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Countertransference

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Client has triggered emotional issues based on counselor’s own history

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Dual relationships

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Counselor and client have diverse and multiple relationships, other than counseling relationship

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Informed consent

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Way in which clients are provided info to take part in the therapeutic process

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Confidentiality

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Safeguarding clients from unauthorized disclosures of info from therapeutic relationship

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Nonmaleficence

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Intentionally avoiding harming a client any further

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HIPAA

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Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, addresses who can look at health info from clients

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FERPA

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Federal Educational Rights and Privacy Act, protects privacy of educational records

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Lanterman-Petris Short Act

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Established specific requirements for the provision of mental health services that set up conditions of involuntary detention

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Etic

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Behaviors or traditions of all or most humans regardless of race, ethnicity, culture (outsider’s perspective)

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Emic

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Behaviors and traditions particular to a certain cultural group (insider’s perspective)

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ABC of counseling

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A: basic attending skills to build rapport
B: Identify nature of crisis
C: Coping strategies

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Attachment theories

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Anxious
Fearful avoidant
Dismissive avoidant
Secure

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Anxious attachment

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Results from inconsistent parenting style, insecure in romantic relationships, worried about rejection, highly emotional

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Fearful avoidant attachment

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Feeling not worthy of love, childhood trauma, neglect or abuse, unable to regulate emotions

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Dismissive avoidant attachment

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Parents fail to meet child’s emotional needs, afraid of intimacy, distant and uncomfortable talking about emotions

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Secure attachment

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Bond formed when parents are consistent with child’s needs, feels secure and calm with their emotions and in relationships

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Types of trauma

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Acute
Chronic
Complex

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Acute trauma

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Result of single distressing event

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Chronic trauma

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Result of recurrent, multiple, and ongoing distressing traumatic events

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Complex trauma

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Results from exposure to varied and multiple traumatic events

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PTSD

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Disassociation, repression, hypervigilance, paranoia, feeling powerless, anger, regression

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Secondary PTSD

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Emotional duress when someone hears about firsthand traumatic experiences

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Burnout

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Physical and emotional exhaustion involving negative self-concept, negative job attitudes, and loss of concern for clients

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Community trauma

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Product of cumulative impact of regular incidents of interpersonal, historical, and intergenerational violence and continual exposure to structural violence

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Types of disasters
Natural | Man-made
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Piaget 4 stages of development
Sensorimotor (0-2) Preoperational (2-7) Concrete operational (7-11) Formal operational (12-up)
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Erikson 8 stages of development
``` Trust vs mistrust (0-1.5) hope Autonomy vs shame and doubt (1.5-3) will Initiative vs guilt (3-5) purpose Industry vs inferiority (5-12) competency Identity vs role confusion (12-18) fidelity Intimacy vs isolation (18-40) love Generativity vs stagnation (40-65) care Ego integrity vs despair (65-up) wisdom ```
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Kohlberg 6 stages of moral development
Punishment and obedience orientation(it's okay if not caught) Instrumental relativist orientation(if it feels good, do it) Good boy, nice girl(do it for me/someone else) Law and order orientation(do your duty) Social contract orientation(consensus of thoughtful men) Universal ethical principles(human life has supreme inherent value)
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Vygotsky
Theory of learning and development
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Zone of proximal development
Vygotsky: space between what a learner can do without assistance and what they can do with adult guidance
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Big 5 personality traits
``` Openness Conscientiousness Extroversion Agreeableness Neuroticism ```
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Self-efficacy
Bandura: belief in individual ability to execute behaviors necessary to produce specific performance attainment
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Existential therapy
Focus on self-awareness, authentic living, facing unavoidable human conditions Individuals create their own truth and reality Distress: repressed creative or constructive purposes Change: authenticity and freedom
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Person-centered theory
Carl Rogers Unconditional regard and empathic understanding Therapeutic relationship is mechanism for change Create conditions where client engages in self-discovery Therapist does not educate clients Distress: incongruence Change: congruence
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Gestalt
Fritz and Perls Increasing awareness of themselves and environment Empty chair Exaggeration Distress: Inability to maintain reality in present moments Change: Using sensory experiences to increase self-awareness
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Psychoanalytic theory
Freud Unconscious mind affects thoughts, feelings, behaviors "Talk therapy" Distress: past unconscious behavior patterns breech paternal connection Change: therapist identifies unconscious conflicts and motivations
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Modern psychodynamic theory
Events in our childhood shape who we are now These events can remain unconscious Distress: interpersonal patterns troubling the client Change: both client and therapist shed light on patterns troubling the client
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Role of counselor in each theory
Psychoanalytic: blank slate and listens for unconscious conflicts Person-centered: encourager to the expert (client) Existential: therapist is completely present with client, works to self-discovery Modern psychodynamic: two-person field Gestalt: therapist is collaborative expert to work towards developing client's self-awareness
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Evidence-based practice
Integration of the best available research with clinical expertise in the context of patient characteristics
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Factors that contribute to success in therapy
40% client variables 30% therapeutic relationship 15% technique and models used 15% expectancy and placebo
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Core conditions
These conditions need to be met for client to be successful Empathy Congruence Unconditional positive regard
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Corrective emotional experience
Reexposure of client, under better circumstances, to emotional situations which they could not handle previously
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Dream analysis
Psychoanalysis
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Free association
Psychoanalysis
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Interpretation
Psychodynamic
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Core conditions (which approach?)
Person-centered
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Congruence
Person-centered
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Ego, Id, Superego
Ego: reality Superego: morality Id: instincts
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Validity
Extent to which an indicator really measures the concept
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Predictive validity
Can you use the measure to make accurate predictions?
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Concurrent validity
Can you compare the results against another measure known to be valid?
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Construct validity
Can you deduce the hypotheses using this measure?
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Content validity
Extent to which the items of the test are fairly representative of the domain the test seeks to measure
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Trait-Factor theory
Frank Parsons Develop clear understanding of yourself (aptitudes, abilities) Develop knowledge of requirements for success of job you want Use true reasoning to relate these two groups of facts Mostly a cognitive process
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Holland's theory
``` John Holland Categorized into 6 areas: Realistic: do-ers Investigative: thinkers Artistic: creators Social: helpers Enterprising: persuaders Conventional: organizers ```
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Roe's theory
Anne Roe Draws on Maslow's hierarchy of needs- people pursue careers that meet needs from childhood 8 occupational groups
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Gottfredson's theory
Linda Gottfredson | Circumscription and compromise
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Super's theory
Donald Super Stage development and social role theory 5 stages: Growth (childhood, fantasies, interests) Exploration (adolescence, crystallization, specifying) Establishment (early adulthood, stabilizing, advancing) Maintenance (middle adulthood, holding, innovating) Disengagement (late adulthood, retirement)
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Krumboltz theory
Social learning theory of career development People make career decisions through learning opportunities and social environment Factors include: genes and special abilities, environmental conditions, associative learning conditions, task-approach skills
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Social cognitive career theory (SCCT)
Explains 3 interrelated aspects of career development: 1. how basic academic and career interests develop 2. how educational and career choices are made 3. how academic and career success is obtained Includes contextual influences, learning experiences, and identity information
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Integrative life planning
``` Sunny Hansen 6 career development tasks confronting adults Finding work that needs doing Weaving lives into meaningful whole Connecting family and work Valuing inclusivity Managing personal transitions Exploring spirituality and life purpose ```
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Career construction theory
Savickas Narrative based People find meaning through their work
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Cognitive information processing approach
``` CIP pyramid Knowledge domains (self-knowledge, occupational knowledge) Decision-making skills domain (generic info processing skills) Executive processing domain (meta-cognition) ```
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Types of groups in group therapy
Psychoeducational Support Psychotherapy Skills
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Yalom's principles of group therapy (11)
``` Instillation of hope Universality Imparting information Altruism Development of socialization techniques Imitative behavior Interpersonal learning Group cohesiveness Catharsis Existential factors Corrective recapitulation of the primary family group ```
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Instillation of hope
Therapists remind members of their progress
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Universality
Other people have similar issues to you
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Imparting information
Group members and therapist impart advice and info
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Altruism
Members can support and reassure others, builds confidence
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Development of socialization techniques
Members can give and receive feedback in social skills/interactions for outside the group
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Imitative behavior
Members observe and mimic behaviors of senior members or therapist, can gain better understanding of themselves
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Interpersonal learning
Through feedback and self-observation, members can gain awareness of strengths and limitations of their behaviors
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Group cohesiveness
Members gain a sense of belonging, more comfortable to share and open up
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Catharsis
Sharing feelings with group can release anger and other pent up emotions
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Existential factors
Group therapy provides space for people to process existential issues such as death
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Corrective recapitulation of the primary family group
Groups can mimic families, members can process through issues from their childhood and learn how they have shaped who they are today

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