_______________ may exhibit defensive behaviors, and unless these behaviors are
recognized and explored, defensiveness can seriously interfere with the group process.
a. Trusting members
b. Reluctant members
c. Members willing to share and open up
d. Non-group members
Staying in the here-and-now, making oneself known to others, and challenging oneself
and others are
a. not emphasized in counseling groups, but are emphasized in therapy groups.
b. examples of process goals.
c. content-related issues.
d. overrated aspects of group work.
__________ is characterized by the commitment of members to explore significant
problems they bring to the sessions and by their attention to the dynamics within the
group.
a. The transition stage
b. The consolidation stage
c. The orientation stage
d. The working stage
The main purpose of using emotive techniques in REBT is to
a. dispute members’ irrational beliefs.
b. help group members release their blocked emotional pain.
c. provide members with much needed support.
d. assist members in becoming more reliant on their emotions as a basis for decision
making.
Informing group participants about the psychological risks associated with group work
a. absolves leaders from responsibility.
b. should be avoided since it is an acknowledgment of the potential for harm to occur,
which can be used against the leader in the event a malpractice case is filed.
c. absolves leaders from being legally reprimanded.
d. is an ethical obligation of group leaders.
Which function is generally NOT carried out by an analytic group leader?
a. Pointing out evidence of resistance
b. Asking questions
c. Making interpretations
d. Demanding contracts from each member as a prerequisite to joinin the group
What is labeled “resistance” on the part of group members is often the result of
a. the leader’s failure to give members adequate orientation.
b. the members willingness to work on issues.
c. the group meeting on specific days and times.
d. the leader’s and members willingness to communicate.
Which experiment is NOT used oftenin a Gestalt group?
a. The use of fantasy
b. Working with the past through the interpretations given by the group leader
c. Asking members to rehearse out loud what they are telling themselves
d. Asking members to engage in dialogue with various sides of themselves
The Gouldings stress which of the following in their group practice?
a. Life scripts
b. Redecision
c. Analysis of early childhood fixations
d. Transference
________________ is a vehicle for the technique of role reversal when an auxiliary ego
may not be available, or the actual person is too threatening to engage in an encounter.
a. Doubling
b. The magic shop
c. The empty chair
d. The mirror technique
Interpreting the meaning of behavior patterns at appropriate times so that members will
be able to engage in a deeper level of self-exploration and consider alternative
behaviors is most critical at the
a. initial stage of a group.
b. transition stage.
c. working stage.
d. consolidation stage.
Group counselingis a forum in which all of the following are true EXCEPT
a. leaders impose their worldview on the members.
b. the leader’s values play a central role.
c. members should openly express their values.
d. members evaluate their own behavior to determine how it is working for them.
The way each session is closed is
a. has no effect on the group members.
b. as important as the way it is initiated.
c. is not as important as the way it is opened.
d. is more important than the way it is initiated.
Rogers questioned the validity of all the following widely used therapeutic procedures
EXCEPT
a. empathy.
b. interpretation.
c. giving advice and suggestions.
d. teaching.
A primary function of the Gestalt leader is to
a. make interpretations for the members.
b. serve as a blank screen to foster transference.
c. suggest experiments that will lead to heightening experiencing.
d. confront clients’ irrational thoughts.
Contemporary reality therapy is best captured by the question
a. What are you feeling?
b. What are thinking?
c. What are you doing?
d. What are you fearing?
A member has a right to expect all of the followingbefore making the decision of
whether or not to join a particular group EXCEPT
a. a discussion of the rights and responsibilities of group members
b. a clear statement regarding the purpose of the group
c. a pregroup interview, where the member will be presented with all the names and
addresses of the other members
d. information about the training and qualifications of the group leader
Messages that are given from the Child ego state of the parents is the definition of
a. rackets.
b. injunctions.
c. counter-injunctions.
d. scripts.
Which stage has the focus of applying what has been learned in the group and putting it
to use in everyday life?
a. Transition
b. Consolidation
c. Orientation
d. Working
Brief group work is popular in both __________ because of the realistic time
constraints and the ability of a brief format to be incorporated in educational or
therapeutic programs.
a. hospitals and urgent care facilities
b. mental health institutions and prison wards
c. vocational settings and family agencies
d. community agencies and school settings
Group leaders are expected to protect confidentiality of members by all of the following
EXCEPT
a. clearly defining what confidentiality means.
b. explaining to members why it is important.
c. discussing the difficulties involved in enforcement.
d. explaining it is ok to discuss what goes on in the group with a significant other.
According to Robert and Mary Goulding, people
a. are victims of the messages given to them by their parents.
b. are scripted in a passive way.
c. have a role in accepting certain messages as children.
d. have very few real choices.
In the __________________ model of change, people are assumed to progress through
a series of five identifiable stages in the counseling process.
a. MI
b. sequential
c. transtheoretical
d. transatlantic
________ is grounded on the optimistic assumption that people are resourceful and
competent and have the ability to construct solutions that can change the direction of
their lives.
a. Motivational interviewing
b. Cognitive therapy
c. SFBT
d. REBT
There is an increased risk of breach of confidentiality when members of a counseling
group engage in social media. Given the widespread use of social media today, how can
you best prepare members to establish appropriate boundaries with their online
behavior? What are some potential consequences of failing to prepare members for
this?
Answer:Answers will vary.
_______ is to let members know that they are heard and understood beyond the level of
words.
a. Active listening
b. Restating
c. Clarifying
d. Reflecting feelings
As ________________________, the group provides a sample of reality.
a. a microcosm of society
b. a modality of therapy that emphasizes harsh confrontation
c. a therapeutic environment in which only positive comments are allowed
d. the most costly form of treatment
The attitudes ofthe therapist:congruence, accurate empathic understanding, and caring
are considered by the person-centered approach to be
a. necessary but not sufficient to effect change.
b. neither necessary nor sufficient factors of client change.
c. both necessary and sufficient factors to effect change within the members.
d. a reflection of the leader’s temperament.
How is the past dealt with in Gestalt therapy?
a. It is not considered crucial and therefore not dealt with.
b. Clients talk about past issues and experience relief from this discussion.
c. Members attempt in the group to figure out what caused their present difficulties by
analyzing the past.
d. The past is brought into the present moment by asking the member to reexperience
this past issue as though it were occurring now.
Which of the following is NOT a principle of Gestalt therapy theory?
a. Organismic self-regulation
b. Field theory
c. Figure-formation process
d. Separation-individuation process
____________ is a complex and intense method that involves warm-up,
protagonist-centered work, and sharing.
a. Classical psychodrama
b. Jungian psychodrama
c. Neo-Freudian psychodrama
d. Moreno’s expressive arts therapy
Diversity-competent group leaders recognize and understand all of the following
EXCEPT
a. their own values, biases, and ethnocentric attitudes.
b. their own assumptions about human behavior.
c. to not allow their personal values or problems to interfere with their work with clients
who are culturally different from them.
d. it is not important to understand cultures different from their own.