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Relapse prevention relates to which stage of the interview?
a. Story and strengths
b. Goals
c. Restory
d. Action
What was the core emphasis of the second interview with Nelida?
a. Nelida as an individual.
b. Nelida's individual responsibilities.
c. Nelida's individual achievements.
d. Nelida as a being-in-relation.
Encouraging, paraphrasing and summarizing ____.
a. clarify for the client what he or she has said
b. help clients to talk in more detail about issues of concern
c. communicate to the client what they have said
d. all of these
The Big 6 TLCs include:
a. sleep.
b. meditation.
c. exercise.
d. all of the above.
Instructions: The questions below require you to identify what type of focus the
responder is using in the reply to the following statement.
"I'd like to buy a new car, but I'm not sure if I can afford it. The ones I have been
looking at seem terribly expensive. But then, I have a large family and could use the
space. But will they be dependable? And what about gas mileage? What do you think I
should do?"
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
____ "Did you know that women and minorities often are charged more for cars than
European American men are?"
During the ____ stage of the interview clients may feel at ease and know what to
expect.
a. Empathic relationship
b. Story and strengths
c. Goals
d. Restory
e. Action
Discernment is a technique used by which theory?
a. Cognitive behavioral therapy
b. Person-centered
c. Logotherapy
d. Crisis counseling
Questioning the client may lead to discernment. Which emotional style is best
supported by these questions? "Get in touch with your body." "What is your gut
feeling?" "What are your instincts?"
a. Sensorimotor
b. Concrete
c. Formal
d. Dialectic / systemic
Stress management may help the release of appropriate levels of:
a. dopamine.
b. serotonin.
c. acetylcholine.
d. GABA.
It is urgent that you remain aware that your client ____ prefer the skills, strategies, and
theories that you favor.
a. will always
b. may not
c. should
d. must
In which scenario will talking with clients about their issues NOT be enough, and the
interviewer may need to consider advocacy or an approach to resolve a social justice
issue?
a. As an elementary school counselor, you are helping a student who feels overwhelmed
with her homework assignments.
b. As a personal counselor, you are working with a woman facing divorce.
c. As a personnel officer, you discover systematic bias against promotion for women
and minorities.
d. As a high-school guidance counselor, you are helping graduating Seniors prepare
their paperwork for college.
Which of the following is NOT one of the major approaches to counseling considered
in this text?
a. Crisis counseling
b. Person-centered counseling
c. Cognitive behavioral therapy
d. Motivational interviewing
A reflection of meaning looks very much like a(n) ________ and ________ beyond
what the client has to say.
a. question; discerns
b. summary; looks
c. encourager; moves
d. paraphrase; focuses
A good communication connection between client and interviewer can be observed
through harmonious, but non-identical movements. These movements are known as
____.
a. movement synchrony
b. movement complementarity
c. movement dissynchrony
d. none of these types of movement
If a ____________ is inaccurate, it provides the client with an opportunity to correct the
counselor. If a questioning tone of voice is used, the client may elaborate further.
a. paraphrase
b. reflection of feeling
c. summary
d. all of the above
Which one of the following wellness dimensions or elements are you trying to assess
when you ask, "Can you understand and support another's emotional experience and
become attuned to the way this person experiences the world?"
a. The creative self
b. The physical self
c. The essential self
d. The coping self
Which of the following wellness dimensions or elements are you trying to assess when
you ask, "How well do you take normal precautions and avoid risky or harmful
behavior?"
a. Control
b. Work
c. Exercise
d. Self-Care
When we use empathic confrontation and suggest alternatives for action in cognitive
behavioral therapy, we are most likely in which stage of the interview?
a. Restorying
b. Story and strengths
c. Goal setting
d. Empathic relationship
Why is counseling considered to be an art?
a. Counselors' experience in the world is key for helping.
b. Counselors tailor their knowledge and experience to the uniqueness of each client.
c. Counselors constantly choose from their knowledge-base ways to help clients grow.
d. All of the above.
Which of the following statements is NOT true regarding the power relationship
between client and counselor?
a. Human services professionals are aware that in their relationship with clients, power
and status are equal.
b. Power aspects of dual or multiple relationships may impair professional judgment.
c. The very act of helping has power implications.
d. Awareness of and openness to talking about power issues is an appropriate way to
improve client relations.
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
____ While it may be used, the least likely place to find the Ivey Taxonomy.
The aim of intentional Interviewing and Counseling is to help you:
a. find the correct answer for helping a client dealing with interpersonal issues.
b. choose one theory of therapy to help all clients more effectively.
c. develop multiple possibilities for helping the client deal with the world.
d. none of the above.
Crespi studied teenagers on death row and found:
a. that their mirror neuron were not working effectively.
b. that their mirror neurons were hyper and providing too much data to the teen.
c. that the teens had a long history of not caring for others.
d. had experienced multiple traumas in their lives.
Awareness, knowledge, skills, and action are:
a. essential to master counseling skills.
b. key components of Ivey, Ivey, and Zalaquett's teaching model.
c. critical to work effectively with clients different from you.
d. all of the above.
Cognitive work around thoughts is most likely to activate the:
a. frontal cortex.
b. hippocampus.
c. right brain.
d. thalamus.
Which of the following sequences outlines the basic strength-based framework for
human change?
a. Empathic RelationshipInterviewAnalyzeIntegrateAct
b. StoryGoal and Positive AssetsPlanRestoryAction
c. Empathic RelationshipStory and StrengthsGoalsRestoryAction
d. InterviewWellness and Client StrengthsGoalsPlanningAction
Which of the following is NOT one of the Big 6 TLCs?
a. Cognitive challenge
b. Prayer
c. Exercise
d. Meditation
Which of the following statements represent a concrete client statement?
a. "That is sexist."
b. "My child is very active physically and talks pretty fast. He can get so enthused about
something that he knocks over things. Yet, he is able to carry on a conversation and
pays attention when I read to him. I wonder why they want to label all this as ADHD."
c. "The school is racist."
d. "My lover is mean to me."
The community genogram is used to help clients understand how their ________ might
affect their current feelings and thoughts.
a. behavior
b. hobbies
c. history
d. careers
Which of the following statements is FALSE?
a. Narrative theory emphasizes conditioning and shaping of behavior.
b. Restorying rewires the brain.
c. Narrative and microskills help understand multiple theories.
d. None of the above.
Summarizing encompasses a longer period of conversation and is used to ____.
a. define your agenda for the counseling session
b. begin or end an interview
c. organize the auditory, visual, and kinesthetic primary representational system
d. close a session and prepare for the next visit
An important part of cognitive behavioral therapy that is especially distinctive is ____.
a. finding the real self the person wishes to develop
b. making a sharp and effective decision
c. recording automatic thoughts
d. identifying positive assets concretely
When you use open questions effectively as an interviewer, you can predict the client
will:
a. often become very defensive.
b. pay more attention to interviewer instructions.
c. give more details and talk more.
d. express more emotional release.
Client: There's this group of girls that make fun of me and call me names, and I feel
sad. They keep making fun of my shoes, just 'cause I don't have name brand shoes. I try
to ignore them, but still the feeling inside me just hurts.
Counselor: Demaris, it sounds like it hurts when they make fun of your shoes.
This response can be classified as _______.
a. encouraging noting emotions
b. paraphrasing noting emotions
c. summarizing noting emotions
d. restating noting emotions
Instructions: Classify each of the following counseling leads as a paraphrase,
encourage, or reflection of feeling.
P forparaphrase
E forencourage
R forreflection of feeling
Client: Yes, somehow it just doesn't seem fair. I've taken care of myself, worked hard
and my spouse just says I'm angry and bitter. It hurts.
____ "It hurts."
Nelida and Allen's two sessions highlight the importance of helping clients address
conflicts related to racial/cultural identity.
____ "I feel mixed-up and confused."
Imagine that you are a supervisor for Allen, the interviewer in Chapter 14. Assume that
the client in Allen's interview came from another culture. Specify that other culture and
present an alternative interview plan for the client's first session.
Answer:
Answer not provided.
Social emotions are built on primary emotions and are learned in family and cultural
context.
Instructions: The five stages of a simple structure for the interview are listed below.
Following are counselor comments. Identify the skill used by the counselor in terms of
the five skills listed andalso list the Stage / Dimension of the interview most likely
represented.
Use an asterisk to indicate "any stage."
"Sounds as if you're confused and puzzled about your difficulty with your parents."
Skill:
Stage:
Instructions: Classify each of the following counseling leads as a paraphrase,
encourage, or reflection of feeling.
P forparaphrase
E forencourage
R forreflection of feeling
Client: I really wonder what's going to happen to me. I find myself aging faster than I
anticipated. I simply can't do all that I'd like to do anymore. It makes me sick just to
think of it. I'm confused and worried.
____ "You're confused and worried over the changes that come with age."
Research has shown that the human brain develops new neural connections throughout
the lifespan and changes in response to new situations or experiences in the
environment " a brain can rewire itself.
Instructions: Which of the following client emotional presentations are sensorimotor,
concrete, formal operational, or dialectic / systemic?
SM forsensorimotor
C forconcrete
F forformal operational
DS fordialectic / systemic
____ "As I reflect on it, I think I am sad in many such situations. Loss and difficulties
between people really trouble me."
Describe the concept and discuss the pros and cons of using silence in the interview.
Answer:
Answer not provided.
Instructions: Classify each of the following counseling leads as a paraphrase,
encourage, or reflection of feeling.
P forparaphrase
E forencourage
R forreflection of feeling
Client: I really wonder what's going to happen to me. I find myself aging faster than I
anticipated. I simply can't do all that I'd like to do anymore. It makes me sick just to
think of it. I'm confused and worried.
____ "You are wondering how to cope with the changes that age is bringing to you."
Describe the Big 6 TLCs. Indicate how you are doing on each and what would you do
to enrich them in your life. Indicate which additional TLCs presented in the Tree of
Contemplative Practices you would use to improve your physical and mental health.
Explain how you are going to use these practices.
Answer:
Answer not provided.
According to Logotherapy, there is always meaning to life.
Discuss some of the key multicultural issues in the use of confrontation.
Answer:
Answer not provided.
What is your personal position on the use of influencing skills in the interview?
Document and justify your position.
Answer:
Answer not provided.
You are about to see a client for the first time. You know that it is a career problem, that
the client is female, and 32 years old. The client form mentions past work experience as
a secretary, that she is divorced with one child, and that she is a graduate of a two-year
business program. Develop an interview plan for this client specifying your objectives
for the session as clearly as possible.
Answer:
Answer not provided.
Instructions: Which of the following client emotional presentations are sensorimotor,
concrete, formal operational, or dialectic / systemic?
SM forsensorimotor
C forconcrete
F forformal operational
DS fordialectic / systemic
____ "Spirituality is vital in my culture. I have gained so much from my family's
observing all the Holy laws and rituals. I gain great comfort from my surroundings."
