ISSA Nutritionist: Unit 9

Question 1

mental skills

Answer 1

Skills for managing your impulses and emotions

Question 2

active listening

Answer 2

To fully concentrate on what is being said, not just passively hearing what the person is saying

Question 3

bright spots

Answer 3

Things that are already going well

Question 4

triage

Answer 4

Assigning degrees of urgency

Question 5

Outcome goals

Answer 5

specify what will happen at the end of things — the outcome.

Question 6

Behavior goals

Answer 6

specify what actions must be taken to get there — the processes, actions, steps, and behaviors that must occur in order to progress toward the outcome.

Question 7

The Big Kahuna

Answer 7

the piece or action which, if altered, would yield the most benefit. Changing this will be hard, but will yield massive payoffs.

Question 8

The Low-hanging Fruit

Answer 8

the piece or action that the client feels is easiest and least troublesome to change. Changing this will be simple and make the client feel immediately successful.

Question 9

ambivalence

Answer 9

Having mixed feelings or contradictory ideas about something or someone

Question 10

Motivational Interviewing (MI)

Answer 10

A directive, client-centered counseling style for eliciting behavior change by helping clients to explore and resolve ambivalence

Question 11

discrepancy

Answer 11

Enables someone to see that their present situation does not fit with their values