Counseling Overiew Review ? Flashcards

1
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Describe the questions you would ask during an interview? pg. 52

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Questions about:

  • suicidal ideation
  • homicidal ideation
  • self harm
  • harm to others
  • hallucinations and delusions.
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What are the 5 stages of goal setting? pg. 34

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Stage 1: Rapport and relationship building
Stage 2: Assess and define the problem
Stage 3: Goal Setting
Stage 4: Initiating Interventions
Stage 5: Terminations
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What is used to uncover unconscious material and give patients insight into some areas of unresolved problems? Pg 14

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Dream Analysis

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What is the process of reporting to the counselor, without bias or criticism, whatever enters the client’s mind? pg. 13

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Free Association

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What are 3 counseling goal functions? pg. 63

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  • Motivational Functions
  • Educational Functions
  • Evaluative Functions
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What is the definition of counseling? pg. 10

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Counseling is a professional relationship that empowers diverse individuals, families, and groups to accomplish mental health, wellness, education, and career goals.

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What are the 4 therapeutic relationship functions? pg. 37

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The therapeutic relationship:

  • creates an atmosphere of trust and safety for the client
  • Provides a medium or vehicle for intense affective expression
  • Offers the client an opportunity to experience a health interpersonal relationship
  • Serves a motivational function for the client to continue the change process.
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8
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What therapy concept confronts the client’s irrational, negative beliefs and attitudes that drive faulty, negative thinking and emotions. pg. 17

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Cognitive Behavior Therapy

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What is the 1st step to counseling intervention? pg.71

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Summarize the client’s problems using the four dimensional analysis.

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What are the 3 steps to counseling intervention? pg.71

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Step 1: Summarize the client’s problem using the 4 dimensional analysis.
Step 2: Identify an appropriate strategy for the client
Step 3: Select and implement the counseling interview

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True or False

Sub-goals are arranged in a sequence or hierarchy from most difficult to achieve to the easiest. pg.64

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False.

Sub-goals are arranged in a sequence or hierarchy from easiest to achieve most difficult.

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12
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What drug class is used to reduce psychotic thinking and behavior? pg. 55

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Antipsychotics

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13
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What drug class is used for treating severe sleep disturbances? pg. 57

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Sedatives and Hypnotics

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14
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Xanax is used to manage what condition? pg. 57

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Anxiety

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What are the 4 stages of Group Development? pg.102

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Beginning Stage
Conflict and Controversy
Working and Cohesion
Termination

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Describe how the group members typically act during the beginning stage. pg.102

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Group members tend to be cautious and reserved.

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Describe what normally happens in the Conflict and Controversy stage? pg.102

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The second stage usually begins with an attack on the leader.
Members in this stage have not yet developed the ability to receive feedback and observations from the leader without feeling attacked themselves.

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Describe the relationship between group members in the second stage of group development. pg. 102

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Conflict will emerge between group members and how the leader deals with it will determine if the group continues to grow.

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What is the attitude of the members in the Working and Cohesion stage of group development? pg. 102

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Members focus more closely on the purpose of the group.
More willing to work through differences of opinion and misunderstandings in order to maintain the relationship in the group.

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20
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What happens in the Termination Stage of group development? pg. 102

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Allows members to publicly acknowledge how group therapy has been useful and how they intend to incorporate the information from the experience into future decisions or lifestyle.

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21
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What is the leaders role in an education group? pg 100

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The leader is usually presenting some information.

22
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What is the leaders role in a self- help group? pg. 101

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There is no formal leader or professional facilitator leadership is shared, or rotated, through the members of the group all of whom have the same common issue.

23
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How many sub-goals are needed in a goal setting map? pg. 64

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Have the client identify 3 to 5 changed necessary for this desired outcome to occur.

24
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What is active listening? pg. 107

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Entails listening to the content, voice, and body language of the person speaking.

25
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What is the skill that shows the group and individual members that you are present, pay attention, and concerned with their progress. pg. 108

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Attending

26
Q

What are you?

A

So SMART!

27
Q

Describe a patient who is the monopolist. pg. 111

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They take up a great deal of the group’s time, often with idle chatter.

28
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What is the Monopolist’s worst nightmare? pg.111

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prolonged silence

29
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What is the difference between a Homogenous group and a Heterogeneous group? pg. 104

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Homogenous groups will share preselected criteria
Heterogeneous groups will include a mixture of people, such as a group for men and women who want to build their self-esteem.

30
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What are the 3 counseling goal functions? pg. 63

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Motivational functions, educational functions, evaluative function

31
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What is on a goal setting map? pg.64

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Main Goal

  • 3-5 sub-goals
    • 2-3 Immediate tasks
32
Q

Psychotherapy (process) groups are used for what kind of mental illnesses? pg. 100

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Depression or personality disorders

33
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What are some communication skills used by group facilitators? pg. 107

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Active listening, Reflection, Clarification, Summarizing, Information giving, Encouragement and Support, Tone Setting, Modeling and Self Disclosure, Attending, and use of tone

34
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What are some practical concerns in the formation of a group? pg. 102

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How many sessions will there be for the group?
When will the group meet?
Who should the members be?
How will the members be screened?

35
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What happens during the termination stage of group development? pg. 102

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A time for reflection of the group experience.
Allows members to publicly acknowledge how group therapy has been useful and how they intend to incorporate the information from the experience into future decisions or lifestyles.

36
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What behavior concept includes behavior that is determined by irrational forces, unconscious motivations and biologic/instinctual drives? pg. 12

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Psychoanalytical

37
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What are the 4 steps to the Psychoanalytical counseling process? pg. 12

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Opening phase
Development of transference
Working through transference
The resolution of transference

38
Q

True or False

Documentation and discussion of some prevention topic should be included with every “SOAPP” note. pg. 95

A

True

39
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What therapy concept’s initial goal is to have the client gain awareness of what they are experiencing and doing in the here and now? pg. 24

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Gestalt

40
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What are the 3 behavior therapy techniques?

pg. 18

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Behavior modification
Biofeedback and relaxation training
Observational learning

41
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How is the therapist viewed in rational emotive therapy process? pg.19

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as a teacher

42
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What is another word for positive regard? pg. 22

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Respect

43
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______ occurs when the client verbally agrees with the counselor only to get the counselor to leave well enough alone. pg 30

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False acceptance

44
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What is one of the more controversial counseling techniques, that describes a client’s discrepancies, contradictions, and omissions? pg. 27

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Confrontation

45
Q

What are the 4 stages of group development? pg. 102

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Beginning stage
Conflict and Controversy stage
Working and Cohesion
Termination

46
Q

Selection of members that will participate in a group are based on what? pg. 103

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Personal interview
written screening
screening by referral

47
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What is tone setting? pg. 107

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Setting the mood for the group?

48
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What is power? pg. 100

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Power- the member’s ability to influence the group as a whole and its other members individually.

49
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What are two factors to consider when determining when the group will meet? pg.103

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Time of day and frequency of meetings

50
Q

What is a group? pg. 99

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Group- a collection of people who have a relationship with one another, are interdependent, and may have common norms

51
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What group is often led in conjunction with a workshop or class and are one time experience that lasts anywhere from 15 minutes to an hour. pg 100

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Discussion group