Integrative Approach

Question 1

For decades, counselors resisted integration, often to the point of denying the validity of alternative theories and of ignoring effective methods from other theoretical schools. T or F (Integrative Approach)

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True

Question 2

As the field of psychotherapy has matured, the concept of integration has emerged as a mainstay (95.8% of therapists are integrative!). T or F (Integrative Approach)

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True

Question 3

Syncretism occurs when a practitioner, lacking in knowledge and skill in selecting interventions, looks for anything that seems to work. T or F (Integrative Approach)

Answer 3

True

Question 4

One of the best known forms of technical integration is multimodal therapy created by Arnold Lazarus. T or F (Integrative Approach)

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True

Question 5

Psychotherapy integration stresses tailoring of interventions to the individual client, rather than to an overarching theory T or F (Integrative Approach)

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True

Question 6

It is ethically appropriate for clinicians to address clients’ spiritual and religious beliefs in the context of therapy. T or F (Integrative Approach)

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True

Question 7

Most forms of short-term psychotherapy are active in nature, collaborative in relationship, and integrative in orientation. T or F (Integrative Approach)

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True

Question 8

Therapeutic goals should not always be specific, concrete, and short term. T or F (Integrative Approach)

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True

Question 9

Evaluating how well psychotherapy works is not relatively simple. T or F (Integrative Approach)

Answer 9

True

Question 10

Significant empirical research on effectiveness has not been produced for all of the major models covered in this book. T or F (Integrative Approach)

Answer 10

True

Question 11

___________________ is best characterized by attempts to look beyond and across the confines of single-school approaches to see what can be learned from other perspectives.(Integrative Approach)

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Psychotherapy integration

Question 12

What are the four most common pathways toward the integration of psychotherapies? (Integrative Approach)

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a) common factors approach b) assimilative integration c) technical integration d) symbolic integration

Question 13

Which path calls for using techniques from different schools without necessarily subscribing to the theoretical positions that spawned them? (Integrative Approach)

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technical integration

Question 14

All of the following therapies synthesize the best aspects of two or more theoretical approaches (Integrative Approach)

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a) Emotion-focused therapy b) Dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) c) Acceptance and commitment therapy

Question 15

The _________________________ approach is grounded in a particular school of psychotherapy, along with an openness to selectively incorporate practices from other therapeutic approaches. (Integrative Approach)

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assimilative integration

Question 16

Support, warmth, feedback, empathic listening, and developing a working alliance are considered __________________ that have empirically shown to be curative (Integrative Approach)

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common factors

Question 17

______________________ will increasingly become the organizing force for integration. (Integrative Approach)

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Evidence-based practice

Question 18

One aspect of integration that is particularly well-suited to taking cultural factors into account is (Integrative Approach)

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therapeutic flexibility.

Question 19

Sydney, a grief counselor, mentioned to his colleagues in a peer supervision group that he is open to discussing his clients’ spiritual and religious beliefs with them. What should he say to his colleagues who are skeptical about this practice? (Integrative Approach)

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“My clients’ spiritual and religious beliefs are a major sustaining power that supports them when all else fails. I think it would be unethical for me to overlook this.”

Question 20

Cognitive behavior therapists frequently design __________ to assist clients in practicing new behavior outside therapy sessions. (Integrative Approach)

Answer 20

homework assignments

Question 21

What would both cognitive behavior therapists and reality therapists be inclined to say to their clients? (Integrative Approach)

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“What do you think about trying out the new behaviors we discussed today during the week?

Question 22

Which of the following approaches does not emphasize the personal relationship as the crucial determinant of treatment outcomes? (Integrative Approach)

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The behavioral approach

Question 23

Which of the following approaches does emphasize the personal relationship as the crucial determinant of treatment outcomes? (Integrative Approach)

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a) The person-centered approach b) The existential approach c) The Gestalt approach

Question 24

Eliza considers herself an Adlerian therapist, Julie regards herself as a feminist therapist, and Kyle specializes in cognitive behavioral therapy. All three therapists, regardless of their theoretical orientation, must do all the following (Integrative Approach)

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a) decide what techniques, procedures, or intervention methods to use in each case. b) decide what relationship style to adopt with each client. c) decide when to use certain techniques, procedures, or intervention methods, and with which clients

Question 25

Most outcome studies in counseling have been conducted by researchers affiliated with (Integrative Approach)

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behavior and cognitive therapy and person-centered therapy

Question 26

Research evidence from meta-analyses has demonstrated that psychotherapy is

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highly effective.

Question 27

eclectic practice consisting of haphazardly picking techniques without any overall theoretical rationale

Answer 27

syncretism

Question 28

best characterized by attempts to look beyond and across the confines of single-school approaches to see what can be learned from other perspectives and how clients can benefit from a variety of ways of conducting therapy.

Answer 28

Psychotherapy integration

Question 29

aims at selecting the best treatment techniques for the individual and the problem.

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technical integration. This path calls for using techniques from different schools without necessarily subscribing to the theoretical positions that spawned them.

Question 30

refers to a conceptual or theoretical creation beyond a mere blending of techniques. This route has the goal of producing a conceptual framework that synthesizes the best aspects of two or more theoretical approaches under the assumption that the outcome will be richer than either theory alone.

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theoretical integration. Examples: DBT & ACT & EFT.

Question 31

approach is grounded in a particular school of psychotherapy, along with an openness to selectively incorporate practices from other therapeutic approaches.

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assimilative integration. Example: mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT)

Question 32

searches for common elements across different theoretical systems. Despite many differences among the theories, a recognizable core of counseling practice is composed of nonspecific variables common to all therapies.

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common factors approach. Include: empathic listening, support, warmth, developing a working alliance, opportunity for catharsis, practicing new behaviors, feedback, positive expectations of clients, working through one’s own conflicts, understanding interpersonal and intrapersonal dynamics, change that occurs outside of the therapy office, client factors, therapist effects, and learning to be self-reflective about one’s work