A person who unconsciously exhibits overly nice behavior to conceal hostile feelings is
probably using which ego defense?
a. Displacement
b. Reaction formation
c. Introjection
d. Projection
Mariah tells her therapist, a Gestaltist, that she dreamt she got married to a pit bull and
felt uneasy about telling her parents that she married a dog. When her parents
discovered their son-in-law was a pit bull, they disowned her and suddenly became
dogs themselves. In response to this dream, Mariah’s therapist:
a. may need to contact a psychiatric hospital (and possibly an animal shelter) since it is
likely Mariah unconsciously desires to marry a dog.
b. should interpret the dream for her client.
c. should assist her client in reliving the dream as though it was happening in the now
and have her become each part of the dream.
d. should encourage her client to forget the dream since it was meaningless.
Both the feminist perspective and the postmodern approaches charge that diagnoses:
a. are an appropriate part of counseling sessions.
b. are generally helpful to women clients.
c. ignore societal contexts.
d. are an essential part of the medical model they follow.
Adlerian psychology is a_, holistic, optimistic, and socially embedded theory based on
basic assumptions that have woven into various theories of counseling.
a. rational
b. phenomenological
c. specific
d. constructive
A contribution of this therapeutic approach is:
a. it enables intense experiencing to occur over a long period of time.
b. it can be a relatively long therapy.
c. it stresses talking about problems, as opposed to doing and experiencing.
d. the exciting way in which the past is dealt with in a lively manner by bringing
relevant aspects into the present.
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.
__________ emphasize mutual empathy and deep respect for the client, understand
how disconnections affect the individual, and create a therapeutic relationship that is
healing.
a. Diversity practitioners
b. Cognitive practitioners
c. Relational-cultural therapy practitioners
d. Person-centered practitioners
_posits that we are not born blank slates waiting to be externally motivated by forces in
the worldaround us.
a. WDEP theory
b. Behavior therapy
c. Choice theory
d. Motivational therapy
When a person experiences an internal conflict (namely a conflict between top dog and
underdog), which of the following techniques would be most appropriate?
a. Making the rounds
b. The reversal technique
c. The internal dialogue exercise
d. The rehearsal exercise
Existential therapy groups are particularly helpful for clients working on:
a. self-actualization.
b. issues of responsibility.
c. reducing problematic behaviors.
d. exploring family dynamics.
In Meichenbaum’s cognitive behavior modification, what is given primary importance?
a. Using emotive techniques
b. Collaborative empiricism
c. Automatic thoughts
d. Inner speech
With respect to mastering the techniques of counseling and applying them appropriately
and effectively, it is Corey’s belief that you are your own very best technique.
a. True
b. False
In the assessment process, questions a family therapist might ask include all of the
following, except:
a. What does each family member bring to the session?
b. How can I give voice to my own impulses and fantasies?
c. Who makes decisions? How are conflicts resolved or problems handled?
d. Are the parents effective leaders of the family, and is the process of leadership
balanced or imbalanced?
A person experiencing persistent feelings of inadequacy has probably had difficulty
attaining a sense of during the stage.
a. intimacy; young adulthood
b. identity; adolescent
c. integrity; later life
d. industry; school age
Individuals who display exhibitionistic traits, seek attention and admiration from others,
and are extremely self- absorbed might have which of the following personality
disorders?
a. Narcissistic
b. Dependent
c. Borderline
d. Obsessivecompulsive
One contribution of Adlerian therapy is that:
a. practitioners are given a great deal of freedom in working with their clients.
b. it offers a well-defined theory of personality.
c. many of its concepts have been supported by research.
d. it is a common-sense psychology.
Alfred Adler and Rudolf Dreikurs and their associates were the first known
practitioners of family therapy, often using a model now called:
a. closed-forum family counseling.
b. closed-forum individual counseling.
c. open-forum family counseling.
d. open-forum individual counseling.
When occurs, a ripple effect flows throughout the family system.
a. change
b. an argument
c. a negative behavior
d. tradition
In strengths-based CBT, identified in early therapy sessions can provide a wealth of
information to help therapist and client collaboratively integrate strengths into case
conceptualization and treatment.
a. positive interests and weaknesses
b. obstacles and positive interests
c. negative interests and strengths
d. positive interests and strengths
One contribution of psychoanalytic therapy has been its:
a. subjective approach.
b. reliance on research for validation.
c. detailed and comprehensive description of personality structure and functioning.
d. emphasis on an I/Thou relationship.
Carl Rogers’s position on confronting the client is that:
a. confrontation is to be avoided at all costs.
b. confrontation causes clients to stop growing.
c. confrontation reflects that the therapist has a need to be in control.
d. confrontation or resistance must be responded to in a nonconfrontational manner.
Beck’s cognitive therapy involves all of the concepts below except:
a. negative cognitive triad.
b. generic cognitive model.
c. collaborative empiricism.
d. lifestyle assessment.
Who embraces a cognitive narrative perspective on CBT?
a. Albert Ellis
b. Donald Meichenbaum
c. A. T. Beck
d. Judith Beck
Satir’s human validation process model emphasizes:
a. family rules.
b. functional versus dysfunctional communication patterns.
c. family roles and triads.
d. communication and emotional experiencing.
According to Erickson, the basic struggle of early childhood involves:
a. autonomy vs. shame and doubt.
b. initiative vs. guilt.
c. identity vs. role confusion.
d. trust vs. mistrust.
The four steps of the strengths-based CBT application of the NEW paradigm for
chronic issues and personality disorders include all of the following, except:
a. conceptualize the OLD system of operating and help clients understand they do
things “for good reasons.”
b. construct NEW systems of how clients would like to be.
c. strengthen the NEW using behavioral experiments to try on NEW ways of being and
edit them as needed.
d. strength training.
A common theme originating in Carl Rogers’s early writings and continuing to
permeate all of his works is:
a. the need to find meaning in life through love, work, or suffering. b. the need for a
religion to find meaning in life.
c. the importance of expressing feelings that stem from childhood issues.
d. a basic sense of trust in the client’s ability to move forward in a constructive manner
if conditions fostering
growth are present.
In reality therapy, the purpose of developing an action plan is to:
a. encourage clients to stretch beyond their limits.
b. teach clients to “think big.”
c. arrange for successful experience.
d. arrive at the ultimate solution to a client’s problem.
Adlerian therapy has a phenomenologicalorientation.Thus, the therapist attempts to
view the world from:
a. an objective frame of reference.
b. his or her own subjective frame of reference.
c. the client’s frame of reference.
d. the frame of reference of a particular theory.
Which of the following approaches to therapy is applied to both women and men with
the goal of bringing about empowerment?
a. Feminist therapy
b. Psychoanalytic therapy
c. Person-centered therapy
d. Adlerian therapy
During the solutionfocused initial therapy session, it is common for solutionfocused
therapists to ask, “What have you done since you called for the appointment that has
made a difference in your problem?” This describes:
a. formula first session task.
b. the miracle question.
c. pretherapy change.
d. exception questions.
Self psychology and object relations theory emphasize all of the following except:
a. the influence of critical factors in early development on later development.
b. the origins, transformations and organizational functions of the self.
c. the differentiation between self and others.
d. different cultures maintain similar values.