Clinical Psychology: Consultation

Question 1

Consultation has been defined as “a process in which a human services professional assists a ____________ with a _______-related or care-taking related problem with a client _________, with the goal of helping both….in some specified way.”

Answer 1

• Consultee
• Work
• System

Question 2

________________ Consultation adopts a systems approach and defines the entire ________ as the consultee.

Answer 2

• Organizational
• Organization

Question 3

______________ Consultation requires the consultant to adopt an explicit _______ orientation in order to foster the goals of a disenfranchised group.

Answer 3

• Advocacy
• Value

Question 4

Consultations generally involve _____ stages.

Answer 4

Four.

Question 5

________ is the initial phase of consultation, involving identifying consultee ______, contracting, and physically/_________ entering the system.

Answer 5

• Entry
• Needs
• Psychologically

Question 6

Resistance is most common during the ______ stage of consultation, and may occur as a __________ response to change or an __________ phenomenon when it is due to excessive rigidity in the client system or reflects counterproductive consultee issues.

Answer 6

• Entry
• Healthy
• Unhealthy

Question 7

_______ is the second stage of consultation, and entails gathering information, ________ the problem, setting goals, and generating possible __________.

Answer 7

• Diagnosis
• Defining
• Interventions

Question 8

___________ is the third stage of consultation, and consists of choosing an _________, formulating a plan, and ____________ the plan.

Answer 8

• Implementation
• Intervention
• Implementing

Question 9

___________ is the fourth and final stage of consultation, and involves ________ the consultation, planning post-consultation matters, reducing _______ and follow-up, and __________.

Answer 9

• Disengagement
• Evaluating
• Involvement
• Termination

Question 10

Mental Health Consultation is derived from the medical/psychiatric model and is attributed largely to the work of Gerald ________ (1970), who distinguished between _____ types.

Answer 10

• Caplan
• Four

Question 11

_______________ Consultation involves helping the consultee to work more effectively with the client.

Answer 11

Client-Centered Case.

Question 12

_______________ Consultation is focused on enhancing the consultee’s performance in delivering services to a population or group of clients, focusing on the consultee’s skills, knowledge, abilities, and/or objective.

Answer 12

Consultee-Centered Case.

Question 13

________ interference is a type of __________ that occurs when a past unresolved conflict related to a particular client or circumstance is evoked by and interferes with the consultee’s current situation.

Answer 13

• Theme
• Transference

Question 14

_____________ Consultation involves working with one or more administrators to resolve problems related to an existing program.

Answer 14

Program-Centered Administrative.

Question 15

_____________ Consultation focuses on the goal of helping administrative-level personnel improve their professional functioning so they can be more effective in the future with regard to program development, implementation, and evaluation.

Answer 15

Consultee-Centered Administrative.

Question 16

_________ Process in supervision occurs when a supervisee replicates problems and symptoms with the supervisor that are being manifested by the supervisee’s _______.

Answer 16

• Parallel
• Client