Which of the following questions is most likely to bring out data that was missed
earlier, according to the authors?
a. “Could you tell me more?”
b. “What happened specifically? Could you give me an example?”
c. “How do you feel about that?”
d. “What else?”
Assuming you have sufficient trust, you might try ___________ to help a client
increase emotional expression, you might try:
a. commenting on their nonverbals
b. asking them to repeat emotionally loaded words
c. holding back for an interview or two and avoiding the issue
d. both a and b
Drawing out the details of a client’s concern, issue, or problem is ____.
a. story and strengths
b. positive asset
c. restory
d. action
Instructions: Counselor responses follow. Identify what type of focus the responder is
using in the reply to the following statement.
Client: I just found that I’m pregnant. I don’t know who it was, but I have an idea who it
is most likely to be. But, no one is likely to help. My family doesn’t know yet and they
really deserted me last time I got in trouble. I’ve only talked to them a few times and we
are starting to get along again, but now … I wonder what’s going to happen. I just feel
lost.
What is the focus of the following statement? “You think you know who the father is?”
a. Focus on the client
b. Focus on the main theme or problem
c. Focus on others
d. Focus on mutuality
Instructions: The structure of the interview has been suggested as a valuable way to
view many types of interviews. Further, within each structure there are certain goals and
methods. In the following question(s), identify the structure of the interview as:
a. Initiating the session
b. Gathering data
c. Mutual goal setting
d. Working
e. Terminating and generalizing
____ Creating solutions through the basic problem-solving model of: (a) defining the
problem, (b) generating alternatives, (c) deciding on action.
Which of the following theories of counseling deal with problem solving and decisions?
a. Cognitive behavioral
b. Person-centered
c. Psychoanalytic
d. All of the above
The brain can develop new connections and even new neurons over time. This process
is named:
a. neurofeedback.
b. a statement that needs to be questioned.
c. neurotaxis.
d. neuroplasticity.
An interviewer may hear, “Yes, I hurt and perhaps I should be angry,” in which level of
the Client Change Scale (CCS)?
a. Level 1: Denial
b. Level 2: Partial examination
c. Level 3: Acceptance and recognition, but no change
d. Level 5: Development of new constructs, patterns, or behaviors
Instructions: Counselor responses follow. Identify what type of focus the responder is
using in the reply to the following statement.
Client: I just found that I’m pregnant. I don’t know who it was, but I have an idea who it
is most likely to be. But, no one is likely to help. My family doesn’t know yet and they
really deserted me last time I got in trouble. I’ve only talked to them a few times and we
are starting to get along again, but now … I wonder what’s going to happen. I just feel
lost.
“We will work this out together.” What is the focus of the statement?
a. Focus on the client
b. Focus on the main theme or problem
c. Focus on mutuality
d. Focus on the interviewer
Summarizing is primarily used to ____.
a. begin or end an interview
b. organize clearly in your mind the auditory, visual, and kinesthetic primary
representational system
c. define your agenda for the counseling session
d. all of these
The collectivist orientation in many cultural groups emphasize:
a. “I” statements.
b. “Other” statements.
c. Sharing perceptions of the collective community.
d. Noting discrepancies with the majority culture.
Practice in meditation:
a. has recently become important in person-centered counseling as a key strategy.
b. facilitates neural development.
c. facilitates emotional growth through taming the amygdala.
d. is a strategy that should only be used with a very few clients.
Intentionality is:
a. deciding from among a range of alternative actions how to help different clients.
b. having a preferred action or thought to offer to all our clients.
c. using a preselected point of view to understand clients’ problems.
d. applying similar skills to help client from different ethnic groups or cultures.
Which question is most likely to bring out underlying client meaning issues?
a. “Could you tell me more?”
b. “Could you share some specifics of what occurred?”
c. “Could you share what sense you make of it?”
d. “Could you explore that in more detail?”
The CCS can be used be used to:
a. determine the creative effect of your confrontation.
b. assess success of your interventions.
c. determine client progress over a series of sessions.
d. all of the above.
Exercise is a recommended preventive treatment for:
a. Alzheimer’s disease.
b. diabetes.
c. weight loss.
d. all of the above.
The check-out is important because:
a. it provides the client room to clarify things that the interviewer may have missed.
b. it tends to clarify what the client has been saying.
c. if the counselor is wrong, the client can come back and restate the issue more clearly.
d. all of the above.
Empathy is defined as experiencing:
a. the client’s worldview.
b. the world as if you are the client.
c. awareness that you are separate from the client.
d. the world as if you are the client, but aware that you are separate from the client.
Stressful events can:
a. leave a trail of happy emotions.
c. leave a mark in your brain.
b. leave a relaxed sensation.
d. do all of the above.
Assume you want to conduct an elementary assessment as part of an initial interview
with a parent whose child has been caught stealing from a local store. Using the
newspaper rubric of assessment, frame questions to bring out important data.
Answer:
Answer not provided.
The community genogram provides:
a. an opportunity for the client to present her or his family in an individually-unique
way.
b. a chance to see the client’s community of origin and how it might represent the
unique client’s culture.
c. an opportunity to compare the community of origin with one’s present community
setting.
d. all of the above.
Instructions: The question(s) below require you to identify what type of focus the
responder is using in the reply to the following statement:
“I just can’t believe how much fun I’m having right now. They call this an exam, but I
feel more like I’m at a party. And not only that, but I’m learning so much at the same
time. I just feel so smart and competent as I answer these questions I could just jump up
and down. My parents never told me how much fun college was going to be. The only
problem is the professor’s sense of humor. Sometimes I think he got into teaching
because it was the only way he could get away with such bad jokes without having
people leave the room.”
Identify the kind of focus by its letter.
a. Person focus
b. Problem / main theme focus
c. Others focus
d. Family focus
e. Mutual issues or group focus
f. Interviewer focus
g. Cultural / environmental / contextual focus
____ “Apparently there is a university rule prohibiting excessive jumping up and down
with happiness during an exam.”
Paraphrasing is concerned with feeding back the key points of what a client has said.
Reflection of feeling, in contrast, involves:
a. observing emotions.
b. naming emotions.
c. repeating emotions back to the client.
d. helping clients become more effective.
Discernment is a strategy that may enable clients to ____.
a. develop a more positive attitude toward their past problems
b. discover deeper meanings and purpose in their lives and find a clearer direction for
the future
c. empower them to make decisions
d. discover the underlying meaning of their problems
Which of the following might be useful for the interviewer who wishes to work with
bilingual clients, even though not particularly skilled in the language of the client?
a. Learning a few key words in the client’s language
b. Suggesting that the client talk about especially important issues in his/her own
language and then translating them for the interviewer
c. Becoming competent and knowledgeable in key aspects of a culture
d. All of the above
Gender, sexual orientation, age, geographic location, physical ability,
religion/spirituality, and socioeconomic status:
a. are diversification factors only.
b. must be included with race and ethnicity as multicultural factors.
c. are never included in multicultural factors.
d. may or may not be included depending on the counselor personal preference.
You can evaluate the effectiveness of an interview by:
a. the mood of the client as he or she leaves the session.
b. changes observed using the Client Change Scale.
c. the feeling of satisfaction you experience at the close of the session.
d. how well you followed your interview treatment plan.
Instructions: Following is a brief client-interview exchange. Material and questions are
based on contents presented on pages 64.
Client: “I felt like my cabin was the most cohesive group in camp. Yet, I felt some
personal problems at the time. I wanted to become a therapist and wondered if I weren’t
simply being selfish and using my ability to help others as a way to avoid myself.”
The counselor responses below are in reaction to the client. Indicate which are
attending and which are non-attending.
“Sounds as if you felt you had personal problems in a cohesive group. How does this tie
in with your comments about being a therapist and selfishness?”
a. Attending
b. Non-attending
In cross-cultural counseling, try another helping lead with the client when:
a. the first lead proves ineffective in producing the expected client response.
b. the client is slow to respond.
c. the client presents multiple topics of concern.
d. the original client issue has been resolved.
The idea of person-in-community was developed by ______ (1994), who pointed out
that our family and community history and experiences live within each of us.
a. Onwuegbuzie
b. Ogbonnaya
c. Oberne
d. Octavio
The authors argue that natural style is a basic building block of intentional counseling.
Which of the following is NOT part of their view of natural style?
a. It is best to identify one’s natural style and then always hold to it.
b. We all have natural strengths in communication.
c. Too many people in interviewing training may forget the many strengths they bring to
the course even before instruction begins.
d. Instruction, practice, and learning new skills and strategies can enhance natural style.