TEST 1

Question 1

The counselor should expect many years of study, training, and experience in the field to integrate various theories into a _________.

Answer 1

personal synthesis

Question 2

The acceptance of personal responsibility does not imply that we can be anything that we want. ________, ________, __________ and ________ realities oftentimes limit our freedom of choice. (SCEB)

Answer 2

Social, environmental, cultural, and biological

Question 3

Therapy is not exclusively for the sick, and is not aimed at curing psychological ailments, but instread provides a comprehensive approach in which the counselor goes beyond focusing on internal dynamics and addresses the ____________________________.

Answer 3

environmental and systemic realities that influence them.

Question 4

Effective therapists can facilitate healing through a process of genuine ______.

Answer 4

dialogue

Question 5

To be an effective therapist, a wide range of knowledge is required, both ______ and _______.

Answer 5

theoretical and practical

Question 6

A good therapist requires human qualities of _____________ (6), they are more like technicians.
CCGFRS

Answer 6

compassion, caring, good faith, honesty, realness, and sensitivity

Question 7

It should be impossible to separate the techniques you use from your ______ and the relationship you have with your clients.

Answer 7

personality

Question 8

Usage of one model is in fact dangerous as it ______________.

Answer 8

limits a therapists’ effectiveness

Question 9

A good therapist should use ________ ________ at various times during the course of an individuals therapy.

Answer 9

different interventions

Question 10

An effective therapy is collaborative between the __________ and the ______.

Answer 10

counselor and the client.

Question 11

Clients place more value on the _______ of the therapist rather than on the specific techniques used in therapy

Answer 11

personality

Question 12

When working with future clients, various models and theories should be integrated. Why?

Answer 12

being set on one model limits effectiveness.

Question 13

Corey begins with a _______ of the theory chapters, then moves into more specific details of each orientation.

Answer 13

broad overview

Question 14

What are the experimental and relationship-oriented therapies?

Answer 14

Existential, Person-center, Gestalt

Question 15

What are the action therapies? RCbB Reb

Answer 15

Reality therapy, Behavior therapy, Rational emotive behavior therapy, Cognitive (CBT) therapy

Question 16

This model stresses building therapy on the basic conditions of human existence, such as choice, the freedom and responsibility to shapes one’s life, and self-determination. It focuses on the quality of the person-to-person therapeutic relationship.

Answer 16

Existential

Question 17

________ therapy gives a primary role to thinking as it influences behavior.

Answer 17

Cognitive behavior therapy

Question 18

this approach applies the principles of learning to the resolution of specific behavioral problems.

Answer 18

behavior therapy

Question 19

An experimental therapy stressing awareness and integration; it grew as a reaction against analytic therapy. It integrates the functioning of body and mind.

Answer 19

gestalt therapy

Question 20

This approach was developed during the 1940s as a non-directive reaction against psychoanalysis. Based on a subjective view of human experiencing, it places faith in and gives responsibility to the client in dealing with problems and concerns.

Answer 20

person-centered therapy

Question 21

A highly didactic, cognitive, action-oriented model of therapy that stresses the role of thinking and belief systems as the root of personal problems.

Answer 21

rational emotive behavior therapy

Question 22

This short-term approach is based on choice theory and focuses on the client assuming responsibility in the present. Through the therapeutic process, the client is able to learn more effective ways of meeting her or his needs.

Answer 22

Reality therapy

Question 23

Another term for cognitive behavioral approaches is ____

Answer 23

action therapies

Question 24

Which approach is rooted in a humanistic philosophy that emphases the basic attitude of the therapist as the core of the therapeutic process?

Answer 24

Person-centered (Karl Rogers, the genuine-ness of the therapist)

Question 25

What are the common factors and their effectiveness of therapy?

Answer 25

40% Extratherapeutic factors 30% Therapeutic relationship 15% Therapeutic methods 15% Placebo Effect

Question 26

The Contextual or common factors include:

Answer 26

1. the therapeutic alliance 2. the personal and interpersonal skills of the therapist 3. client agency 4. extra-therapeutic factors

Question 27

Regarding psychotherapy treatment, outcome research suggests the _______ and the _______ are both an essential component of effective treatment, and both the therapeutic methods and the therapeutic relationship make contributions to treatment outcomes.

Answer 27

therapist as a person and the therapeutic relationship

Question 28

To be an effective counselor, It is important to remember to be willing to ___________ rather than thinking _________.

Answer 28

strive to be a better person, rather than thinking that a therapist has already obtained all of the wanted traits.

Question 29

Clients place more value on the __________ than the specific techniques.

Answer 29

personality of the therapist

Question 30

There are many traits that make a good counselor, but it is important to notice that most of them are about maintaining balance, and they do not imply that a counselor ________________.

Answer 30

no longer has to cope with personal problems.

Question 31

Effective therapists make choices that are _________.

Answer 31

life oriented. (feel alive, aware of early decisions they made about themselves, others and the world. they are not the victims of these choices, and they are willing to revise them if necessary. They are committed to living fully rather than settling for mere existence.)

Question 32

Effective Therapists have a good __________.

Answer 32

sense of humor. (which includes laughing at self, they are able to put the events of life in perspective, have not forgotten how to laugh, especially at their own foibles and contradictions).

Question 33

Effective therapists make mistakes and _____________.

Answer 33

and are willing to admit their mistakes. (they do not dismiss their errors lightly, yet they do not choose to dwell on them, either.

Question 34

Benefits of personal therapy include:

Answer 34

1. Gain a sense of what it is like to be a client 2. Help you understand your needs and motivations for choosing the profession of psychology 3. To work through your personal conflicts and heal your own psychological wounds 4. The main reason given in the text is to learn to deal with countertransference

Question 35

Generally, a counselor’s values enter the therapeutic process because humans are not value-free. However, it is important for counselors to maintain objectivity and not impose their own _______ though they may _______.

Answer 35

values, though they may expose their values.

Question 36

It is important to inform potential clients of those values that will certainly influence the counselor’s ______.

Answer 36

intervention with them

Question 37

It is NOT a counselor’s job to get the clients to conform to _________.

Answer 37

the counselor’s beliefs

Question 38

A counselor should NOT strive to be _______ in therapy because they may immobilize him/herself

Answer 38

value-free

Question 39

A counselor should provide a climate in which clients can examine personal thoughts, feelings, and actions to eventually arrive at solutions that the _____________.

Answer 39

client considers are best for the client

Question 40

A counselor should help clients assess behavior(s) and move ________.

Answer 40

closer to their goals

Question 41

A counselor should teach clients how to deal with their problems and _____________.

Answer 41

find their own solutions based on client’s values.

Question 42

A counselor communicates values through his/her __________.

Answer 42

therapeutic orientation

Question 43

Counselors should avoid _______ their values, but they are likely to expose their values to clients

Answer 43

imposing

Question 44

___________ refers to counselors directly attempting to define a client’s value’s, attitudes, beliefs and behaviors (either actively or passively)

Answer 44

Value imposition

Question 45

The outcome of treatment, the general assessment and the overall goals of therapy can all be affected by the __________.

Answer 45

therapists’ own values.

Question 46

Ethical practice states that if a counselor intends on directing the client toward his or her goals, the client must be informed of those values that influence the intervention. This is to develop _______.

Answer 46

mutually established goals

Question 47

If a adolescent female client informs you that she is pregnant and is considering an abortion and her values might interfere with your objectivity, ethical practice is suggests:

Answer 47

a. refer | b. help her clarify the range of her choices in light of her own values

Question 48

Effective counselors are not culturally encapsulated counselors, which means ______.

Answer 48

those who depend entirely on their own internalized value assumptions about what is good for people. (They leave their own biased roles behind to become a more authentic and real individual)

Question 49

Essential components of effective multicultural counseling include:

Answer 49

i. Counselors feel comfortable with their clients’ values and beliefs. ii. Counselors are aware of how their own biases could affect ethnic minority clients. iii. Counselors employ institutional intervention skills on behalf of their clients when necessary.

Question 50

Sue, Arredondo, & McDavid’s (1992) developed _________.

Answer 50

conceptual framework for competencies and standards in multicultural counseling.

Question 51

The three steps for sue, Arrendondo, and McDavid's conceptual framework for competencies and standards in multicultural counseling are _________.

Answer 51

1. beliefs and attitudes 2. knowledge 3. skills and intervention strategies.

Question 52

It is important to help clients to clarify the _________________.

Answer 52

range of their choices in light of their own values.

Question 53

Practicing from a ___________ is believed to make the job of counseling easier and can be rewarding for both the client and counselor

Answer 53

multicultural perspective

Question 54

An authentic counselor is someone who is willing to shed _______ and being a real person.

Answer 54

stereotyped roles

Question 55

It is not realistic for counselors to no longer have to cope with ________. We need to be honest about our limitations.

Answer 55

personal problems

Question 56

According to Cory, you should develop your own concept of what ________ you think are essential to strive for to promote your own personal growth.

Answer 56

personality traits

Question 57

Counselors have personal needs and should be aware of how those personal needs could _____________.

Answer 57

interfere with helping clients

Question 58

With ethical decision making, counselors ultimately need to apply the ethics code to practice problems which generally do not have prescribed answers, this is because many professional organizations provide only _________ for responsible practice.

Answer 58

broad guidelines

Question 59

With ethical decision making, the goal is to interpret and apply _________________.

Answer 59

ethical codes to an ethical dilemma.

Question 60

Different practitioners make a variety of decisions regarding _________.

Answer 60

ethical issues

Question 61

Informed consent includes:

Answer 61

1. general goals of therapy; 2. responsibilities of counselor toward client; 3. responsibilities of client; 4. limitations of and exceptions of confidentiality; 5. legal and ethical parameters that could define the relationship; 6. qualifications and background of counselor; 7. fees involved; 8. approximate duration of services; and 9. services client can expect

Question 62

When giving informed consent, counselors are challenged to strike a balance between _____________.

Answer 62

giving clients too much information and giving them too little

Question 63

Dimensions of Confidentiality | It is central to developing _____ in the therapeutic relationship

Answer 63

trust

Question 64

Informed consent is an _________ requirement and an integral part of the therapeutic process

Answer 64

ethical (Confidentiality) and legal (Privileged communication)

Question 65

Counselors are ethically responsible to discuss the nature and purpose of confidentiality with clients __________.

Answer 65

early in the counseling process

Question 66

Clients have a right to know that their therapist may be discussing certain details of the relationship with a _________.

Answer 66

supervisor or colleague

Question 67

Confidentiality is regulated by professional judgment, it must be breached and information must be reported when:

Answer 67

1. Clients pose a danger to themselves or to others 2. A child under the age of 16 is the victim of incest, rape, or child abuse 3. Information is made an issue in a court action 4. The therapist determines that the client needs hospitalization

Question 68

Privileged communication feeds into confidentiality; it refers to a ___________.

Answer 68

confidential statement made in the individual therapeutic setting.

Question 69

Therapists must break confidentiality when:

Answer 69

1. Clients might do serious harm to either themselves or others 2. Child abuse 3. Abuse of the elderly or dependent adults 4. Therapist believes a client under the age of 16 is the victim of incest, rape, child abuse, or some other crime 5. client needs hospitalization 6. Information is made an issue in a court action 7. Clients request that their records be released to themselves or a third party

Question 70

Generally, it is a counselor’s primary obligation to protect client disclosures and remember to tell them _________.

Answer 70

limits of confidentiality

Question 71

Feminist and Postmodern approaches say diagnosis is oppressive, based on a __________, and ignore societal contexts

Answer 71

white, male-centered culture

Question 72

_______ consists of evaluating the relevant factors in a client's life to identify themes for further exploration in the counseling process.

Answer 72

assessment

Question 73

Assessment is part of the process that leads to _____.

Answer 73

diagnosis

Question 74

__________ consists of identifying a specific mental disorder based on a pattern of symptoms.

Answer 74

diagnosis

Question 75

The integration of the best available research with clinical expertise in the context of patient characteristics, culture, and preferences.

Answer 75

Evidence-based Practice

Question 76

___________, either sexual or nonsexual, occur when counselors assume two or more roles simultaneously or sequentially with a client.

Answer 76

dual or multiple relationships

Question 77

Generally, the professional organizations advice against forming _________ because of the potential misuse of power, exploiting the client, and impaired objectivity.

Answer 77

dual and multiple relationships

Question 78

In order to minimize risk, you can set healthy boundaries early in the therapeutic relationship. How can you do this?

Answer 78

1. Give informed consent, | 2. consult with the client throughout the process, and 3.document discussions

Question 79

Another way to minimize risk is to consult with __________ as one way to maintain objectivity, identify unanticipated difficulties, ethical issues and health symptoms with clients.

Answer 79

fellow professionals

Question 80

Work ___________ when dual relationships are potentially problematic or the risk for harm is high.

Answer 80

under a supervisor

Question 81

Another way to minimize risk is to self-_______.

Answer 81

monitor