Week 5 - Counselling Psychology

Question 1

What did Jim mean when he talked about ‘two parts of the rope?’

Answer 1

good psychology practice is both strength and flexibility; science-based psychology and counselling practice

Question 2

What was Jim concerned about when he mentioned advanced interrogation techniques?

Answer 2

Psychologists helped devise techniques (torture) to be used in Guantanamo bay (psychology can be used for good and evil)

Question 3

What is “universal psychological debriefing,” and is it still in use?

Answer 3

In the aftermath of a traumatic experience, it was thought that someone needed to be debriefed immediately by psychologists. Turns out this does more harm than good, and is not used today.

Question 4

What is “reestablishing bodily safety?”

Answer 4

Used in place of “universal psychological debriefing,” it is the act of making someone feel safe again after a trauma, not necessarily done by a psychologist. Could be sitting with someone, cup of tea, etc.

Question 5

What did Smith & Glass conclude from their meta analysis?

Answer 5

psychotherapy compared to no treatment had an effect size of .8 (clients receiving psychotherapy were better off than 79% of those who went untreated)

Question 6

What does the phrase “all of them work for someone, but none of them work for everyone” refer to?

Answer 6

The hundreds of therapy techniques that are available these days; although all therapies work for someone, there is no ‘universal’ therapy that works for everyone

Question 7

List the most important to the least important factors that influence therapy outcomes in Lambert’s common problems (four factors)

Answer 7

1. Client factors
2. Therapeutic relationship
3. Hope
4. model/ technique

Question 8

The scientific method versus the counselling process

Answer 8

Ask a question - Form Alliance 
Gather data - Assessment 
Construct Hypotheses - Formulation 
Test Hypothesis - Plan 
Extrapolate Conclusions - Implement Treatment

Question 9

What are all psychological theories/ therapies trying to describe?

Answer 9

A part of the human experience through the lens of the psychologist

Question 10

Currently, what is influencing the direction of counselling? (think brain)

Answer 10

Integrated model of neuro-psychotherapy, which provides a common language for various therapies to unite

Question 11

The science of the counsellor versus the Art of the counsellor

Answer 11

theoretical knowledge - wisdom
technical skill - intuition
ongoing learning - sincerity
reflective practice - creativity