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Counseling
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There is little empirical support for the application of the cognitive behavioral approach to group counseling.
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A factor that distinguishes the person-centered approach to group counseling from other approaches is:a. the therapist's role as facilitator.b. the length of treatment.c. the focus on creating a collaborative spirit.d. the focus on building genuine relationships among members.
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Becoming an ethical practitioner is not a final destination but a journey that will continue throughout your career.
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One item in the series of five does not fit with the other four items. Identify the word or phrase that does not fit with the rest of the series.
(a) person-centered therapy, (b) feminist therapy, (c) Gestalt therapy, (d) existential therapy, (e) experiential therapies
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According to psychoanalytic therapy, human beings are:
a. motivated by social interest.
b. determined by psychic energy and early experiences.
c. inclined toward becoming fully functioning.
d. free to choose who they will become.
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From a cognitive perspective, depression is largely due to one's attitudes and beliefs.
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Patrick has been confronted by family members and friends about his excessive gambling. Despite their attempts to help him, he insists that they are overreacting and that he has everything under control. He does not feel the need to alter his behaviors. Patrick is at which stage of change?
a. precontemplation
b. contemplation
c. preparation
d. action
e. maintenance
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A boundary crossing could potentially benefit a client.
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One item in the series of five does not fit with the other four items. Identify the word or phrase that does not fit with the rest of the series.
(a) total behavior, (b) quality world, (c) confronting irrational beliefs, (d) cycle of counseling, (e) choice theory
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The main focus of family therapy is on past interactions and past conflicts as the best way to understand the dynamics of the family system.
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Stress inoculation is a coping-skills approach designed to change a person's self-statements.
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According to Natalie Rogers, external conditions that nurture creativity include all of the following except:
a. psychological safety.
b. psychological freedom.
c. simulating and challenging experiences.
d. negative reinforcement.
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If you are successful in establishing boundaries in various aspects of your personal life, you have a good foundation for creating sound boundaries with clients.
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One item in the series of five does not fit with the other four items. Identify the word or phrase that does not fit with the rest of the series.
(a) self-evaluation, (b) plan for action, (c) commitment, (d) unconditional positive regard, (e) WDEP
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Because an individual is connected to a living system, change in one part of that system will result in change in the other parts.
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Since humor shows the absurdity of certain ideas that clients steadfastly maintain, it is always inappropriate to use in sessions as it might be perceived as offensive.
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Person-centered expressive arts therapy is founded all of the following notions except:
a. releasing creative energy is based on the principle of regression.
b. the creative process is inherently healing.
c. engaging in expressive art forms connects us to our unconscious.
d. emotions are a source of energy.
e. personal growth is facilitated by self-awareness.
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Multiple relationship issues can be resolved with ethics codes alone.
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One item in the series of five does not fit with the other four items. Identify the word or phrase that does not fit with the rest of the series.
(a) lifestyle assessment, (b) genograms, (c) family-life chronology, (d) accommodating, (e) joining
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Clo Madanes developed conjoint family therapy.
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Beck's therapeutic approach focuses on specific symptoms of depressed clients and the reasons they give for these symptoms.
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Adrianne, who is uncertain about her career goals and is afraid to commit to any career path, is working with a therapist who specializes in using motivational interviewing strategies. What will her therapist look for in order to assess the success of therapy?
a. an improvement in Adrianne's ability to block negative thoughts about her career options.
b. a reduction in Adrianne's ambivalence about choosing a career path and an increase in her intrinsic motivation to clarify her direction.
c. progress in working through unconscious conflicts related to commitment.
d. A willingness on Adrianne's part to examine her family constellation in order to deepen her understanding of her reasons for her lack of direction.
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The ethics codes mandate avoidance of all dual or multiple relationships.
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One item in the series of five does not fit with the other four items. Identify the word or phrase that does not fit with the rest of the series.
(a) Michael White, (b) Albert Ellis, (c) Insoo Kim Berg, (d) Steve de Shazer, (e) Harlene Anderson
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Within the field of family therapy, Virginia Satir has been the most influential leader in the development of both gender and cultural perspectives and frameworks in family practice.
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According to REBT, what is rational corresponds to a description of subjective reality.
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Accurate empathic understanding helps clients to:
a. notice and value their experiences.
b. reconceptualize earlier experiences
c. modify their perceptions of themselves, others, and the world.
d. increase their confidence in making choices and in pursuing a course of action.
e. all of these.
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The only setting in which one might be forced to manage multiple roles is in community mental health centers.
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One item in the series of five does not fit with the other four items. Identify the word or phrase that does not fit with the rest of the series.
(a) differentiation of self, (b) triangulation, (c) enmeshment, (d) early recollections, (e) family life cycle
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Strategic therapists emphasize the value of therapist interpretation, exploring unresolved issues from the past, and insight.
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REBT can be effectively employed in crisis intervention.
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Person-centered research has been conducted on:
a. treating specific behavioral problems.
b. the hypothesized necessary and sufficient conditions of therapeutic personality change.
c. comparing the outcomes of person-centered therapy with other models.
d. treatment of personality disorders.
e. all of these.
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Practice-based evidence involves using data generated during treatment to inform the process and outcome of treatment.
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One item in the series of five does not fit with the other four items. Identify the word or phrase that does not fit with the rest of the series.
(a) assessment, (b) preparation, (c) imaginal flooding, (d) cognitive restructuring, (e) shame-attacking exercises.
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Joining, accommodation, and boundary making are techniques likely to be used by structural family therapists.
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Rational-emotive imagery involves teaching relaxation techniques.
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Concerning research on psychotherapy, it can be said that Carl Rogers:
a. stated his concepts as testable hypotheses and submitted them to research.
b. literally opened the field for psychotherapy research.
c. inspired others to conduct extensive research on counseling process and outcome.
d. all of these.
e. none of these.
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Evidence-based practice is a potent force in psychotherapeutic practice today, and it may mandate the types of treatments therapists can offer in the future.
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One item in the series of five does not fit with the other four items. Identify the word or phrase that does not fit with the rest of the series.
(a) storied lives, (b) personal is political, (c) deconstruction, (d) search for unique outcomes, (e) re-authoring
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In experiential therapy, techniques are secondary to the relationship that the therapist is able to establish with the family.
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There is no concept in REBT that in any way agrees with Rogers's idea of unconditional positive regard.
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According to Carl Rogers, the three core conditions that create a growth-promoting climate are:
a. congruence, conditional acceptance, faith in a client.
b. congruence, unconditional positive regard, empathic understanding.
c. total love and caring, therapist transparency, and empathy.
d. realness, objectively viewing the client's world, full acceptance.
e. commitment, compassion, and confrontation.
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Clinicians who work in community mental health agencies, private practice, and other human service settings are generally expected to assess client problems within the framework of the National Association of Social Workers' Diagnostic and Assessment Protocol Manual (3rd ed.)
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One item in the series of five does not fit with the other four items. Identify the word or phrase that does not fit with the rest of the series.
(a) search for self-awareness, (b) awareness of death, (c) bad faith, (d) striving for superiority, (e) authenticity
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In Whitaker's experiential therapy, there is a greater focus on exploring past experiences than on here-and-now interaction between the family and the therapist.
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The cognitive-behavioral therapies are largely based on the idea that the reorganization of clients' self-statements is a key to changing their behavior.
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In the 1960s and 1970s Rogers did a great deal to spearhead the development of:
a. organizational management seminars.
b. private colleges aimed at training person-centered therapists.
c. personal-growth groups and encounter groups.
d. the National Training Laboratories and T-groups.
e. registration and certification of person-centered counselors.
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A diagnosis provides a working hypothesis that guides the practitioner in understanding the client.
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One item in the series of five does not fit with the other four items. Identify the word or phrase that does not fit with the rest of the series.
(a) ego-defense mechanism, (b) anxiety, (c) psychosexual development stages, (d) the unconscious, (e) social action
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According to Haley, who the therapist is as a person is far more important than specific intervention techniques.
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Part of Ellis's motivation for developing REBT was to deal with his own problems.
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In person-centered group therapy, the leader:
a. displays a sense of trust in the members.
b. uses techniques and exercises to motivate the group.
c. focuses on making interpretations.
d. sets goals for the group members.
e. facilitates the direction of group discussions.
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Overemphasizing cultural differences is always appropriate in a counseling context.
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One item in the series of five does not fit with the other four items. Identify the word or phrase that does not fit with the rest of the series.
(a) behavior modification, (b) mistaken goals, (c) private logic, (d) early recollections, (e) family constellation
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Given the complexity of the multilayered approach to family therapy, the therapist must adopt the role of "expert."
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REBT contends that humans need the love and acceptance of significant others in order to feel worthwhile.
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Therapists utilizing motivational interviewing strategies view clients as:
a. opponents to be defeated.
b. allies who play a major role in their present and future success.
c. victims of their own psychopathology who need to be liberated from their pain and dysfunction.
d. people who are lazy and need a powerful incentive to change their ways.
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Contemporary therapy approaches are grounded on a core set of values, which are neither value-neutral nor applicable to all cultures.
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One item in the series of five does not fit with the other four items. Identify the word or phrase that does not fit with the rest of the series.
(a) style of life, (b) openness to experience, (c) formative tendency, (d) internal source of evaluation, (e) willingness to continue growing
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Bowenian therapists function in ways to bring about change through action-oriented directives and paradoxical interventions.
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Ellis suggests that most clients attend both individual and group therapy at some point in time.
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One of the limitations of the person-centered approach is that:
a. its has not been subjected to rigorous research.
b. it is not grounded in personality theory.
c. therapists use vigorous confrontation methods.
d. there can be a tendency to give too much support and not enough challenge.
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Confidentiality can be considered an absolute.
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One item in the series of five does not fit with the other four items. Identify the word or phrase that does not fit with the rest of the series.
(a) the internal dialogue exercise, (b) the rehearsal experiment, (c) cognitive restructuring, (d) the exaggeration exercise, (e) making the rounds
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There is a trend in the field of family therapy toward rejecting an integrative model of practice.
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REBT hypothesizes that we keep ourselves emotionally disturbed by the process of self-indoctrination.
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The person-centered approach has been applied to:
a. personal-growth groups.
b. education
c. family therapy.
d. foreign relations.
e. all of these.
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It is optional for therapists to inform their clients that they may discuss certain details of the relationship with a supervisor or a colleague.
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One item in the series of five does not fit with the other four items. Identify the word or phrase that does not fit with the rest of the series.
(a) object-relations, (b) strategic, (c) structural, (d) multigenerational, (e) experiential-symbolic
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From a family systems perspective, an individual's dysfunctional behavior grows out of the interactional unit of the family as well as the larger community and societal systems.
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According to Ellis, events themselves do not cause emotional disturbances; rather it is our evaluation of these events that causes the problem.
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From Carl Rogers's perspective the client/therapist relationship is characterized by:
a. a sense of equality.
b. the transference relationship.
c. the therapist functioning as the expert.
d. a clearly defined contract that specifies what clients will talk about in the sessions.
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__________________ is the view of ethical practice that deals with the minimum level of professional practice.
a. Mandatory ethics
b. Minimal ethics
c. Positive ethics
d. Aspirational ethics
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One item in the series of five does not fit with the other four items. Identify the word or phrase that does not fit with the rest of the series.
(a) pre-therapy change, (b) exception questions, (c) the miracle question,
(d) scaling questions, (e) problem-saturated stories
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Family systems therapy can be used when working with individual clients.
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Ellis was originally trained as a psychoanalyst.
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The person-centered therapist's most important function is:
a, to begin therapy with a comprehensive lifestyle assessment.
b. to challenge clients to examine their past.
c. to skillfully confront clients when they engage in self-destructive behaviors.
d. to be his or her real self in the relationship with a client.
e. to be an agent of social change.
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Evidenced-based practices are not:
a. based on psychodynamic principles.
b. tailored to address specific problems and symptoms.
c. founded on empirical research.
d. generally time limited.
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One item in the series of five does not fit with the other four items. Identify the word or phrase that does not fit with the rest of the series.
(a) coaching, (b) modeling methods, (c) systematic desensitization, (d) reversal technique, (e) relaxation technique
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Families are multilayered systems that both affect and are affected by the larger systems in which they are embedded.