Fundamentals Ch 4-5 Flashcards
Which is not one of Hackney and Cormier’s eight characteristics of the effective helper?
Ego-awareness
Purkey and Schmidt’s approach to being an effective helper had to do with which of the following?
Ways of living a healthy life
An empathic clinician is one who has:
The ability to understand the inner world of another person
In reference to the counseling relationship, genuineness is ___ in the helping relationship:
- Being authentic
- Being real
- Periodically self-disclosing
- Being open
All of the above
Clinicians who are accepting of others:
- Accept people unconditionally
- Accept people in their differences
Open-minded clinicians:
- Allow clients to express their points of view
- Are able to take in the client’s perspective and change the manner in which they come to understand the client
- Tend to be more empathic than those who are closed-minded
Cognitive complexity:
- Means that the clinician view clients in context
- Means that the clinician can understand clients from multiple perspectives
- Is and ability that can be developed by all clinicians
While many counselor attributes are related to client outcomes, one attribute that seems to be the most strongly related is:
Being good at building a counseling relationship
Joining is a term used by Salvadore Minuchin that can be most associated with which of the following counselor attributes?
Being good at building a counseling relationship
Research on the well-adjusted counselor shows which of the following?
They are more effective than those who are not well adjusted
Which of the following is not true regarding participation in one’s own therapy?
It addresses the requirement noted in accreditation standards that clinicians must attend their own therapy
Counselor competence includes all but which of the following?
- Having a thirst for knowledge
- Reading the professional literature
- Practicing only in one’s specialty area
- Knowing when to consult with others
- Knowing one’s limitations
All of the above
Counter-transference has been defined as:
- The positive or negative wishes, fantasies, and feelings that the counselor unconsciously directs or transfers to the client, stemming from his or her own unresolved conflicts
- The deleterious manner in which the clinician responds when a client’s behavior touches the clinician’s “sore spot”
Which of the following is the definition of client resistance, as noted in the text?
Any behavior that moves a client away from areas of discomfort or conflict and prevents the client from developing
The feeling that although we have gained expertise in a particular area, we still feel as if we are “faking it” or not worthy of what we have accomplished is called:
The Imposter Syndrome
The White Knight Syndrome is:
The sense among many beginning clinicians that we must somehow “save” the client
Which of the following is not correct concerning how majority counselors tend to work with minority clients?
They tend to amplify the impact of social forces on clients
Which of the following is not true about how minority clients tend to experience counseling?
They experience it as longer term than white clients, mostly because counselors have a difficult time understanding the minority client’s problem