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.
Structural family therapy includes all of the following goals except for bringing about
structural change by:
a. modifying the family’s transactional rules.
b. developing more appropriate boundaries.
c. creating an effective hierarchical structure.
d. reducing symptoms of dysfunction.
e. the therapist taking a not-knowing stance with a family.
Carl Rogers drew heavily from existential concepts, especially as they apply to:
a. the transference relationship.
b. countertransference, or unfinished business of the counselor.
c. the client/therapist relationship.
d. guilt and anxiety.
e. death and nonbeing.
What is the function of the behavior therapist?
a. to provide modeling for the client
b. to provide a collaborative therapeutic environment
c. to assess specific behavior problems
d. to provide reinforcement for clients
e. all of these.
According to a person-centered therapist, the most important aspect of therapy with
Stan will be:
a. the therapeutic relationship.
b. the exploration of his past.
c. putting insights into action.
d. teaching him to think in new, positive ways.
e. conducting a power analysis.
From an existential perspective, anxiety is viewed as:
a. the result of negative self-talk.
b. the result of internalized introjects.
c. the conflict between the id and the superego.
d. part and parcel of human existence.
e. the result of ineffective planning.
Which of the following distinguishes the cognitive trend in behavior therapy from the
trends of classical and operant conditioning?
a. a focus on experimental analysis
a. a focus on evaluating therapeutic procedures
c. the integration of thoughts and feelings in the process of behavior change
d. the integration of mindfulness approaches as a basic part of any treatment procedure
e. a tendency to draw from the experiential approaches as a way to build a relationships
A reality therapist will primarily focus on:
a. past behavior.
b. present behavior.
c. feelings.
d. thoughts.
e. the client’s personal history.
Many ethical codes state that dual or multiple relationships:
a. should be avoided whenever possible.
b. are clearly grounds for revocation of one’s professional license.
c. are helpful in case of counseling one’s friends or relatives.
d. are impossible to avoid.
e. always result in serious harm to the client.
Which of these statements is not true?
a. With the emphases on connection and interpersonal relationships, reality therapy is
well suited for various kinds of group counseling.
b. The WDEP system can be applied to helping group members satisfy their basic
needs.
c. If members talk about their past experiences or make excuses for their current
behavior, the group leader redirects them to what they are presently doing.
d. Reality therapy does not lend itself to a group format.
Stress-inoculation training is associated with:
a. Aaron Beck.
b. Donald Meichenbaum.
c. Arnold Lazarus.
d. Albert Ellis.
e. Francine Shapiro
Person-centered therapy is best described as:
a. a completed ‘school” of counseling.
b. a fixed set of therapeutic principles.
c. a systematic set of behavioral techniques.
d. a philosophy of how the therapy process develops.
After having a bad therapeutic experience with a mental health professional who
pathologized her anxiety over financial issues, Lillian decided to consult with a feminist
therapist. How is her new therapist likely to view her anxiety symptoms?
a. as a sign of distress rather than psychopathology
b. as an indication of deficits in her personality
c. as irrational beliefs
d. as a sign of unconscious conflicts that must be worked through
Which of the following is not considered one of the six core principles of feminist
therapy?
a. an intrapsychic orientation
b. the person is political
c. commitment to social change
d. recognition of all types of oppression
e. an egalitarian therapeutic relationship
Of the following, which is one of the major contributions that feminists have made to
the field of counseling?
a. a focus on dealing with family dynamics
b. a focus on exploring the unconscious factors contributing to current problems
c. paving the way for gender-sensitive practice
d. placing the therapeutic relationship at the core of the therapy process
e. assisting clients to increase awareness of here and now experiencing
One of the major goals of reality therapy involves:
a. reconstructing the basic personality.
b. identifying factors that block freedom.
c. encouraging clients to be willing to be a process.
d. challenging clients to evaluate what they are doing.
e. learning to express feelings.
In feminist therapy, the following technique(s) is/are used to help clients recognize the
impact of gender-role socialization:
a. free association
b. unbalancing
c. scaling questions
d. consciousness-raising
e. the miracle question
Which of the following is not a component of the brief psychodynamic approaches?
a. use of interpretation early in the therapeutic relationship
b. targeting a specific interpersonal problem during the first session
c. the therapist functioning as a blank slate
d. developing a strong working alliance
e. none of these
Regarding cultural diversity, which statement(s) is(are) true?
a. Becoming immersed in the study of cultural diversity can have certain problems.
b. Accepting stereotypes and applying general characteristics of a particular group to
every individual within that group is problematic.
c. The differences among individuals within a given ethnic group can be as great as the
differences between populations.
d. Knowledge of the client’s cultural values is only the beginning.
e. All of the above are true.
One item in the series of five does not fit with the other four items. Identify the word or
phrase that does not fit with the rest of the series.
(a) reexperiencing unfinished business in the here-and-now, (b) transference, (c) free
association, (d) interpretation, (e) maintaining the analytic framework
One item in the series of five does not fit with the other four items. Identify the word or
phrase that does not fit with the rest of the series.
(a) the internal dialogue exercise, (b) the rehearsal experiment, (c) cognitive
restructuring, (d) the exaggeration exercise, (e) making the rounds
Multimodal therapy is a therapeutic approach that is grounded on:
a. cognitive behavior therapy.
b. social learning theory.
c. applied behavior analysis.
d. operant conditioning.
e. dialectical behavior therapy
The ego defense mechanism that consists of masking perceived weaknesses or
developing certain positive traits to make up for limitations is known as:
a. sublimation.
b. compensation.
c. introjection.
d. reaction formation.
e. regression.
In the view of the postmodern therapist, the most essential element of therapy is:
a. assessment.
b. the collaborative therapeutic relationship.
c. diagnosis.
d. brief course of treatment.
e. skilled use of techniques.
Which of the following structures of personality houses our childish impulses?
a. the id
b. the ego
c. the superego
d. the collective unconscious
e. the libido
The basic aim of psychoanalytic therapy is:
a. to treat specific learning disorders.
b. to change overt behavior.
c. to correct irrational thinking.
d. to make the unconscious material conscious.
All of the following are considered to be constructs of feminist theory except being:
a. gender-neutral.
b. androcentric.
c. life-span-oriented.
d. interactionist.
e. flexible.
Stan is a man who is quite concerned about what others think of him. He worries that
his peers and family members think he’s a “loser”. What type of therapist would have
Stan participate in shame-attacking exercises to conquer his fear of negative evaluation
of others?
a. Gestalt therapist
b. behavior therapist
c. rational emotive behavior therapist
d. reality therapist
e. family systems therapist
Which of the following statements about EMDR is not true?
a. Therapists should not use this procedure unless they receive proper training and
supervision from an authorized EMDR instructor.
b. Some evidence indicates that the eye movement component of EMDR may not be
integral to the treatment.
c. Controlled studies of EMDR demonstrate that this approach to treating trauma clearly
outperforms no treatment and achieves similar or superior results as other methods.
d. EMDR consists of three basic phases involving hypnosis, targeted eye movement
exercises, and debriefing.
Which of the following approaches to integration refers to a conceptual creation beyond
a mere blending of techniques?
a. technical eclecticism
b. common factors approach
c. theoretical integration
d. assimilative integration
Which of the following therapeutic approaches would place some emphasis on helping
Stan with the future?
a. narrative therapy
b. Adlerian therapy
c. reality therapy
d. solution-focused therapy
e. all of these
The solution-focused therapist:
a. asks questions about the “news of difference.”
b. attempts to get Ruth to shift from problem-talk to solution-talk.
c. avoids giving Ruth compliments, since doing so can make her dependent on the
therapist.
d. makes a tentative diagnosis for treatment purposes before the end of the initial
session.
e. both (a) and (b)
One item in the series of five does not fit with the other four items. Identify the word or
phrase that does not fit with the rest of the series.
(a) reexperiencing one’s past, (b) planning and commitment, (c) exploring a client’s
picture album, (d) refusing to accept excuses, (e) teaching clients self-evaluation