Person-Centred Therapy

Question 1

True or false: person-centred therapy is best described as a completed and fixed “school”, or model of therapy

Answer 1

F

Question 2

True or false: diagnosis of clients is seen as an important beginning point for therapy.

Answer 2

F

Question 3

True or false: a major contribution of this approach has been the willingness of Rogers to state his formulations as testable hypotheses and submit them to research

Answer 3

T

Question 4

True or false: the person-centred approach to group counselling is based on the assumption that the group members have the resourcefulness for positive movement without the facilitator of the group assuming an active and directive role

Answer 4

T

Question 5

True or false: directive procedures are called for when clients feel that they are “stuck” in therapy.

Answer 5

F

Question 6

True or false: Natalie Rogers expanded on of father’s theory of creativity using the expressive arts to enhance personal growth for individuals and groups.

Answer 6

T

Question 7

True or false: motivational interviewing rests on the therapeutic core conditions; however, it offers a range of strategies that enable clients to develop action plans leading to change.

Answer 7

T

Question 8

True or false: a limitation of this approach is that it is a long-term approach.

Answer 8

F

Question 9

True or false: methods of Natalie Rogers expressive arts therapy based on psychoanalytic concepts.

Answer 9

F

Question 10

True or false: motivational interviewing is deliberately directive and is aimed at reducing client ambivalence about change and increasing intrinsic motivation.

Answer 10

T

Question 11

In person-centred group counselling the role of the counsellor is best described as:
A. A coach
B. Teacher
C. Skilled group technician
D. Director
E. Facilitator

Answer 11

E

Question 12

Person-centred therapy is a form of
A. Psychoanalysis
B. Humanistic therapy
C. Behavioural therapy
D. Cognitive-oriented therapy
E. Both C and D

Answer 12

B

Question 13

Which of the following is considered important in person-centred therapy?
A. Accurate diagnosis
B. Accurate therapist interpretation
C. Therapeutic experiments
D. All of the above
E. None of the above

Answer 13

E

Question 14

Congruence refers to the therapist's
A. Genuineness
B. Empathy for the client
C. Positive regard
D. Respect for clients
E. Judge mental attitude

Answer 14

A

Question 15

In person-centred therapy, transference is:
A. Necessary, but not sufficient, condition of therapy
B. A core part of the therapeutic process
C. A neurotic distortion
D. A result of ineptness on the therapist part
E. Not an essential or significant factor in the therapy process

Answer 15

E

Question 16

Emotion-focused therapy:
A. Is rooted in person-centred philosophy
B. Incorporates aspects of Gestalt therapy into the process
C. Incorporates aspects of extensional therapy into the process
D. Both the a and B
E. All of the above

Answer 16

E

Question 17

Accurate empathic understanding refers to the therapists ability to:
A. Accurately diagnose the client central problem
B. Objectively understand the dynamics of a client
C. Like and care for the client
D. Sense the in a world of the client’s subjective experience

Answer 17

D

Question 18

Which technique (S) is (are) most often used in the person-centred approach?
A. Questioning and probing
B. Analysis of resistance
C. Free Association
D. Active listening and reflection
E. Interpretation

Answer 18

D

Question 19

Which statement is most true of person-centred therapy?
A. Therapists should be judgemental at times
B. Therapists should direct the session when clients are silent
C. The skill a therapist possesses is more important than his or her attitude toward a client
D. The techniques of therapist uses are less important than our his or her attitudes

Answer 19

D

Question 20

In what stage of change to individuals intend to take action immediately and reports in small behavioural changes?
A. Pre-contemplation
B. Contemplation
C. Preparation
D. Action
E. Maintenance

Answer 20

C

Question 21

One’s strength of the person-centred approach is that:
A. It offers a wide range of cognitive techniques to change behaviour
B. It teaches clients ways to explore the meaning of dreams
C. It emphasises reliving one’s early childhood memories
D. Therapists have the latitude to develop their own counselling style
E. Clients are given a concrete plan to follow

Answer 21

D

Question 22

A limitation of the person-centred approach is a:
A. Lack of research conducted on key concepts
B. Tendency for practitioners to give support without challenging client sufficiently
C. Lack of attention to therapeutic relationship
D. Failure to allow clients to choose for themselves

Answer 22

B

Question 23

Rogers made a contribution to:
A. Developing the humanistic movement and psychotherapy
B. Pioneering research in the process and outcomes of therapy
C. Fostering world peace
D. Pioneering the encounter-group movement
E. All of the above

Answer 23

E

Question 24

As a result of experience person-centred therapy, it is hypothesised that the client will move toward
A. Self-trust
B. An internal source of evaluation
C. Being more open to experience
D. A willingness to continue growing
E. All of the above

Answer 24

E

Question 25

Unconditional positive regard refers to:
a. A feeling of a sense of liking for clients
B. Accepting clients is worthy persons
C. Approving of clients behaviour
D. Agreeing with clients values
E. Accepting clients if they meet the therapists expectations

Answer 25

B