exam

Question 1

Psychological service providers need a

Answer 1

Sociocultural framework to consider diversity of values, intersectional styles and cultural expectations in a systematic fashion

Question 2

APA ethnic board established a task forced to

Answer 2

Help with ethnic minority populations

Question 3

Psychologists working with culturally diverse populations should document culturally and sociopolitically relevant factors in the records

Answer 3

-number of generations in the country
-number of years in country
-fluency in English
-extent of family support
-community resources
-level of education
-change in social status as a result of coming to this country
-intimate relationship with people of different backgrounds
-level of stress related to acculturation

Question 4

Existential Psychotherapy

Answer 4

similar to other dynamic therapies in the belief that people are governed by conflicting forces and have varying levels of awareness

Question 5

Existential concerns cause

Answer 5

Anxiety, which is combatted by defenses

Question 6

Transference

Answer 6

placing on to the therapist characteristics that belong to other people with whom one has unressolved issues

Question 7

Countertransference

Answer 7

helpers reactions to the client that originate in the unresolved issues of the helper

Question 8

How do you facilitate self-awareness

Answer 8

being mindful and accepting thoughts/ feeling as they emerge

Question 9

hindering/interfering self awareness

Answer 9

caused by anxiety about ones skill or being taped

Question 10

what is an unhealthy self-oriented motivations for wanting help?

Answer 10

they are needy and view helping as a way to develop relationships

Question 11

hot buttons

Answer 11

reflect problems that can be triggered in the helping setting

Question 12

psychotherapy

Answer 12

Resolve personal problems and learn about yourself and your motivations for becoming a helper

Question 13

bracketing

Answer 13

set aside, personal events to focus on the client, need to maintain boundaries and limits of the helping relationship

Question 14

Two-chair work challenge

Answer 14

have clinician represent both patient and their voices and switch seats, or have patient do it

Question 15

types of challenges

Answer 15

two-chair work, silence and humor

Question 16

guidelines for challenging discrepancies

Answer 16

need to do it in a way that clients can hear the challenge & feel supported rather than attacked

Question 17

silence

Answer 17

helper challenges clients to take responsibility for what they want to say, but be careful make sure their is a good therapeutic relationship