The core of_________model relied on the power of congruence to help family
members communicate with emotional honesty.
a. multigenerational family therapy
b. strategic family therapy
c. social constructionist therapy
d. human validation process
A key technique of Adlerian therapy is:
a. free association.
b. dialogue with polarities.
c. family sculpting.
d. the assessment of one’s family constellation.
Choice theory is based on the assumption that people are in charge of their own destiny.
a. True
b. False
Choice theory emphasizes thinking and acting, which makes this a general form of:
a. psychoanalytic therapy.
b. non directive therapy.
c. Gestalt therapy.
d. cognitive behavior therapy.
Minuchin’s approach to therapy is geared more toward insight, rather than taking action.
a. True
b. False
The contemporary version of feminist therapy and the multicultural and social justice
approaches to counseling practice have a great deal in common.
a. True
b. False
The type of cognitive error that involves thinking and interpreting in all-or-nothing
terms, or in categorizing experiences in either/or extremes, is known as:
a. magnification and exaggeration.
b. polarized thinking.
c. arbitrary inference.
d. overgeneralization.
Your role as a counselor is to provide a safe and inviting environment in which clients
can explore the congruence between their values and their behavior.
a. True
b. False
Part of Ellis’s motivation for developing REBT was to deal with his own problems.
a. True
b. False
Narrative therapists pay attention to ‘sparkling moments.” These are:
a. moments when the client feels exhilarated.
b. identifying instances when the problem did not completely dominate the client’s life.
c. times when significant others give the client unconditional love.
d. events characterized by a striving to overcome barriers.
The basic goal of Gestalt therapy is:
a. attaining awareness and contact with the environment.
b. to understand why we feel as we do.
c. to uncover repressed material.
d. to help clients develop better social skills.
In the existential framework, inaction is a decision.
a. True
b. False
In postmodern thinking, language and the use of language in stories create meaning.
a. True
b. False
The broad scope of feminist thought goes far beyond gender
considerations._________issues are equally relevant to the therapeutic enterprise.
a. Behavioral and cognitive
b. Person-centered
c. Multicultural and social justice
d. Diagnostic
From the family systems perspective, symptoms are often viewed as:
a. an expression of a set of habits and patterns within a family.
b. evidence of psychopathology.
c. a sign of weakness.
d. a result of cognitive distortions.
In helping clients to examine their mistaken goals and faulty assumptions, an Adlerian
therapist does notuse:
a. encouragement.
b. challenge and confrontation.
c. open-ended interpretations.
d. interpretation of the transference relationship.
All of the following are functions of the behavior therapist, except:
a. to provide modeling for the client.
b. to provide a direct and therapist run therapeutic environment.
c. to assess specific behavior problems.
d. to provide reinforcement for clients.
The main function of the egois to:
a. inhibit id impulses.
b. seek pleasure in life.
c. mediate between the instincts and the surrounding environment.
d. strive for perfection.
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.
Which of the following therapies is a pragmatic approach based on empirical validation
of results?
a. Behavior therapy
b. Narrative therapy
c. Existential therapy
d. Rational emotive behavior therapy
Which of the following approaches contends that the nature of the human condition
includes self-awareness, freedom of choice, responsibility, and anxiety as basic
elements?
a. Gestalt therapy
b. Person-centered therapy
c. Existential therapy
d. Adlerian therapy
Wubbolding believes all of the following encourage the client’s involvement in therapy
exceptfor:
a. appropriate use of humor.
b. attending behavior.
c. facilitative self-disclosure.
d. allowing the client to focus on symptoms.
In order to create a climate where men can reflect on their needs, choices, past and
present pain, and hopes for their future, female counselors must have an environment
resembling all of the following, except:
a. an uncomfortable environment.
b. an accepting environment.
c. an authentic environment.
d. a safe environment.
Techniques can counteract a client”therapist relationship that is lacking in certain
respects.
a. True
b. False
Interventions used by the structural-strategic approaches include joining, boundary
setting, unbalancing, and reframing.
a. True
b. False
Research supporting the effectiveness of the Adlerian approach is limited.
a. True
b. False
All of the following are techniques used in solution-focused therapy except for:
a. using the reflecting team.
b. scaling questions.
c. the miracle question.
d. formula first session task.
The major developmental task of the anal stage is acquiring a sense of trust.
a. True
b. False
According to Rogerian therapy, an “internal source of evaluation” is defined as:
a. internalizing the validation one receives from others.
b. looking more to oneself for the answers to the problems of existence.
c. going on one’s instincts when judging the behavior of others.
d. a neurotic tendency to be self-critical.
Adlerians emphasize reeducating people and reshaping society.
a. True
b. False
We create, maintain, and live by often______ that we hope will keep the family (and
each of its members) functional.
a. the use of bibliotherapy
b. differentiation of the self
c. agreed upon rules
d. unspoken rules and routines
Michael White and David Epston are the major figures associated with narrative
therapy.
a. True
b. False
During the 1980s, behavior therapy:
a. continued without growing.
b. was characterized by a search for new horizons in concepts and methods that went
beyond traditional learning theory.
c. adopted a stronger medical perspective.
d. realized applying behavior therapy principles to prevention of disease and illness
would not be beneficial.