Your __________ pertain to what you hope to accomplish in an occupation.
a. work salaries
b. work needs
c. work values
d. work priorities
Many training programs offer some __________ in which students can become more
aware of how their personal attributes manifest themselves in relationships.
a. vocational assistance
b. self-exploration experiences
c. failure and frustration
d. self-absorbed training
Informal peer monitoring
a. provides an opportunity for corrective interventions and may involve confronting a
colleague.
b. is considered unethical.
c. is considered a boundary crossing by the professional codes since practitioners are
expected to monitor their own, not others’ behavior.
d. is illegal.
If your approach to helping puts emphasis on gaining insight, much of your time with
clients will likely be spent in
a. getting clients to examine their cognitions.
b. encouraging clients to identify and express their feelings.
c. exploring the reasons for actions and in interpreting clients’ behavior.
d. dealing with what clients are doing now.
All of the followingareexamples of a counseling situation that could lead to
countertransference EXCEPT
a. You have been a victim of domestic abuse and your male client discloses that he hit
his wife because he couldn”t get her to stop nagging him about his drinking.
b. Your client is having problems with her 16-year-old daughter who keeps running
away from home. Your own teenage daughter recently did the same thing and you are
still reeling from the incident.
c. Your client is having problems making a decision about his career. You remember
having similar struggles before deciding to go into the helping field.
d. You worked through your issues in counseling and discuss the possibility for
countertransference with supervisor to remain alert.
__________ can have a negative impact on helpers both personally and professionally.
They occur when, as a result of long-term and intense exposure to client trauma, the
helper begins to mimic the client’s trauma-related symptoms.
a. Emotional fatigue
b. Crises
c. Burnout
d. Vicarious trauma
The __________ exhibits the characteristics common to cultural tunnel vision.
a. cultural tunnel vision
b. cultural pluralism
c. stereotyping
d. culturally encapsulated counselor
Clients have a right to know that
a. the helping relationship will be kept confidential, except in certain circumstances.
b. confidentiality can be guaranteed when counseling families or groups.
c. confidential information will not be shared with others, even with another helping
professional.
d. confidentiality is an absolute, since trust will not be formed if there are any
conditions to maintaining confidentiality.
__________ is the ability of an individual to cope with and bounce back from stressful
and adverse events.
a. Crisis interention
b. Self-talk
c. Burnout
d. Resilience
Mental health professionals working in disaster management have commonly been
referred to as working in the field of “disaster mental health,” but the new more
comprehensive term for this field is
a. disaster behavioral health.
b. disaster psychological health.
c. disaster scientific health.
d. disaster health.
Which of the following is NOT a contribution of behavior therapy?
a. Assessment and diagnosis are tied to treatment planning.
b. It emphasizes research into and assessment of techniques used, thus providing
accountability.
c. Behavioral approaches can be integrated into counseling with culturally diverse client
populations.
d. This approach makes the therapy process relationship-centered rather than
technique-centered.
If you have trouble with a supervisor, the answer to the problem generally lies in
following which course of action?
a. Talking to your supervisor
b. Finding a new supervisor
c. Reporting the supervisor to his or her superior
d. Pretending that everything is fine
__________ is an ongoing process for all helping professionals to clarify beliefs and
values.
a. Self-disclosure
b. Self-direction
c. Self-discipline
d. Self-assessment
__________ recognizes the complexity of cultures and values the diversity of beliefs
and values.
a. Cultural pluralism
b. Cultural tunnel vision
c. Broaching behavior
d. Stereotyping
Allof the followinghelping specialties require post-graduate education EXCEPT
a. alcohol and drug abuse counseling.
b. rehabilitation counseling.
c. social work.
d. marriage and family therapy.
__________ is a term used in family therapy to refer to emotional barriers that protect
and enhance the integrity of members of a system.
a. Family rules
b. Self-exploration
c. Self-understanding
d. Boundaries
Michael is seeking counseling because he is lonely and is looking for ways to meet
people. You suggest various places to meet others, yet each suggestion is met with a
“Yes, but” response. Frustrated, you sense that you are working harder than Michael to
generate solutions. You should
a. tell him how frustrated and discouraged you feel.
b. renegotiate with the client what he wants.
c. continue to suggest other alternatives until Michael reacts positively.
d. refer the client to another person who may offer better suggestions.
Which stage of a group is most clearly associated with exploring personal issues in
some depth and increased group cohesion?
a. Transition
b. Final
c. Initial
d. Working
__________ includes ways of reframing a situation that can lessen stress and anxiety by
substantially changing a client’s perspective on a problem.
a. Burnout
b. Situational supports
c. Coping mechanisms
d. Positive and constructive thinking patterns
Which of the following is NOTa goal of fieldwork instruction programs?
a. To broaden students’ sociocultural understanding of the individual, the family, the
community, and relevant social systems
b. To help students extend self-awareness and achieve a sense of professional identity
c. To help students expand their awareness of professional role relationships within
their organization as well as the agency’s role in the community
d. To assist students in recognizing and respecting cultural diversity and explain this
understanding is minimally important