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Assessment and therapy techniques are more important than empathy to a social
constructionist.
a. True
b. False
Most of the Gestalt techniques are designed to intensify one's experiencing.
a. True
b. False
One strength of cognitive behavioral therapy group counseling is that:
a. clients learn to minimize symptoms through a profound change in philosophy.
b. clients can remain relatively emotionally disengaged.
c. leaders take a non-directive stance.
d. leaders believe that insight is necessary for behavior change.
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Multiple relationship issues can be resolved with ethics codes alone.
a. True
b. False
Which is nottrue of the relationship between therapist and client in behavior therapy?
a. The therapist is solely responsible for setting treatment goals.
b. The relationship is considered collaborative.
c. Therapist and client work together in a warm and flexible manner.
d. The therapeutic relationship is an important factor in treatment outcomes.
From a social constructionist perspective, change begins with:
a. deconstructing the power of cultural narratives.
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b. understanding the roots of a problem.
c. the therapist's skill in using confrontational techniques.
d. understanding and accepting objective reality.
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
Which of the following orientations avoids exploring problems, and instead, focuses on
creating solutions in the present and the future?
a. Freud's psychoanalytic approach
b. Family therapy
c. Person-centered therapy
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d. Postmodern approaches
A Gestalt technique that is most useful when a person attempts to deny an aspect of his
or her personality (such as tenderness) is:
a. making the rounds.
b. the reversal exercise.
c. the rehearsal exercise.
d. the empty chair technique.
According to Ellis, events themselves do not cause emotional disturbances; rather it is
our evaluation of these events that causes the problem.
a. True
b. False
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Ego-defense mechanisms, by their very nature, imply psychopathology.
a. True
b. False
Blocked energy is a form of defensive behavior.
a. True
b. False
Evidence-based therapies are a hallmark of both behavior therapy and cognitive
behavior therapy.
a. True
b. False
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The relational model of psychoanalysis regards therapy as an interactive process
between the client and therapist.
a. True
b. False
Phil has been in behavior therapy to address his fear of heights. The treatment will not
be considered complete until:
a. Phil transfers what he learns in therapy to his everyday life and takes actual steps to
confront his fear.
b. Phil agrees to take up sky diving as a hobby.
c. Phil has absolutely no fear of heights, which may be measured by his willingness to
move to one of the top floors of a skyscraper.
d. Phil acknowledges his fear.
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Feminist therapy is a technically integrative approach that emphasizes the analysis of
gender, power, and social location as strategies for facilitating change.
a. True
b. False
Finding the "courage to be" involves:
a. confronting a specific phobia.
b. learning to be alone.
c. discarding old values.
d. developing a will to move forward in spite of anxietyproducing situations.
The young adult who adopts his parent's outdated political beliefs to avoid unpleasant
feelings of anxiety is an example of:
a. displacement.
b. reaction formation.
c. sublimation.
d. introjection.
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The person-centered therapist is best described as a:
a. facilitator.
b. teacher.
c. human engineer.
d. friend.
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
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Which of the following statements is true about the relationship a client has with his or
her analyst?
a. The client is free to express any idea or feeling as long as it is not scandalous.
b. The analyst is free to engage in spontaneous self-expression if a client makes an
erroneous comment.
c. The client is free to express any idea or feeling, no matter how irresponsible,
scandalous, politically incorrect, selfish, or infantile.
d. The client is encouraged to use 'solution talk" and avoid talking about problems.
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.
All of the following are characteristics that form the basis for an integrative framework
in brief therapy except:
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a. time limitation.
b. focus.
c. the assignment of behavioral tasks.
d. counselor indirectiveness.
Family therapy perspectives call for a conceptual shift from evaluating individuals to
focusing on:
a. system dynamics.
b. individual symptoms.
c. the identified client only.
d. an individual's reactions.
The techniques of externalization and developing unique events are associated
primarily with:
a. solution-oriented therapy.
b. the linguistic approach.
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c. the narrative approach.
d. the reflecting team.
A limit of the feminist approach from a diversity perspective is:
a. if therapists do not fully understand and respect the cultural values of clients from
diverse groups, they run the risk of imposing their own values.
b. the lack of sensitivity to individual differences in clients.
c. the broad focus on respect and equality.
d. the emphasis on the use of standardized therapeutic techniques.
A behavior therapist makes use of the technique of open-ended questioning for the
purpose of obtaining important information related to the client's problem.
a. True
b. False
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Which of the statements below regarding Motivational Interviewing is notaccurate?
a. MI was initially designed as a brief intervention for problem drinking.
b. MI stresses client self-responsibility and promotes an invitational style for working
cooperatively with clients to generate alternative solutions to behavioral problems.
c. MI was developed by Maslow in the late 70s after he created his theory on
self-actualization.
d. MI therapists avoid arguing with clients and reframe resistance as a healthy response.
All of the following are key characteristics of contemporary reality therapy except for:
a. there is a focus on talking about symptoms that bring a client into therapy.
b. emphasis is on choice and responsibility.
c. there is a rejection of the notion of transference.
d. keep the therapy in the present.
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In feminist therapy, the following technique(s) is/are used to help clients recognize the
impact of gender-role socialization:
a. free association.
b. unbalancing.
c. scaling questions.
d. consciousness-raising.

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