuses.
d. make a value judgment about the client’s behavior.
e. challenge the client to accept the reasonable consequence of his or her behavior.
One item in the series of five does not fit with the other four items. Identify the word or
phrase that does not fit with the rest of the series.
(a) multimodal therapy, (b) BASIC ID, (c) technical eclecticism, (d) therapeutic
flexibility and versatility, (e) quality world
Which of the following Gestalt techniques involves asking one person in a group to
speak to each of the other group members?
a. the rehearsal exercise
b. the reversal technique
c. making the rounds
d. the exaggeration technique
A limitation of the postmodern approaches is:
a. therapists require extensive training in providing brief therapy.
b. inexperienced therapists may over rely on techniques and appear mechanistic.
c. the use of open-ended questioning.
d. its lack of applicability to group counseling.
In working within a multicultural framework, what is especially important?
a. making a diagnosis and formulating a treatment plan
b. assisting the client in adapting to your theoretical orientation
c. using techniques flexibly
d.using appropriate referrals if the client is different than you
This sociocultural therapeutic movement stresses an egalitarian therapeutic relationship
and views the client as an expert on his or her own life.
a. Adlerian therapy
b. Gestalt therapy
c. cognitive behavior therapy
d. existential therapy
e. feminist therapy
The main therapeutic goal of REBT is:
a. to teach clients how to recognize which ego state they are in.
b. to make the unconscious conscious.
c. to assist the client in becoming aware of his or her “being-in-the-world.”
d. to challenge the client in making both a value judgment and moral decision about the
quality of his or her behavior.
e. none of these
Rational emotive behavior therapy shares an interest in working with faulty beliefs with
what other therapy approach?
a. person-centered therapy
b. existential therapy
c. reality therapy
d. Adlerian therapy
e. Gestalt therapy
One of the goals of rational emotive behavior therapy is to:
a. assist clients in acquiring a more tolerant and rational view of life.
b. make the unconscious conscious.
c. provide opportunities for reliving early traumas.
d. assist clients in gaining awareness of moment-to-moment experiencing.
e. help clients become aware of their family constellation.
Which of the following approaches encourages therapists to accurately grasp the client’s
“being in the world”?
a. psychoanalytic therapy
b. Adlerian therapy
c. behavior therapy
d. rational emotive behavior therapy
e. existential therapy
Chun Hei is a Korean immigrant who has been separated from her family and friends
for over a year since she came to the U.S. with her husband. She spends her days taking
care of their two young children while he goes to work, and feels increasingly
depressed without her support system. It is likely that a family therapist who meets
Chun Hei:
a. would prescribe her antidepressant medication.
b. would be very interested in how her depression affects others in the family and how
it influences family process.
c. would abandon using a systems approach, and treat her with cognitive behavioral
methods.
d. would be directive and tell her to convince her husband to go back to Korea so she
will once again have family support.
Research supporting the effectiveness of the Adlerian approach is limited.
Feminist therapists emphasize that societal gender role expectations profoundly
influence a person’s identity from birth and become deeply engrained in adult
personality.
The existential approach can be used in a brief therapy context.
It is not our function to persuade clients to accept or adopt our value system.
Clinicians who work in community mental health agencies, private practice, and other
human service settings are generally expected to assess client problems within the
framework of the National Association of Social Workers’ Diagnostic and Assessment
Protocol Manual (3rd ed.)
Some counselors feel behavior therapy is too focused on symptoms and not causes of
problems.
Both contact and withdrawal are necessary and important to healthy functioning.
Most of the Gestalt techniques are designed to intensify one’s experiencing.
Reality therapy cautions against the therapist mentoring the client.
Ellis contends that research has shown that REBT is effective in helping all types of
clients.
Whitaker’s experiential/symbolic approach is based on a well-developed theory of how
a family changes.
The postmodern philosophy suggests that reality and truth are objective and clearly
defined.
There is no concept in REBT that in any way agrees with Rogers’s idea of unconditional
positive regard.
In Gestalt terms, awareness refers to our connectedness to our external and internal
worlds.
In feminist therapy, adjustment rather than transcendence is a primary goal of therapy.
According to Freud, consciousness constitutes the largest part of one’s psychological
functioning.
If you are successful in establishing boundaries in various aspects of your personal life,
you have a good foundation for creating sound boundaries with clients.
It is possible to incorporate the principle of feminist therapy with a multicultural
perspective.
Gestalt techniques can be considered experiments.
Existential guilt is being aware of having evaded a commitment, or having chosen not
to choose.