PSYC 418 Counseling Skills (01) Test Week 8 Exam

• Question 5 How can we help clients work through issues and come up with answers? 5 out of 5 points Selected Answer: b. All of these Answers: a. Decisional counseling b. All of these c. Problem-solving counseling d. Balance sheet and future diary • Question 6 0 out of 5 points Which of the following is an INACCURATE guideline for practicing the skills of a person-centered interview? Selected Answer: d. Eliminate or minimize questions. Do not use interpretations / reframes, advice, or directives. Answers: a. The basic skills reflection of meaning and feeling, paraphrasing, and summarization. b. Constantly use influencing skills of confrontation, feedback, and self-disclosure. c. Focus almost exclusively on the client; use the words "you" and "your" and the client's name. d. Eliminate or minimize questions. Do not use interpretations / reframes, advice, or directives. • Question 7 Discernment is: Selected Answer: c. making a decision. 0 out of 5 points Answers: a. finding a life vision. b. overcoming interpersonal conflicts. c. making a decision. d. coping with life challenges. • Question 8 Which of the following theories is strongly associated with reflection of meaning? 0 out of 5 points Selected Answer: c. Person-centered Answers: a. Logotherapy b. Cognitive behavioral therapy c. Person-centered d. Psychodynamic • Question 9 5 out of 5 points , as this will provide a constant way to grow and improve your interviewing skills. Selected Answer: c. All of these Answers: a. Seek colleagues and supervisors to review your work b. Continuously perform a detailed analysis of your interviewing style and behavior c. All of these d. Appropriately share your thoughts and analysis with your client • Question 10 5 out of 5 points A major assumption in is that clients have their own solutions readily available if we help them examine themselves and their goals. Selected Answer: b. crisis counseling Answers: a. cognitive behavioral theory (CBT) b. crisis counseling c. psychoanalysis d. person-centered theory • Question 11 Which of the following is a useful strategy for decisional counseling? 5 out of 5 points Selected Answer: c. All of these Answers: a. Future diary b. Logical consequences c. All of these d. Cognitive and emotional balance sheet • Question 12 Cultural/environmental context (CEC) is foundational for which of the following theories? 5 out of 5 points Selected Answer: c. Multicultural counseling Answers: a. Person-centered b. Crisis counseling c. Multicultural counseling d. Logotherapy • Question 13 Asking the client what he or she wants to happen in cognitive behavioral therapy is most representative of which phase of the interview? 0 out of 5 points Selected Answer: d. Story and strengths Answers: a. Restorying b. Action c. Goals d. Story and strengths • Question 14 5 out of 5 points In addition to the five-stage interview structure, there are additional useful strategies for decisional counseling. Which of the following is NOT a useful strategy for decisional counseling? Selected Answer: d. Verbal underlining Answers: a. Logical consequences b. Balance sheet c. Future imaging d. Verbal underlining • Question 15 The five-stage interview structure may best be used with . 5 out of 5 points Selected Answer: b. all of these Answers: a. decisional career counseling b. all of these c. brief interviewing and counseling d. person-centered theory • Question 16 The basic listening sequence is central to . 5 out of 5 points Selected Answer: b. all of these Answers: a. decisional career counseling b. all of these c. brief interviewing and counseling d. person-centered theory e. assertiveness training • Question 17 Which of the following is a good reason to consider referral for a client? 5 out of 5 points Selected Answer: c. All of these Answers: a. No interviewer has all the answers. b. The client/interviewer relationship is just not working as well as it should. c. All of these d. You refer your client to welfare and child services for additional help. • Question 18 Cognitive behavioral therapy stresses: 0 out of 5 points Selected Answer: a. how a client understands self and makes meaning of life. Answers: a. how a client understands self and makes meaning of life. b. resolving issues around practical life issues and problems. c. that distorted cognitions can be recorded, monitored, and changed. d. client assets and resources to resolve issues. • Question 19 Which of the following theories of counseling deal with problem-solving and decisions? 5 out of 5 points Selected Answer: c. All of these Answers: a. Decision counseling b. Cognitive behavioral c. All of these d. Person-centered • Question 20 Relapse prevention relates to which stage of the interview? 5 out of 5 points Selected Answer: c. Action Answers: a. Restory b. Story and strengths c. Action d. Goals