CECE - Clinical Mental Health Counseling Comp Exam Questions And Answers
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Which of the following is most correct concerning Rational-Emotive-Behavior Therapy?
a. "Nothing is good or bad but thinking makes it so." (Shakespeare)
b. All of the choices.
c. "Men are not disturbed by things, but by the view we take of them." (Epictetus)
d. "It is what you tell yourself that makes you feel bad." (Ellis)c. "Men are not disturbed by
things, but by the view we take of them." (Epictetus)
d. "It is what you tell yourself that makes you feel bad." (Ellis) - ✔✔a. "Nothing is good or bad
but thinking makes it so." (Shakespeare)
c. "Men are not disturbed by things, but by the view we take of them." (Epictetus)
d. "It is what you tell yourself that makes you feel bad." (Ellis)
According to you text, some of the things that cause our children problems are:
a. the changing world, values and crises.
b. too many refined products in their diets.
c. the focus on self-esteem.
d. a competitive environment. - ✔✔a. the changing world, values and crises.
One of the continuing challenges for many children is:
a. enmeshed extended families.
b. unchanging values.
c. high stakes testing.
d. poverty - ✔✔d. poverty
3. Brazelton and Greenspan's "irreducible needs" include all the following EXCEPT:
a. physical protection.
,b. working alliances.
c. nurturing relationships.
d. opportunities to learn. - ✔✔b. working alliances.
4. Which of the following statements is true? a. Principles for counseling children are
completely different than principles for counseling adults. b. Counseling involves a relationship
between a counselor and client in which the counselor helps the client resolve a problem. c.
Child counseling focuses on children with learning, social or behavioral problems and who are
classified as being severely disturbed. d. Counseling is always helpful.4. Which of the following
statements is true?
a. Principles for counseling children are completely different than principles for counseling
adults.
b. Counseling involves a relationship between a counselor and client in which the counselor
helps the client resolve a problem.
c. Child counseling focuses on children with learning, social or behavioral problems and who are
classified as being severely disturbed.
d. Counseling is always helpful. - ✔✔b. Counseling involves a relationship between a counselor
and client in which the counselor
helps the client resolve a problem.
Children bring three pieces of information to the counseling session. That information
includes their problem or concern, their feelings about the problem, and:
a. their friend's expectations.
b. their parent's expectations.
c. their expectations of the counselor.
d. their expectations of themselves. - ✔✔c. their expectations of the counselor.
A counselor working with children focuses on:
a. treating children with serious emotional and behavioral problems.
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b. helping children with learning, social, or behavioral problems, using both preventive and
remedial techniques.
c. normal developmental concerns only.
d. growth and development and the effect of childhood experiences on the adult. - ✔✔b.
helping children with learning, social, or behavioral problems, using both preventive and
remedial techniques.
Which of the following is one of the categories of personal strengths related to resilience?
a. Buffers
b. Extraneous variables
c. A sense of purpose
d. Emotional disturbance - ✔✔c. A sense of purpose
Resilience can be considered:
a. rare.
b. not identified before age 6.
c. keeping barriers in place.
d. coping well with negative circumstances. - ✔✔d. coping well with negative circumstances.
Community services available for children and families can be classified as:
a. supportive.
b. preventive.
c. rehabilitative.
d. all of the choices. - ✔✔a. supportive.
b. preventive.
c. rehabilitative.
, One of the categories of problems children bring to counseling includes:
a. lack of skills.
b. dietary concerns.
c. beauty issues.
d. homework assignments. - ✔✔a. lack of skills.
Maslow's hierarchy of needs contains five levels. In order, they are:
a. safety needs, physiological needs, love and belonging, self-esteem, and self-actualization.
b. self-actualization, love and belonging, physiological needs, safety needs and self-esteem.
c. physiological needs, safety needs, love and belonging, self-esteem, and self-actualization.
d. love and belonging, safety needs, physiological needs, self-actualization, and self-esteem. -
✔✔c. physiological needs, safety needs, love and belonging, self-esteem, and self-actualization.
The dramatic changes in the _______ brain have the biggest implications for counselors.
a. adult
b. toddler
c. adolescent
d. older adult - ✔✔c. adolescent
Challenges that counselors may face in their work with children from diverse ethnic groups
include:
a. similar world views.
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b. mistaken assumptions about cultural assimilation.
c. both mistaken assumptions about cultural assimilation and, stereotypical generalizations.
d. stereotypical generalizations. - ✔✔c. both mistaken assumptions about cultural assimilation
and, stereotypical generalizations.
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Which of the following is most correct concerning Rational-Emotive-Behavior Therapy?
a. "Nothing is good or bad but thinking makes it so." (Shakespeare)
b. All of the choices.
c. "Men are not disturbed by things, but by the view we take of them." (Epictetus)
d. "It is what you tell yourself that makes you feel bad." (Ellis)c. "Men are not disturbed by
things, but by the view we take of them." (Epictetus)
d. "It is what you tell yourself that makes you feel bad." (Ellis) - ✔✔a. "Nothing is good or bad
but thinking makes it so." (Shakespeare)
c. "Men are not disturbed by things, but by the view we take of them." (Epictetus)
d. "It is what you tell yourself that makes you feel bad." (Ellis)
According to you text, some of the things that cause our children problems are:
a. the changing world, values and crises.
b. too many refined products in their diets.
c. the focus on self-esteem.
d. a competitive environment. - ✔✔a. the changing world, values and crises.
One of the continuing challenges for many children is:
a. enmeshed extended families.
b. unchanging values.
c. high stakes testing.
d. poverty - ✔✔d. poverty
3. Brazelton and Greenspan's "irreducible needs" include all the following EXCEPT:
a. physical protection.
,b. working alliances.
c. nurturing relationships.
d. opportunities to learn. - ✔✔b. working alliances.
4. Which of the following statements is true? a. Principles for counseling children are
completely different than principles for counseling adults. b. Counseling involves a relationship
between a counselor and client in which the counselor helps the client resolve a problem. c.
Child counseling focuses on children with learning, social or behavioral problems and who are
classified as being severely disturbed. d. Counseling is always helpful.4. Which of the following
statements is true?
a. Principles for counseling children are completely different than principles for counseling
adults.
b. Counseling involves a relationship between a counselor and client in which the counselor
helps the client resolve a problem.
c. Child counseling focuses on children with learning, social or behavioral problems and who are
classified as being severely disturbed.
d. Counseling is always helpful. - ✔✔b. Counseling involves a relationship between a counselor
and client in which the counselor
helps the client resolve a problem.
Children bring three pieces of information to the counseling session. That information
includes their problem or concern, their feelings about the problem, and:
a. their friend's expectations.
b. their parent's expectations.
c. their expectations of the counselor.
d. their expectations of themselves. - ✔✔c. their expectations of the counselor.
A counselor working with children focuses on:
a. treating children with serious emotional and behavioral problems.
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b. helping children with learning, social, or behavioral problems, using both preventive and
remedial techniques.
c. normal developmental concerns only.
d. growth and development and the effect of childhood experiences on the adult. - ✔✔b.
helping children with learning, social, or behavioral problems, using both preventive and
remedial techniques.
Which of the following is one of the categories of personal strengths related to resilience?
a. Buffers
b. Extraneous variables
c. A sense of purpose
d. Emotional disturbance - ✔✔c. A sense of purpose
Resilience can be considered:
a. rare.
b. not identified before age 6.
c. keeping barriers in place.
d. coping well with negative circumstances. - ✔✔d. coping well with negative circumstances.
Community services available for children and families can be classified as:
a. supportive.
b. preventive.
c. rehabilitative.
d. all of the choices. - ✔✔a. supportive.
b. preventive.
c. rehabilitative.
, One of the categories of problems children bring to counseling includes:
a. lack of skills.
b. dietary concerns.
c. beauty issues.
d. homework assignments. - ✔✔a. lack of skills.
Maslow's hierarchy of needs contains five levels. In order, they are:
a. safety needs, physiological needs, love and belonging, self-esteem, and self-actualization.
b. self-actualization, love and belonging, physiological needs, safety needs and self-esteem.
c. physiological needs, safety needs, love and belonging, self-esteem, and self-actualization.
d. love and belonging, safety needs, physiological needs, self-actualization, and self-esteem. -
✔✔c. physiological needs, safety needs, love and belonging, self-esteem, and self-actualization.
The dramatic changes in the _______ brain have the biggest implications for counselors.
a. adult
b. toddler
c. adolescent
d. older adult - ✔✔c. adolescent
Challenges that counselors may face in their work with children from diverse ethnic groups
include:
a. similar world views.
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b. mistaken assumptions about cultural assimilation.
c. both mistaken assumptions about cultural assimilation and, stereotypical generalizations.
d. stereotypical generalizations. - ✔✔c. both mistaken assumptions about cultural assimilation
and, stereotypical generalizations.
