Effective therapists are not the victims of their early decisions.
a. True
b. False
Therapists of relational-cultural theory emphasize the qualities of_that contribute to the
flow of the relationship; being empathically present with the suffering of the client is at
the core of treatment.
a. identity and self-concept
b. authenticity and transparency
. growth and development
d. strengths and relationships
Which REBT technique involves having the client do the very thing they avoid because
of “what people might think?”
a. Role playing
b. Desensitization
c. Cognitive homework
d. Shame-attacking exercises
The empty chair technique:
a. assists clients in deciding what chair they like.
b. is a vehicle for the technique of role reversal.
c. allows clients to internalize a role and not share.
d. does not help resolve unfinished business.
According to psychoanalytic therapy, human beings are:
a. motivated by social interest.
b. determined by psychic energy and early experiences.
c. inclined toward becoming fully functioning.
d. free to choose who they will become.
In order to meet the goals of psychoanalytic treatment, Rhonda must help her eating
disordered clients to:
a. reduce their symptoms and resolve their internal conflicts.
b. replace negative self-talk with positive self-talk.
c. make use of programs such as Weight Watchers or the Atkins diet plan.
d. increase their support networks and develop social interest.
The use of constructive questions, the importance of identifying client imagery and
metaphors for change, and an emphasis on client strengths are innovations that formed
the foundation of which therapeutic approach?
a. Existential
b. Clientcentered
c. Psychoanalytic
d. Strengths-based cognitive behavioral
With regard to the role of counselors’ personal values in therapy, it is appropriate for
counselors to:
a. teach and persuade clients to act the right way.
b. maintain an indifferent, neutral, and passive role by simply listening to everything the
client reports.
c. avoid challenging the values of clients.
d. avoid imposing their values through a process of bracketing.
One of the most important Freudian concepts, which consists of pushing unacceptable
life events and painful feelings into the unconscious, is:
a. repression.
b. regression.
c. displacement.
d. rationalization.
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.
A tool for collecting and organizing key relationships in a three-generational extended
family is a:
a. lifestyle assessment.
b. family sketch.
c. genogram.
d. projective test.
Which is nota key concept of feminist therapy?
a. The personal is political.
b. The counseling relationship is egalitarian.
c. Commitment to confronting oppression
d. Women’s problems are viewed from an intrapsychic perspective.
One contribution of Adlerian therapy has been an emphasis on:
a. unconscious motivations.
b. empirical validation.
c. unleashing buried feelings.
d. social and psychological factors.
According to Gestalt theory, all of the following are true about contact except:
a. contact is necessary for change and growth to occur.
b. one maintains a sense of individuality as a result of good contact.
c. withdrawal after a good contact experience indicates neurosis.
d. contact is made by seeing, hearing, smelling, touching, and moving.
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.
Social constructionism explains how values are transmitted through language by the
social milieu and suggests that individuals are constantly changing with the ebb and
flow of the influences of all of the following except:
a. family.
b. culture.
c. behavior.
d. society.
Culturally encapsulated counselors would be most likely to:
a. use their power to influence clients to accept or adopt their value system.
b. have an appreciation for a multicultural perspective in their counseling practice.
c. recognize the cultural dimensions their clients bring to therapy.
d. accept clients who have a different set of assumptions about life.
Personal therapy for therapists can be instrumental in assisting them to:
a. heal their own psychological wounds.
b. gain an experiential sense of how to control the therapeutic session.
c. understand their own needs and motives and how to heal them while counseling
others.
d. learn how to work through their own personal conflicts while counseling others.
Feminist therapists have been sharply critical of the DSM. This critique is based on
research indicating all of the following may influence assessment of clients’ symptoms,
except:
a. gender.
b. the DSM.
c. culture.
d. race.
Chun Hei is a Korean immigrant who has been separated from her family and friends
for over a year since she came to the U.S. with her husband. She spends her days taking
care of their two young children while he goes to work, and feels increasingly
depressed without her support system. It is likely that a family therapist who meets
Chun Hei would:
a. prescribe her antidepressant medication.
b. be very interested in how her depression affects others in the family and how it
influences family process.
c. abandon using a systems approach, and treat her with cognitive behavioral methods.
d. be directive and tell her to convince her husband to go back to Korea so she will once
again have family support.
In becoming an ethical practitioner, a crucial task is to:
a. learn how to arrive at clear-cut answers for difficult situations.
b. identify a specific ethical code as the source of answers to ethical dilemmas.
c. exercise prudent judgment when it comes to interpreting and applying ethical
principles to specific situations.
d. avoid making any mistakes in counseling practice.
Narrative therapy has been found to be particularly effective with diverse client
populations for all of the following reasons except:
a. it was founded in a sociocultural context.
b. it allows clients to tell their unique stories from their perspective.
c. it defines problems within a social, cultural, political, and relational context.
d. it teaches diverse clients to replace their own narratives with ones that conform more
closely to the ideals and values of mainstream culture.
Wubbolding emphasizes that reality therapy is a mental health system rather than a:
a. remediating system.
b. theoretical system.
c. medical system.
d. behavioral system.
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
According to the Gestalt perspective, if people do not remember their dreams:
a. they may be refusing to face what is wrong with their lives.
b. that suggests they have no internal conflicts.
c. they are sound sleepers.
d. they lack creativity.
To is to form a set of ideas about people, systems, and situations that focus meaning in a
useful way.
a. blame
b. hypothesize
c. placate
d. be irrelevant
Techniques used in mindfulness-based stress reduction therapy include all but:
a. yoga.
b. flooding.
c. body scan meditation.
d. formal and informal meditation.
A potential limitation of the person-centered approach is:
a. their view of assessment and diagnosis.
b. that some students-in-training and practitioners may have a tendency to be very
supportive of clients without being challenging.
c. shortcomings of the studies of the approach.
d. the continual evolution of the approach leads to unclear therapeutic principles.
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.
Therapists need to be free of conflicts before they can counsel others.
a. True
b. False
Much of effective therapy is the product of artistry.
a. True
b. False
Solution-focused brief therapy has parallels with , which concentrates on what is right
and what is working for people rather than dwelling on deficits, weaknesses, and
problems.
a. brief psychodynamic therapy
b. positive psychology
c. Adlerian therapy
d. REBT
Immediacy is highly valued in the person-centered approach
a. True
b. False
A limitation of the family systems model is:
a. therapists all too often get lost in their consideration of the ‘system.”
b. the systemic perspective can be overwhelming for the therapist.
c. family therapy is not well-suited to working with diverse clients.
d. an emphasis on family systems precludes a focus on emotions.
A limitation of person-centered therapy is:
a. the possible danger of the therapist remaining passive and inactive.
b. the emphasis on complex ideas and concepts.
c. the lack of research to support the theory.
d. neglect of the value of the therapeutic relationship.