Which of the following Energizes the brain and readies it for new information?
a. Amygdala
b. Hippocampus
c. Dopamine
d. Thalamus
Which of the following is basic to empathic understanding?
a. Warmth
b. Appropriate smiling
c. Showing that you respect and care for your client
d. All of the above
Ivey, Ivey, and Zalaquett describe four levels of competence for interviewers and
counselors. They are:
a. Level 1: Basic competence; Level 2: Documentation competence; Level 3: Skill
competence; and Level 4: Instructional competence.
b. Level 1: Introductory competence; Level 2: Classification competence; Level 3:
Active competence; and Level 4: Instructive competence.
c. Level 1: Identification and classification; Level 2: Basic competence; Level 3:
Intentional competence; and Level 4: Psychoeducational teaching competence.
d. Level 1: Classification; Level 2: Participation; Level 3: Assessment; and Level 4:
Instruction.
Approximately ___ million new neural connections are made and lost daily.
a. 5
b. 10
c. 20
d. 30
“What theoretical/practical story would you provide now that summarizes how you
view the world of interviewing and counseling?” This is a question you might ask
yourself as you consider ________ to determine your natural style.
a. your goals
b. your skills and strategies
c. your cultural intentionality
d. your theoretical/practical issues
Which of the following is NOT one of the steps used to learn the microskills?
a. Warm up
b. Review
c. Analyze
d. Practice
Ethical codes aid the helping process by :
a. teaching and promoting the basics of ethical and appropriate practice.
b. serving as a mechanism to improve practice.
c. protecting clients by providing accountability.
d. all of the above.
The prime storehouse of positive emotions is the:
a. thalamus.
b. amygdala.
c. cingulate cortex.
d. frontal cortex.
The basic listening sequence consists of which skills?
a. attending behavior, listening skills, and self-disclosure
b. questions, encouragers, paraphrases, reflection of feeling, and summarizations
c. verbal underlining, attending behavior, and influencing skills
d. open questions, closed questions, attending behavior, check-out
Microaggressions are:
a. small children fighting.
b. a seemingly small racial or sexist insult.
c. provide a way for more serious aggression to be prevented.
d. something we should ignore and teach people how to relax and let us go.
When a client is depressed, you can expect less brain activity in the:
a. prefrontal cortex.
b. limbic system.
c. right brain and amygdala.
d. hippocampus.
Which of the following is a neurotransmitter that produces positive feelings of well
being and energy?
a. Glutamate
b. GABA
c. Serotonin
d. Pituitary hormone
Excessive use of questions:
a. is appropriate with specific practice theories.
b. is prohibited in most interviewing methods.
c. gives too much power to the interviewer.
d. gives too much power to the client.
“Right now I feel…,” is the opening of an interviewer statement you would MOST
LIKELY hear in which of the five dimensions of self-disclosure?
a. Listen
b. Self-reference
c. Share and describe your thoughts, feelings, or behaviors
d. Appropriate immediacy and tense
According to the authors, seeking the “perfect empathetic response:”
a. is a useful goal, but extremely difficult to attain.
b. is often attempted by counselors who seek “right” answers to solve client problems,
even though “right answers” may not exist.
c. should be a goal for the most effective counselor.
d. demonstrates that you have achieved full intentionality.
Which of the following alternatives may help you as you begin sessions?
a. Patience
b. A good sense of humor
c. Talk about neutral subjects
d. All of the above
Which of the following is NOT a positive effect of exercise?
a. Better sleep
b. Production of dopamine
c. Increased gray matter
d. Mental health issues
In person-centered counseling, which phase may receive relatively little emphasis?
a. Empathic relationship
b. Story and strengths
c. Restory
d. Action
Which of the following is the center for spatial sense and links to motor abilities?
a. Parietal lobe
b. Frontal lobe
c. Occipital lobe
d. Temporal lobe
Memories studied via brain scans reveal:
a. memories that are false can be identified clearly.
b. memories that are true can be identified clearly.
c. no distinction between false and true memories.
d. false memories activate different parts of the brain than true memories.
Which cultural groups are most likely to reject direct eye contact, particularly if coming
from a traditional background?
a. White middle-class and Latina/Latino clients
b. Native American and Latina/Latino clients
c. African-American women and White children
d. None of the above
Research suggests that positive emotions produce patterns of thought that are:
a. flexible.
b. creative.
c. integrative.
d. all of the above.
During the ____ stage of the interview a more ideal story ending might be defined.
a. empathic relationship
b. story and strengths
c. goals
d. restory
e. action
Which of the following works to regulate hormones in the brain and body?
a. Hypothalmus
b. Amygdala
c. Pituitary
d. Hippocampus
“I”d feel more comfortable if I weren”t the center of attention.” This is an example of:
a. interpretation.
b. logical consequences.
c. self-disclosure.
d. feedback.
Blaming:
a. is not needed in our work with traumatized clients.
b. has an upsetting effect in clients.
c. has a calming effect in clients.
d. all of the above.
Sorting out mixed feelings is best done, according to the authors, by:
a. using the exact words of the client.
b. paraphrasing feelings clearly, encouraging, and then summarizing.
c. noting ambivalent words such as “confusion” and discovering underlying deeper
feelings through questioning and reflection of feeling.
d. carefully bringing out additional specifics of the client’s emotional world.
Which one of the following is an example of a suggestion to help clients focus more on
positive emotions?
a. Watch a comedy on TV or at the movies.
b. Volunteer at their church or for their favorite charity.
c. Going out with friend.
d. All of the above.
Which of the following will NOT help you practice reflection of feeling?
a. Combine reflection of feeling with paraphrasing.
b. Become aware of and competent in each of the microskills
c. Focus on integrating reflection of feeling with questioning, encouraging and
paraphrasing.
d. Use the skill as frequently as possible, and gradually integrate the microskills
naturally into your personal style.
Stress management training is an important cognitive behavioral strategy and could be
helpful with ____.
a. college students coping with study related demands
b. diverse individuals affected by microaggressions
c. people living in poverty dealing with daily hassles
d. all of the above
Point out by examples from your own experience how different people may view the
same event, but still have a different meaning attributed to that event. Make your
examples specific and concrete.
Answer:
Answer not provided.
Change that happens without warmth and empathy is more effective and lasts a longer
time.
____ “My child is very active physically and talks pretty fast. He can get so enthused
about something that he knocks over things. Yet, he is able to carry on a conversation
and pays attention when I read to him. I wonder why they want to label all this as
ADHD.”
Explain what “topic jumps” means. Describe what interviewers can do to prevent or
cope with it. Provide examples.
Answer:
Answer not provided.
Level 1. Denial, The negative alpha solution. The client seems unable to accommodate
new data from the counselor or therapist. The client will fail to deal with the conflict or
contradiction, make an abrupt topic shift, or show a clearly incorrect “off-the-wall”
response.
Level 2. Partial examination, The more mature alpha solution. The client deals with
only a portion of the issue or counselor’s statement. The client may over-generalize,
delete, or distort what has been said, but not as seriously as in Level 1. You may find
irrational ideas and some blindness to problems.
Level 3. Acceptance and recognition, Beta solution. The client recognizes the situation
as it is and the client’s comment, feeling, or thought seems close to that presented by the
therapist, but nothing new is added by the client. This level characterizes homeostasis
or no change. Score as Beta if the client tends to describe a situation, event, or
self-picture fairly clearly, but tends to leave it there.
Level 4. Generation of a new solution, Early gamma solution. In response to the
counselor, the client moves to the creation of something new. The client has added
something that was not there before. At times, the underlying conflict may remain
acceptance of insoluble problems begins here.
Level 5. Transcendence, Full gamma solution. The client has arrived at a new
synthesis, a new way of thinking, behaving, or feeling. These are relatively rare
moments in counseling and therapy and may represent the development of useful or
important insights, the ability to engage in a truly new way of behaving, the generation
of a new ability to engage emotionally.
You will now be given a variety of counselor-client situations. The possible client
responses are in random order. Please classify each client response at one of the five
levels.
Gestalt therapist
Therapist: “You say you’re angry at your lover, but I see you smiling. Phony!”
a. “What do you mean I’m really mad. You can’t say that.”
b. “Am I really smiling? I thought I was angry, but…”
c. “OK, OK. Let me try again.” (angrily) “Jean you really tick me off. You
simply can’t do that.”
d. “When I’m angry, sometimes I smile. So what?”
e. “Dammit, I did it again! I’m beginning to think I’m afraid to allow myself to
really feel.”
Summarize in your own words the key aspects of neuroscience that might be important
to you in your own practice of interviewing and counseling.
Answer:
Answer not provided.
Discuss the why and how of demystifying counseling and therapy.
Answer:Answer not provided.
Instructions: The five stages of a simple structure for the interview are listed below.
Following are counselor comments. Identify the skill used by the counselor in terms of
the five skills listed andalso list the Stage / Dimension of the interview most likely
represented.
Use an asterisk to indicate “any stage.”
“What, specifically, do you plan to do next week?”
Skill:
Stage:
Decisional counseling is not useful with difficult personal decisions.
Discuss the importance of positive emotions in counseling and therapy. Describe
different strategies for positive reflection.
Answer:
Answer not provided.
There are two major types of social justice action mentioned in the book: action in the
community and action in the session.
List and describe the four dimensions of multicultural competence described in the
book.
Answer:
Answer not provided.
When you are unable to build a viable working relationship with a client and referral
becomes necessary, make the referral and remove yourself from continued contact with
the client.
Sometimes questions are essential. Explain this concept and provide two examples.
Answer:
Answer not provided.
Discuss the concepts of basic empathy, subtractive empathy, and additive empathy and
give an example of each.
Answer:
Answer not provided.
In linking, two or more ideas are brought together, providing the client with a new
insight.
Explain and illustrate with clear examples the different stages of the Racial/Cultural
Identity Developmental (R/CID) model.
Answer:
Answer not provided.
Instructions: The five stages of a simple structure for the interview are listed below.
Following are counselor comments. Identify the skill used by the counselor in terms of
the five skills listed andalso list the Stage / Dimension of the interview most likely
represented.
Use an asterisk to indicate “any stage.”
“Puzzled about your parents?”
Skill:
Stage:
Level 1. Denial, The negative alpha solution. The client seems unable to accommodate
new data from the counselor or therapist. The client will fail to deal with the conflict or
contradiction, make an abrupt topic shift, or show a clearly incorrect “off-the-wall”
response.
Level 2. Partial examination, The more mature alpha solution. The client deals with
only a portion of the issue or counselor’s statement. The client may over-generalize,
delete, or distort what has been said, but not as seriously as in Level 1. You may find
irrational ideas and some blindness to problems.
Level 3. Acceptance and recognition, Beta solution. The client recognizes the situation
as it is and the client’s comment, feeling, or thought seems close to that presented by the
therapist, but nothing new is added by the client. This level characterizes homeostasis
or no change. Score as Beta if the client tends to describe a situation, event, or
self-picture fairly clearly, but tends to leave it there.
Level 4. Generation of a new solution, Early gamma solution. In response to the
counselor, the client moves to the creation of something new. The client has added
something that was not there before. At times, the underlying conflict may remain
acceptance of insoluble problems begins here.
Level 5. Transcendence, Full gamma solution. The client has arrived at a new
synthesis, a new way of thinking, behaving, or feeling. These are relatively rare
moments in counseling and therapy and may represent the development of useful or
important insights, the ability to engage in a truly new way of behaving, the generation
of a new ability to engage emotionally.
You will now be given a variety of counselor-client situations. The possible client
responses are in random order. Please classify each client response at one of the five
levels.
Family therapy
Therapist: “The problem with this family is not just Sue’s eating problem; what we need
to work on as well is the way this family interacts.”
a. Mother: “Somehow that makes sense. I never thought of it that way before.”
b. Father: “Yes, I now see that our perfectionism and constant demand for success
left her with a feeling of being empty.”
c. Sue: (5’6″, 87 pounds) “I don’t see why all the fuss. I’m overweight a little,
that’s all.”
d. Mother: “Yes, doctor, that way we can work together better and you can help
show us how to get Sue to eat.”
e. Mother: “I see how we’ve avoided our own conflicts and used Sue to help us
hide them. We’re going to be more direct in the future.”