Often Greta, who struggles to feel good about herself, comes to sessions with slouched
posture. In order to help Greta gain a clearer understanding of the inner meaning of her
slouched posture, a Gestalt therapist might:
a. ask Greta to exaggerate her poor posture, which is likely to intensify her feelings
attached to it.
b. have Greta undergo hypnosis.
c. ask Greta to free associate to the words ‘slouched posture.”
d. refer her to an orthopedic surgeon to rule out scoliosis.
When a client learns how to influence his or her environment describes which stage of
Miriam Polster’s three stage integration sequence?
a. Discovery
b. Accommodation
c. Assimilation
d. Retroflection
Adler introduced to our understanding of the family system (or family constellation).
a. the power structure
b. cultural context
c. balance of leadership
d. phenomenology
Time-limited existential treatments:
a. can serve as a catalyst for clients to become actively and fully involved in each
therapy session.
b. are by definition, lacking in depth and richness.
c. lack structure and clear goals.
d. are well studied and shown to be effective.
From Carl Rogers’s perspective the client/therapist relationship is characterized by:
a. a sense of equality.
b. the transference relationship.
c. the therapist functioning as the expert.
d. a clearly defined contract that specifies what clients will talk about in the sessions.
A solution-oriented therapist might ask her client, a compulsive shopper, which of the
following questions?
a. Who has the best shoe sale this week, Macy’s or Nordstrom’s?
b. If a miracle happened and your shopping compulsion was solved overnight, how
would you know it was solved, and what would be different?
c. Who in your family is most affected when you go on a spending spree?
d. At what point in your life did you develop this fixation on shopping?
Choice theory/reality therapy applies the principles of learning to the resolution of
specific behavioral problems.
a. True
b. False
To prevent his parents from leaving the house, Miguel throws temper tantrums. His
parents have given in to his demands and never go out to dinner or to movies anymore.
A structural-strategic therapist working with Miguel and his parents will most likely:
a. have them participate in an enactment during the therapy session.
b. explain with a genogram the origins of Miguel’s temper tantrums.
c. help Miguel’s parents to develop differentiated selves.
d. do a lifestyle assessment.
involves the escape from or the avoidance of unpleasant stimuli.
a. Negative reinforcement
b. Positive reinforcement
c. Punishment
d. Systematic desensitization
__involves the right of clients to be informed about their therapy and to make
autonomous decisions pertaining to it.
a. Informed consent
b. Confidentiality
c. Privileged communication
d. Breach of confidentiality
The Electra complex and the Oedipus complex are associated with what psychosexual
stage of development?
a. Anal stage
b. Genital stage
c. Oral stage
d. Phallic stage
Which of the following approaches to therapy stresses understanding first and technique
second?
a. Gestalt therapy
b. Existential therapy
c. Rational emotive behavior therapy
d. Family systems therapy
In regards to brief therapy, the average length of therapy is_, with the most common
length being only one session.
a. one to two months of sessions
b. two to three weeks
c. one to three sessions
d. three to eight sessions
Adlerian therapists strive to establish and maintain:
a. an egalitarian therapeutic alliance and a person-to-person relationship with their
clients.
b. a legalistic therapeutic alliance and a person-to-person relationship with their clients.
c. an egalitarian therapeutic alliance without a person-to-person relationship with their
clients.
d. a legalistic therapeutic alliance without a person-to-person relationship with their
clients.
Viktor Frankl’s approach to existential therapy is known as:
a. individual psychology.
b. logotherapy.
c. reality therapy.
d. redecision therapy.
Which of the following is notone of the Gestalt group leader’s roles?
a. Designing experiments for group members
b. Evoking group catharsis
c. Engaging in self-disclosure
d. Facilitating contact in the group setting
A central concept in feminist therapy is the importance of understanding and
acknowledging:
a. psychological oppression and the constraints imposed by the sociopolitical status.
b. the freedom to pursue a career outside the home.
c. the right to an education.
d. equality in power in relationships.
Regarding psychotherapy treatment outcome, research suggests all of the following
except:
a. the therapist as a person is an integral part of successful treatment.
b. the therapeutic relationship is an essential component of effective treatment.
c. both the therapy methods used and the therapy relationship influence the outcomes of
treatment.
d. therapy techniques are the key component of successful treatment.
Although feminist therapy shares many of the premises of person-centered therapy,
feminist therapy does not agree with the notion that:
a. the therapeutic relationship is, in and of itself, sufficient to produce change.
b. therapy is based on unconditional positive regard and acceptance.
c. the therapeutic relationship should be a non-hierarchical one.
d. therapy aims to empower clients to live according to their own values and to rely on
an internal locus of control.
Adler chose the name for his theoretical approach because it is based on a growth
model.
a. Individual Psychology
b. Community Psychology
c. Ego Psychology
d. Id Psychology
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
In object-relations theory, later relationships build upon:
a. the child’s search for approval from the father.
b. one’s birth order.
c. one’s striving to overcome felt inferiority.
d. the child’s search for a reconnection with the mother.
From a scientific perspective, existential psychotherapy:
a. is well researched.
b. lends itself easily to evaluation due to its clearly defined principles and techniques.
c. fits well into the framework of evidence-based practice.
d. is difficult to research because every psychotherapy experience is unique.
The role of the client in rational emotive behavior therapy is like that of a:
a. cotherapist.
b. passive observer.
c. student or learner.
d. partner.