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We do not learn information just in bits and pieces; we learn it best by organizing it into patterns.
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As you expand your competence, maintain your authenticity as a person.
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Intentional competence is reflected in:
a. your successful effort.
b. your execution of the microskills.
c. what your client does.
d. how quickly you can bring resolution to the client's issue.
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The five-stage/dimension interviewing structure is best described as:
a. a model for stress management therapy.
b. a framework for integrating many different types of theories.
c. a useful way to make decisions.
d. all of the above.
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"What theoretical/practical story would you provide now that summarizes how you view the world of interviewing and counseling?" This is a question you might ask yourself as you consider ________ to determine your natural style.
a. your goals
b. your skills and strategies
c. your cultural intentionality
d. your theoretical/practical issues
Q:
There are two major factors to consider as you integrate the many available theories and identify your own personal style. They are ________ and the ________.
a. skill development; study of theory application
b. personal aptitude; practice of the microskills
c. personal authenticity; needs and styles of the client
d. interviewer education; genuineness of the client
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Developing a personal style of helping means:
a. reaching the active mastery level with the microskills and five-stage structure.
b. doing your own thing.
c. examining alternative methods and theories and organizing them in a meaningful fashion, useful to you and others.
d. self-assessment and identifying what, in the helping field, is most meaningful to you.
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Which one of the following would you NOT need to consider as you begin the journey of determining your natural style?
a. Your goals
b. Your skills and strategies
c. Your cultural intentionality
d. Your graduate test scores
Q:
What is the anticipated result from determining your personal style and theory?
a. You will commit to a lifelong process of continual learning and will examine, evaluate, and build on your natural style.
b. Your natural style is honed through evaluation and training and is fairly well established upon beginning your practice.
c. Your natural style is largely dependent on your aptitude, training, and practice. You may adapt it periodically throughout your career as new theories and techniques become widely accepted.
d. None of these choices are the predicted result from determining your personal style and theory.
Q:
Your clients consistently talk in more depth when you use reflection of feeling. Which level of competence is being illustrated?
a. Identification competence
b. Basic competence
c. Intentional competence
d. Teaching competence
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During role-play, you engage in an assertiveness interview. Which level of competence is being illustrated?
a. Identification competence
b. Basic competence
c. Intentional competence
d. Teaching competence
Q:
You engage in a role-played interview and use the skill. You demonstrate ____ competence.
a. identification and classification competence
b. basic competence
c. intentional competence
d. teaching competence
Q:
You are able to use reflection of feeling and your client talks in more depth about emotions. You demonstrate ____ competence.
a. identification and classification
b. basic
c. intentional
d. teaching
Q:
You are able to watch an expert therapist in a film and list the skills and concepts he or she is using. You demonstrate ____ competence.
a. identification and classification
b. basic
c. intentional
d. teaching
Q:
You observe an expert therapist and list the skills and concepts he or she is using. Which level of competence is being illustrated?
a. Identification competence
b. Basic competence
c. Intentional competence
d. Teaching competence
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Chunking is best described as:
a. grouping microskills concepts into meaningful groups.
b. putting together two theories into a unified whole.
c. finding your own way to integrate skill concepts.
d. mixing and matching different skills to produce different theories.
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Learning by organizing information into patterns is called:
a. chunking.
b. compiling.
c. classifying.
d. patterning.
Q:
This book presented ___ major concepts and skills and more than ___ specific methods, theories, and strategies.
a. 26; 50
b. 34; 75
c. 39; 100
d. 43; 125
Q:
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
Q:
Developing your own personal approach to interviewing and counseling involves a multiplicity of factors. These include all of the following choices EXCEPT ____.
a. reflect on your values, meanings, and skills
b. determine your strengths and development needs
c. determine your goals
d. decide on which theory you will focus solely
Q:
What do you see as crisis counseling strengths and limitations?
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What do you see as the central aspects of person-centered counseling that might be incorporated into all forms of interviewing and counseling?
Q:
Outline cognitive behavioral training program for a 16-year-old student who is stressed about failing final exams.
Q:
Compare and contrast the philosophical tenets of person-centered, decisional counseling, Logotherapy, multicultural counseling, and femist therapy
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Compare and contrast person-centered, decisional counseling, Logotherapy, and multicultural counseling as they might use the five stages of the interview.
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As in the Samurai effect, the basic listening sequence will likely be part of your being and the empathic relationshipstory and strengthsgoalsrestoryaction
framework will become part of your practice, regardless of your final theoretical orientation(s).
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All crisis counseling involves two phases: (1) working through the initial trauma and
(2) appropriate referral and discharge.
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According to Logotherapy, there is always meaning to life.
Q:
What is your ultimate goal as a counselor or therapist?
a. Learn counseling theories.
b. Develop good interpersonal relations.
c. Master the counseling microskills.
d. Use your acquired knowledge with your clients.
Q:
Which of the following are additional theories presented in this chapter?
a. Motivational interviewing
b. Counseling/coaching
c. Brief counseling
d. All of the above
Q:
Dr. Zalaquett, demonstrating cognitive-behavioral counseling, emphasizes that:
a. modifying negative thoughts will affect action.
b. meditation is clearly the best stress reducer.
c. through concentration, we can improve neural connections.
d. automatic thoughts can improve emotional satisfaction.
Q:
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
Q:
Cognitive behavioral therapy stresses:
a. resolving issues around practical life issues and problems.
b. how a client understands self and makes meaning of life.
c. that distorted cognitions can be recorded, monitored, and changed.
d. client assets and resources to resolve issues.
Q:
In cognitive behavioral therapy, when we suggest alternatives for action, we are most likely in which stage of the interview?
a. Empathic relationship
b. Story and strengths
c. Restory
d. Action
Q:
Stress management training is an important cognitive behavioral strategy and could be helpful with ____.
a. college students coping with study related demands
b. diverse individuals affected by microaggressions
c. people living in poverty dealing with daily hassles
d. all of the above
Q:
Which of the five theoretical orientations presented in this book is BEST represented by the following lead? Select the one best alternative, even though other systems may use the style at times.
"Could you be a bit more specific about what went through your mind, what happened next, and what was the final result?"
a. Person-centered theory
b. Decisional career counseling
c. Cognitive behavioral therapy
d. Motivational interviewing
Q:
A major assumption of ____ is that changing behavior will result in more immediate change and that changes in thoughts and feeling will follow.
a. person-centered theory
b. cognitive behavioral theory
c. brief counseling
d. none of the above
Q:
Which of the following is NOT typically observed in crisis counseling?
a. Calming and caring
b. Discernment
c. Action
d. Debriefing
Q:
Which of the following leads is most characteristic and distinctive of crisis counseling?
a. "Sounds like your problem is getting worse."
b. "What would help you right now?"
c. "Tell more..."
d. "What are your behavioral goals for change?"
Q:
Which of the following leads is most characteristic and distinctive of crisis counseling?
a. "How has the problem been affecting the other areas of your life?"
b. "Sounds like a real challenge you have to overcome."
c. "Could it be that you are thinking too negatively about your problems?"
d. "You are affected by a major stressful event."
Q:
A major assumption in ________ is that clients have their own solutions readily available if we help them examine themselves and their goals.
a. person-centered theory
b. cognitive behavioral theory
c. crisis counseling
d. psychoanalysis
Q:
Which one of the following counselor statements helps normalize the narrative?
a. "Yes, it is a very complex problem, and there is a solution for every problem."
b. "Please be assured that everyone has concerns, and it is indeed possible to do something about them."
c. "Don't worry; everything is going to be OK."
d. "I think we have a handle on your problem; resolution shouldn't be too hard."
Q:
Crisis counseling was developed:
a. as person-centered theory gave little attention to action.
b. as assertiveness training is too behavioral and specific.
c. as a way to help clients cope positively with life challenges in a short-time frame.
d. all of the above.
Q:
Crisis counseling:
a. is the most pragmatic and action-oriented form of helping.
b. does not emphasize relationship.
c. should be reserved for mental health clinics that require quick action and accountability.
d. all of the above.
Q:
Much of even your best helping work will be ineffective, if you fail to ____.
a. generalize and transfer learning
b. identify the client's root issues
c. properly assess positive and negative consequences
d. detail insufficient alternatives
Q:
____ prescribes homework to follow up on the session in Stage 5, action.
a. Decisional counseling
b. Person-centered counseling
c. Multicultural counseling
d. All of the above
Q:
____ gives the most attention to Stage 5, action.
a. Decisional counseling
b. Person-centered counseling
c. Cognitive behavioral therapy
d. All of the above
Q:
Which of the five theoretical orientations presented in this book is BEST represented by the following lead? Select the one best alternative, even though other systems may use the style at times.
"Let's brainstorm some possibilities for colleges you might attend."
a. Cognitive-behavioral counseling
b. Decisional counseling
c. Person-centered theory
d. All of the above
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In person-centered counseling, which phase may receive relatively little emphasis?
a. Empathic relationship
b. Story and strengths
c. Restory
d. Action
Q:
Historically ____ has/have given little attention to Stage 5, action.
a. decisional counseling
b. person-centered counseling
c. cognitive behavioral therapy
d. all of the above
Q:
Asking the client what he or she wants to happen in cognitive behavioral therapy is most representative of which phase of the interview?
a. Story and strengths
b. Goals
c. Restorying
d. Action
Q:
In person-centered counseling, which phase may receive relatively little emphasis?
a. Story and strengths
b. Goals
c. Restorying
d. Action
Q:
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
Q:
In decisional counseling, we may lay out homework for the following week. This is representative of which stage of the interview?
a. Empathic relationship
b. Story and strengths
c. Restory
d. Action
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In person-centered counseling, when we explore the distinctions between the real self and the ideal self, we are most likely in which stage of the interview?
a. Story and strengths
b. Goals
c. Restorying
d. Action
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____ give(s) special attention to developing rapport and building a supportive alliance in a natural and personal style, Stage 1, empathic relationship.
a. Decisional counseling
b. Person-centered counseling
c. Multicultural counseling and feminist therapy
d. All of the above
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____ consider(s) basic confrontation between the present behavior and the goal behavior in Stage 4, restory.
a. Multicultural counseling
b. Person-centered counseling
c. Cognitive behavioral therapy
d. Feminist therapy
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The basic listening sequence is central to ____.
a. person-centered theory
b. decisional career counseling
c. assertiveness training
d. brief interviewing and counseling
e. all of the above
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The basic listening sequence (BLS) is a key counselor action in Story and Strengths, Stage 2 of the five-stage interview structure, in which of the following theories?
a. Decisional Counseling
b. Person-Centered Counseling
c. Cognitive Behavioral Training
d. Brief Counseling
e. All of the above
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Cultural/environmental/context (CEC) is foundational for which of the following theories?
a. Multicultural counseling
b. Person-centered
c. Logotherapy
d. Crisis counseling
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In the person-centered approach, the focus on the individual client is predominant, but you can use a double focus. Focusing on both the person and the ________ can enrich client experiencing.
a. positive and negative consequences
b. multicultural / environmental context
c. client's presenting problem or issue
d. variety of resolution alternatives
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Discernment is:
a. finding a life vision.
b. making a decision.
c. coping with life challenges.
d. overcoming interpersonal conflicts.
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Discernment is a technique used by which theory?
a. Cognitive behavioral therapy
b. Person-centered
c. Logotherapy
d. Crisis counseling
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Which of the following theories is strongly associated with teflection of meaning?
a. Cognitive behavioral therapy
b. Person-centered
c. Logotherapy
d. Psychodynamic
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Frankl's most significant contribution to counseling and psychotherapy is:
a. cognitive behavioral therapy.
b. Logotherapy.
c. multicultural therapy.
d. motivational interviewing.
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Which of the following is an INACCURATE guideline for practicing the skills of a person-centered interview?
a. Eliminate or minimize questions. Do not use interpretations / reframes, advice, or directives.
b. Focus almost exclusively on the client; use the words "you" and "your" and the client's name.
c. The basic skills reflection of meaning and feeling, paraphrasing, and summarization.
d. Constantly use influencing skills of confrontation, feedback, and self-disclosure.
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Person-centered theory is more effective for ____.
a. long-term in-patient care clients
b. distracted clients who need more interviewer guidance
c. verbal, abstract, and self-directed clients
d. long-term out-patient care clients
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Which of the five theoretical orientations presented in this book is BEST represented by the following lead? There is, of course, considerable overlap between systems of interviewing and counseling when it comes to specific leads. Thus, select the one best alternative, even though other systems may use the style at times.
"Underneath your concerns, I sense a lot of strength and capability on your part. You've been making a negative meaning, but I also hear your strengths."
a. Person-centered theory
b. Decisional career counseling
c. Brief solution-focused interviewing and counseling
d. Motivational interviewing
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A person-centered counselor is interested in focusing on the meanings and feelings of the client; the facts of the problem are considered ____.
a. more important
b. less important
c. of significant importance
d. of no significance at all
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Which statement best describes person-centered counseling?
a. The client is the single focus, excluding all other factors.
b. The client is competent and ultimately self-actualizing.
c. The client is not competent and ultimately self-actualizing.
d. The client's concerns must be detailed and resolved.
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A major assumption of ____ is that the client is competent and self-actualizing.
a. person-centered theory
b. cognitive behavioral theory
c. brief counseling
d. none of the above
Q:
One of the earliest decisional models is the three-stage decision model. Who proposed this model?
a. Parsons
b. Franklin
c. Nezu
d. Beck
Q:
"Find something practical and pragmatic" is an underlying philosophy of:
a. person-centered theory.
b. cognitive behavioral theory.
c. decisional counseling.
d. Logotherapy.
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Which one of the following is a current demand put on the helping professions?
a. Clear and measurable results.
b. Cultural awareness and new ways to help clients make sense of their world.
c. The need to maintain focus on human dignity and past traditions.
d. All of the above.
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The five-stage interview structure may best be used with ____.
a. person-centered theory
b. decisional career counseling
c. brief interviewing and counseling
d. all of the above
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Using different combinations of microskills with specific approaches to counseling enables you to engage in which of the following interviewing styles?
a. Person-centered
b. Cognitive-behavioral
c. Brief counseling
d. All of the above
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Which of the following is NOT one of the major approaches to counseling considered in this book?
a. Psychodynamic Therapy
b. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
c. Person-Centered Counseling
d. Decisional Counseling
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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
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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.
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Imagine that you are a supervisor for Allen, the interviewer in Chapter 14. Using your knowledge of the interview, what strengths and weaknesses do you observe? Be specific and concrete in both your evaluations.