Comp exam preparation helping relationships

Question 1

Which of the following is NOT a reason for attending closely to client nonverbal behavior?

• It sometimes contains more leakage of underlying feelings than words
• It may often portray the client more accurately than verbal responses
• It is one way in which people convey their sense of self
• It is consistent across cultural differences

Answer 1

It is consistent across cultural differences

Question 2

A counselor says to a student, “You say that you want to graduate from school, but you don’t seem to be doing the things that would help you achieve that goal. Can you help me understand what is going on here?” This is an example of the counselor using the skill of

• advanced empathy
• confronting
• immediacy
• interpretation

Answer 2

confronting

Question 3

The concept of “multicultural empathy” suggests

• understanding what is human rather than cultural about the client’s expressions
• here and now responding rather than focusing on history and background
• gathering information about cultures other than your own
• understanding the client’s cultural worldview

Answer 3

understanding the client’s cultural worldview

Question 4

Which of the following client responses might be called a “test of trust”?

• Do you have children yourself?
• I have never been able to tell anyone about this. Even my parents.
• I don’t really know if you can help me at all.
• All of the above.

Answer 4

All of the above.

Question 5

Counter transference in counseling is said to affect

• the counselor’s expression of empathy
• the objectivity of the counselor
• the spontaneity of the client
• the motivation levels of the client

Answer 5

the objectivity of the counselor

Question 6

A counselor using the skill of immediacy would be likely to tell a client about

• his past experiences of similar struggles
• her prizing of the client
• his belief in the client’s ability to act quickly to solve a problem
• her own feelings in response to the client’s expressions

Answer 6

her own feelings in response to the client’s expressions

Question 7

The purposes of summarization include

• Reviewing progress made over 2 previous sessions
• Conveying advanced empathy
• Establishing the ground work on which confrontation can be given
• Preparing for counselor self-disclosure

Answer 7

Reviewing progress made over 2 previous sessions

Question 8

Which of the following was NOT one of Carl Rogers “core conditions” for effective counseling?
empathy
positive regard
positive reinforcement
unconditionality of regard

Answer 8

positive reinforcement

Question 9

Which of the following responses is the best example of empathy?

• What exactly are you worried about?
• You feel that he shouldn’t give you such a low grade
• You feel confident about applying because the job fits you so well.
• Sounds like you are worrying about something that doesn’t really need to be worried about.

Answer 9

You feel confident about applying because the job fits you so well.

Question 10

A reframe is a counselor statement that

• identifies an exception to the problem
• confronts the client’s interpretation of the problem
• situates the client’s struggle in a more positive light
• subtly conveys the counselor’s opinion about what the client should do

Answer 10

situates the client’s struggle in a more positive light

Question 11

Which of the following can be described as an “influencing” response?

• paraphrasing
• minimal encouragers
• asking clarifying questions
• interpretation

Answer 11

interpretation

Question 12

If a client tells a counselor that she is feeling “depressed” which of the following responses would utilize the skill of “concreteness”?

• What specifically are you feeling depressed about?
• Sounds like you are feeling really bad about life.
• I know what it’s like. I feel depressed sometimes.
• How often do you feel this way?

Answer 12

What specifically are you feeling depressed about?

Question 13

Counseling is best thought of as a partnership in which both client & counselor are working together, as if rowing a boat. This is a description of what is called

• working alliance
• congruence
• transference
• dual relationship

Answer 13

working alliance

Question 14

By “congruence”, Carl Rogers meant close matching of

• needs and goals
• client and counselor
• awareness and experience
• feelings and perceptions

Answer 14

awareness and experience

Question 15

According to the “social influence” model of counseling, clients are less likely to be open to a counselor’s influence on them if the counselor

• lets the client structure the interview
• uses self-disclosure moderately
• demonstrates trustworthiness & competence
• is attractive to the client in manner and appearance

Answer 15

lets the client structure the interview

Question 16

Paying attention to the nonverbal behaviors named “paralinguistics” refers to which of the following?

• voice level, pitch, tone and rate of speech
• environmental and personal space
• bodily expressions and movements
• orientation to time

Answer 16

voice level, pitch, tone and rate of speech

Question 17

“Why did you react that way?” Which is the most compelling reason why this counselor response may not build trust in the counseling relationship?

• It implies a judgment that the reaction was wrong.
• It is a question rather than a statement.
• As expressions of empathy go, it does not contain enough advanced empathy.
• It does not really matter why the client reacted that way.

Answer 17

It implies a judgment that the reaction was wrong.

Question 18

Pacing and leading by a counselor refers to

• matching reinforcement to the client’s speed of progress
• tracing the effects of a piece of communication around a family system
• measuring and then working to increase a client’s level of motivation for change
• matching the client’s mode of expression and then later subtly changing in order to bring about change

Answer 18

matching the client’s mode of expression and then later subtly changing in order to bring about change

Question 19

Transference occurs in counseling when

• The counselor mistakes the client for a previous client
• The client responds to the counselor as if she were his mother
• The counselor acts like the client’s father
• The client and the counselor share certain feelings in common.

Answer 19

The client responds to the counselor as if she were his mother

Question 20

The difference between a paraphrase and a reflection is

• A reflection includes a summarization of 2 or more paraphrases
• A paraphrase may include a clarification question.
• A reflection focuses on nonverbals and a paraphrase does not
• A reflection attends to affect and a paraphrase only to content.

Answer 20

A reflection attends to affect and a paraphrase only to content.