Chapter 1 - Intentional Interviewing, Counseling, and Psychotherapy

Question 1

pillars of competency

Answer 1

awareness, knowledge, skills, action

Question 2

interviewing

Answer 2

basic process for gathering data, providing info and suggestions to clients, offering workable alternatives for resolving concerns

Question 3

coaching

Answer 3

a whort to medium term professional collaborative relationship between a client and coach, aimed at identification, utilization, and development of personal/psychological strengths and resources in order to enhance positive states, traits, behavior

Question 4

counseling

Answer 4

a more intensive and personal process. focus is on listening to and understanding a client’s life challenges and then developing strategies for change and growth

Question 5

psychotherapy

Answer 5

focuses on more deep-seated difficulties, which often require more time for resolution.

Question 6

resilience

Answer 6

short and long-term goal of effective counseling. seek to help clients “bounce back”

Question 7

self-actualization

Answer 7

the curative force in psychotherapy – humans’ tendency to actualize themselves, to become their potentialities

Question 8

5 stages of the counseling session

Answer 8

1. empathetic relationship
2. story and strength
3. goals
4. restory
5. action

Question 9

executive function

Answer 9

a set of mental skills that include working memory, flexible thinking, and self-control

Question 10

thalamus

Answer 10

relay and attention

Question 11

anterior cingulate

Answer 11

blood pressure, decisions, empathy

Question 12

prefrontal cortex

Answer 12

executive functions, positive emotions

Question 13

hippocampus

Answer 13

memory

Question 14

nucleus accumbens

Answer 14

pleasure center, dopamine

Question 15

where are positive emotions primarily?

Answer 15

left frontal cortex