The role of the leader in solution-focused therapy groups is not:
a. to set the tone of focusing on solutions.
b. to provide clients with simple solutions to their problems.
c. to create a setting where the client feels resourceful and capable.
d. to skillfully ask questions to guide clients to finding solutions to their problems.
The concept of resistance can best be described as all of the following except:
a. everything that prevents a client from producing unconscious material.
b. that which needs to be analyzed and interpreted.
c. an inevitable part of psychoanalytic therapy.
d. it is not valuable from a theoretical and clinical perspective.
Which approach was developed during the 1940s as a nondirective reaction against
psychoanalysis?
a. Personcentered therapy
b. Family systems therapy
c. Adlerian therapy
d. Reality therapy
Which approach offers encouragement so individuals can develop socially useful goals
and increase social interest?
a. Adlerian therapy
b. Behavior therapy
c. Reality therapy
d. Gestalt therapy
Which of the following is not an example of how existential therapy is unlike many
other therapies?
a. It does not have a well-defined set of techniques.
b. It stresses the I/Thou encounter in the therapy process.
c. It focuses on the use of the specific techniques created for this theory.
d. It allows for incorporation of techniques from many other approaches.
Accurate empathic understanding implies an objective understanding of a client.
a. True
b. False
The concept of triangulation is most associated with:
a. Virginia Satir.
b. Murray Bowen.
c. Salvador Minuchin.
d. Rudolf Dreikurs.
The constructs of feminist theory, in contrast to traditional theories, include all of the
following except for which characteristic?
a. Intrapsychic orientation
b. Gender-fair
c. Flexible-multicultural
d. Life-span oriented
All of the following are true about a therapist’s countertransference reactions except:
a. they should be avoided.
b. they have the potential to interfere with effective treatment.
c. they can provide rich understanding of the client’s experience.
d. they should be carefully monitored by the therapist.
The person-centered model has been widely adapted to include such areas as family
therapy, crisis counseling and classroom education.
a. True
b. False
Which approach would be most interested in the interactional patterns, or sequences, in
the family?
a. Bowenian family therapy
b. Human validation process model
c. Structural-strategic family therapy
d. Social constructionism
Empowerment and egalitarianism are the basis of the therapeutic relationship.
a. existential
b. feminist
c. Gestalt
d. psychoanalytic
The person-centered therapist is best described as a:
a. facilitator.
b. teacher.
c. human engineer.
d. friend.
Assessment consists of:
a. identifying a specific mental disorder.
b. forming an explanation of the causes of the client’s difficulties.
c. evaluating the relevant factors in a client’s life to identify themes for further
exploration in the counseling process.
d. gaining an account into how the client’s problems developed over time.
All of the following are techniques used in solution-focused therapy except for:
a. using the reflecting team.
b. scaling questions.
c. the miracle question.
d. formula first session task.
Existential therapy grew out of a reaction to the limitations of both the psychoanalytic
and deterministic stance.
a. True
b. False
The one central principle agreed upon by family therapy practitioners, regardless of
their particular approach, is that:
a. the client is connected to living systems.
b. family dysfunction is typically caused by the most dominant family member.
c. lack of differentiation is the primary cause of all family dysfunction.
d. the empty chair technique is the most effective technique.
All of the following are true as they apply to self-instructional training, exceptthat:
a. it was developed by Meichenbaum.
b. it is a form of cognitive restructuring.
c. it is an outgrowth of an approach used widely by crisis intervention workers called
self-induced change therapy.
d. it is also known as cognitive behavior modification.
Who is primarily credited with popularizing and extending Adler’s work by applying
Adlerian principles to group work?
a. Don Dinkmeyer
b. Erik Erikson
c. H. L. Ansbacher
d. Rudolph Dreikurs
The role of meaningful relationships in fostering emotional health is receiving increased
attention in:
a. WDEP.
b. contemporary reality therapy.
c. value judgment.
d. behavioral therapy.
Developmentally, Freud’s latency stage corresponds to Erickson’s stage of:
a. trust versus mistrust.
b. intimacy versus isolation.
c. initiative versus guilt.
d. industry versus inferiority.
Which of the following approaches recognized the need for a subjective approach based
on a complete view of the human condition?
a. Family systems therapy
b. Psychoanalytic therapy
c. Person-centered therapy
d. Existential therapy
The that recently has come into prominence shares many concepts on the healthy side
of human existence with the humanistic approach.
a. positive psychology movement
b. object relations approach
c. dialectical behavior therapy approach
d. applied behavior analysis movement
The REBT technique that involves having clients vividly imagine one of the worst
things that might happen to them and to describe their disturbing feelings is called:
a. cognitive homework.
b. disputing irrational beliefs. c. role playing.
d. rational-emotive imagery.
The basic goal of Gestalt therapy is:
a. attaining awareness and contact with the environment.
b. to understand why we feel as we do.
c. to uncover repressed material.
d. to help clients develop better social skills.
Which of the following statements is nottrue with regard to the relational approach to
psychoanalysis?
a. The approach is based on an egalitarian model.
b. There is an exploration of the subjectivities of both client and therapist.
c. Countertransference provides rich information about the client’s dynamics.
d. Therapist anonymity is used to foster the transference relationship.
Person-centered expressive arts therapy can be used in both group and individual
contexts.
a. True
b. False
All of the following are characteristics of the behavioral approaches except:
a. behavior therapy relies on the principles and procedures of the scientific method.
b. behavior therapy specifies treatment goals in concrete and objective terms.
c. behavior therapy focuses on the client’s current problems and the factors influencing
them.
d. behavior therapy employs the same procedures to every client with a particular
dysfunctional behavior.
Emotion-focused therapy (EFT) emerged as a behavioral approach informed by
understanding the role of an emotion in human functioning and psychotherapeutic
change.
a. True
b. False
_assists clients in identifying the impact that their own gender-role socialization has
played in shaping their values, thoughts, and behaviors.
a. Power analysis
b. Gender role or social identity analysis
c. Lifestyle analysis
d. Analysis of transference and resistance
In Gestalt therapy, the relationship between client and counselor is seen as:
a. the heart of therapy.
b. a place for the therapist to work on personal issues.
c. not being an I/Thou interaction.
d. technique bound.