Chapter 14. Skill integration, personal style, transcendence

Question 1

Which one of the following is an INACCURATE description of one of the five stages of the client session?

a. Initiate the session, rapport and structuring.	
b. Gather data; draw out client stories.	
c. Counselor sets client goals.	
d. Explore and create alternatives.	
e. Conclude and generalize; act on new stories

Answer 1

c. Counselor sets client goals

Question 2

Which theory of counseling stresses core counselor attitudes, such as empathy and unconditional positive regard, to help the client explore his or her feelings in and achieve his or her full potential?

a. Decisional counseling	
b. Person-centered counseling	
c. Logotherapy	
d. Multicultural counseling and therapy

Answer 2

b. Person-centered counseling

Question 3

Which of the following research findings suggests that you should structure the session and let the client know what to expect?

a. Clients have sought help before.	
b. First impressions are important.	
c. Counseling helps, but so do events outside of the session.	
d. None of these findings apply.

Answer 3

b. First impressions are important.

Question 4

As you prepare your first session treatment plan for a new client, you would most likely ask the question “What specific incongruities do you anticipate in the client?” at which stage of the session?

a. Initiate the session.
b. Gather data.
c. Sets goals mutually.
d. Explore and create alternatives.
e. Conclude and generalize.

Answer 4

d. Explore and create alternatives.

Question 5

Which of the following research findings suggests that generalizing behavior and thought to daily life is central?

a. Clients have sought help before.	
b. First impressions are important.	
c. Counseling helps, but so do events outside of the session.	
d. None of these findings apply.

Answer 5

c. Counseling helps, but so do events outside of the session.

Question 6

Relapse Prevention (RP), a common practice for many counseling interventions, was originally applied to

a. drug and alcohol abuse treatment	
b. social justice issues	
c. anger management classes	
d. microaggressions

Answer 6

a. drug and alcohol abuse treatment

Question 7

Which of the following research findings suggests that you should ask your clients what they have tried before they came to you and find out what aspects of prior efforts seemed to help?

a. Clients have sought help before.	
b. First impressions are important.	
c. Counseling helps, but so do events outside of the session.	
d. None of these findings apply.

Answer 7

a. Clients have sought help before.

Question 8

Which of the following is a good reason to refer a client?

a. No counselor has all the answers.
b. You refer your client to welfare and child services because he or she needs additional help.
c. The client/counselor relationship is just not working as well as it should.
d. All of these are good reasons to refer.

Answer 8

d. All of these are good reasons to refer.

Question 9

Which aspect of an effective counselor addresses the capacity to go beyond oneself and successfully apply newly mastered skills in helping others?

a. Multicultural understanding	
b. Empathy	
c. Transcendence	
d. Authenticity

Answer 9

c. Transcendence

Question 10

Which of the following is a key aspect of Carl Rogers’ counseling approach?

a. The importance of empathic understanding	
b. The centrality of emotion	
c. An emphasis on listening	
d. All of the above

Answer 10

d. All of the above