During role-play, you engage in an assertiveness interview. Which level of competence
is being illustrated?
a. Identification competence
b. Basic competence
c. Intentional competence
d. Teaching competence
“Now, if I were you, I”d study a little harder because that is a difficult course. That’s
what I think you ought to do.” This is an example of:
a. logical consequences.
b. feedback.
c. directive.
d. instruction/psychoeducation.
“How does it feel, being a woman, to talk to me about this issue, as I am a man?”
Discussing this issue is part of the ethical area of:
a. informed consent.
b. social justice.
c. competence (boundaries).
d. power.
Learning attending and the other microskills involves breaking each skill to its smallest
component and is similar to ____.
a. how Samurai learn swordplay
b. learning to drive a car for the first time
c. becoming proficient with demanding activities sports, dance, music
d. all of the above
Accurately reflecting feeling results in:
a. bringing out the richness of the client’s emotional world.
b. helping clients sort out complex feelings and thoughts.
c. grounding the counselor and client in basic experience.
d. all of the above.
______ is the “cornerstone of the counseling relationship.”
a. Trust
b. Warmth
c. Openness
d. Skill
Which one of the following statements is true as it relates the Indivisible Self Model?
a. A problem in one discrete element within the model impacts only that element.
b. A positive change in one discrete element within the model impacts only that
element.
c. Any problem or positive change in one part of the total system affects all other parts
of the system.
d. Only a positive change in one discrete element within the model will impact all other
parts.
“Mobility” is to “immobility” as cultural intentionality is to ____.
a. stuckness
b. impasse
c. blocked
d. all of the above
“Carter, if you continue to harass your sister, this is what will happenyou”ll get a time
out.” This is an example of:
a. interpretation.
b. logical consequences.
c. self-disclosure.
d. feedback.
Which of the following is NOT part of the Racial/Identity Development Model?
a. Disillusionment Stage
b. Resistance and Immersion Stage
c. Introspection Stage
d. Integrative Awareness Stage
Barry: (Jiggling his feet and shuffling restlessly) I can’t get the scene from the World
Trade Center bombing off my mind. It keeps coming up in my dreams again and again.
I don’t understand what’s going on.
Which is the most appropriate response?
a. “You seem to be anxious right now. Could you tell me more about your story and
what’s happening for you?”
b. “You seem to be anxious right now? Is that close?”
c. “The lack of sleep is really frustrating you.”
d. “You wonder what is going on?”
Which statement best describes person-centered counseling?
a. The client is the single focus, excluding all other factors.
b. The client is competent and ultimately self-actualizing.
c. The client is not competent and ultimately self-actualizing.
d. The client’s concerns must be detailed and resolved.
To “hyper-reflect,” one ____.
a. reflects too many feelings and/or meanings to the client’s detriment
b. thinks carefully about many alternatives thus demonstrating intentionality
c. transcends suffering through thinking of positive aspects of life
d. thinks of negative meanings of events in one’s life and may overeat, drink to excess,
or wallow in depression
What type of client is MOST likely to benefit from a community genogram?
a. Clients from nuclear families
b. Clients who can trace their family over time
c. Adopted clients
d. All of the above
In all of the examples, we can assume:
a. the attending responses were the best.
b. the non-attending responses were the best.
c. quality would depend on the situation.
d. a and c.
Multicultural guidelines and competencies expound on 3 dimensions; Dimension 3:
Develop appropriate intervention strategies and techniques. Which one of the following
contributes to your ability to develop appropriate intervention strategies and
techniques?
a. Create respect and trust by remaining politically correct at all times.
b. Expand your knowledge with traditional strategies and newer, diversity sensitive
methods.
c. Use traditional counseling strategies proven appropriate over time.
d. Keep appropriate records and documentation of client therapy.
____ prescribes homework to follow up on the session in Stage 5, action.
a. Decisional counseling
b. Person-centered counseling
c. Multicultural counseling
d. All of the above
Vocal qualities and verbal tracking:
a. are essentially the same skill.
b. are secondary and tertiary attending skills.
c. are NOT interviewer skills.
d. are distinctly different and critical attending skills.
The initial stage of therapy includes a process that might be called exploration of
resources. The counselor pays little attention to personality weaknesses and is most
persistent in trying to locate ways of coping with anxiety and stress, already existing
resources that may be enlarged and strengthened once their existence is recognized.
This is a description of ____.
a. positive psychology
b. a wellness approach
c. Leona Tyler’s 1961 “positive approach to change”
d. an example of how to ignore client problems
________ is/are a particularly good example of how different people react differently to
the same voice.
a. Clients changing topic
b. Interviewer’s national or regional accent
c. Client vocal tones
d. Interviewer’s skillful attending skills
Research shows that clients of counselors who self-disclose:
a. have low trust in their counselors and frequently drop out of treatment.
b. like their counselors, but report higher levels of symptom distress.
c. like their counselors more and report lower levels of symptom distress.
d. have higher levels of symptom distress and frequently drop out of treatment.
No interview is perfect. What counts is:
a. your ability to be intentional.
b. your ability to change your behavior to be with the client.
c. your ability to be meet the client where he or she is.
d. all of the above.
____ is useful for obtaining information about a client.
a. Interviewing
b. Counseling
c. Psychotherapy
d. Psychiatry
The ________________ is a systematic way to monitor the progress of clients toward
their goals.
a. Client Progress Scale
b. Client Concrete Scale
c. Client Change Scale
d. Client Developmental Identity Scale
To understand how your client feels about a topic, it is usually helpful to:
a. reinforce “I statements” by repetition of key words.
b. mirror the body posture of the client.
c. enhance client experiencing by encouraging discussion of emotions.
d. all of the above.
Which of the following is FALSE concerning verbals?
a. Selective attention occurs when we listen only to one person at a time.
b. Most of us have certain topics that we are more interested in than others.
c. It is important to stay with the topic introduced by the client.
d. It can be helpful if we learn our own patterns of selective attention.
In which stage of the interview may a common bond between you and your client be
established?
a. Empathic relationship
b. Story and strengths
c. Goals
d. Restory
e. Action
Dr. Brinkley, demonstrating cognitive-behavioral counseling emphasizes that:
a. exercise can be a generally beneficial treatment for all clients.
b. meditation is clearly the best stress reducer.
c. through concentration, we can improve neural connections.
d. automatic thoughts can improve emotional satisfaction.
Interpretation / reframing is useful in understanding what is going on in the client’s
mind and/or linking the client to how the environment affects thinking and behavior in
which of the following theories?
a. Decisional Theory
b. Cognitive Behavioral Theory
c. Psychodynamic Theory
d. Person-Centered Theory
The maintaining change worksheet helps the client plan to:
a. maintain current behavior.
b. avoid slips into old behavior.
c. prevent current abnormal behavior.
d. resolve reason for consultation.
The microskills can best be taught to:
a. many client and volunteer populations.
b. hospitalized in-patients during the early stages of treatment.
c. high school peer counselors.
d. volunteers in the community.
Crisis counseling was developed:
a. as person-centered theory gave little attention to action.
b. as assertiveness training is too behavioral and specific.
c. as a way to help clients cope positively with life challenges in a short-time frame.
d. all of the above.
Who introduced the attending behavior concepts to the helping field?
a. Ivey et al.
b. Freud et al.
c. Skinner et al.
d. Rogers et al.
Which of the following is an expected result from interviewer use of self-disclosure?
a. The client may reveal more personal detail, create trust and establish a more equal
relationship.
b. The client will learn more about the interviewer and develop a better relationship.
c. The client will resolve an old issue and focus on a new problem.
d. The client may recognize the power of the interviewer and profit more from his or
her guidance.
Poverty in childhood poisons the brain.
Positive feedback is the breakfast of champions.
Given the fact that you don’t want to advise your client, but want to let the client decide
what to do, outline a simple structure for the interview and your objectives for each
section.
Answer:Answer not provided.
What do you see as the central aspects of person-centered counseling that might be
incorporated into all forms of interviewing and counseling?
Answer:
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There seems to be a part of the brain that identifies spiritual experience, according to
Ratey.
How might you encourage a client who resists emotion to express feelings more fully?
Answer:
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Let us suppose that the client is a White European-American, an African-American or
Latina/Latino. How would your responses change or remain similar? Are there
contextual issues which need to be considered as part of the helping interview?
Answer:
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According to Ivey, Ivey, and Zalaquett, empathic confrontation is a not a distinct skill; it
is a set of skills that may be used in different ways. The most common confrontation
uses the paraphrase, reflection of feeling, and summarization of discrepancies observed
in the client, or between the client and her or his situation. However, questions and
influencing skills and strategies can also lead to client change.
The word disorderplaces the problem in the client and, as a result, external causes tend
to be ignored in treatment.
Write three probes that might elicit client meaning in the following client statement.
“I feel lost right now, terribly confused. I’ve done well in philosophy, but somehow the
new course material is terrifying to me. I almost hate to go to class.”
Answer:
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According to the authors, open questions can be answered in a few words and closed
questions can be answered in several sentences.
Describe potential risks or drawbacks of reflecting feelings. Discuss how and when
reflection of feelings may be used unwisely.
Answer:
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Positive thoughts, used effectively in counseling, can override negative feelings.
Neuroscience research strongly supports a wellness and positive approach to
counseling.
Explain the acronym “3 Vs + B” and provide examples of each aspect.
Answer:
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Reflecting feelings is central to every helping professional.
Define and discuss the similarities and differences between interviewing, counseling
and psychotherapy.
Answer:
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Discuss the relationship between thoughts, feelings, behaviors, and meanings as
outlined by the authors. Which counseling skills is/are most likely related to each?
Answer:
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We do not learn information just in bits and pieces; we learn it best by organizing it into
patterns.
Provide examples of effective attending and effective non-attending counselor
responses to this client:
Client: “It was a long, hard hearing. The lawyer kept questioning me about the so-called
‘assault’ for two hours. I’m not guilty and I didn’t do it. I can’t see why they are after me
all the time.”
Answer:
Answer not provided.