COUN 506 EXAM 2 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

COUN 506 EXAM 2 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS • Question 1 4 out of 4 points Which list below provides some of the best suggestions for building a therapeutic relationship in a Christian counseling session? Selected Answer: • Question 2 4 out of 4 points Recognizing that we are “wounded healers,” providing the sense of “hospitality,” clarifying your role and listening. What propels a level of professionalism in Christian counseling? Selected Answer: All of the above • Question 3 4 out of 4 points With regard to how a counselor’s temperament affects counseling, what can we say? Selected Answer: • Question 4 4 out of 4 points Counselors need to be adequately aware of the implications of differences in their need to control and that of the client and make adjustments in counseling The lectures talked about creating “free space” in the process of counseling suffering clients. What is a true statement from that discussion? Selected Answer: Free space is connected to recognition of God’s full knowledge of us • Question 5 4 out of 4 points Brewer’s model of spiritual formation emphasizes the necessary relationships in the life of our counselee. What is true of his approach? Selected Answer: It is really important that we have someone for whom we can offer guidance • Question 6 4 out of 4 points According to the lecture, if someone were asked: “What is spirituality?”, how would they answer if they were coming from a post-modern point of view? Selected Answer: Spirituality as a private alternative to religion. • Question 7 4 out of 4 points In counseling suffering people, what principle is true from the lectures? Selected Answer: • Question 8 4 out of 4 points Before we confront sin in the life of our counselee, proper trust must be established In the context of the discussion of Christian counseling as a spiritual enterprise, the lecture talked about “receiving grace” and “refining grace.” What is the main idea behind that discussion? Selected Answer: • Question 9 4 out of 4 points For the Christian counselor, God’s grace needs to be constantly at work to develop the godly characteristics necessary in the counseling process. What is the idea behind the faith tradition vs. the formation tradition in the context of spirituality; why is focusing on our formation tradition important in counseling? Selected Answer: • Question 10 4 out of 4 points One active engagement in Christian counseling is to help our clients apply biblical concepts to their daily lives How does the rate limiting factor mentioned in the lecture and by McMinn relate to counseling? Selected Answer: • Question 11 4 out of 4 points Our own recognition of our strengths and weaknesses as a counselor will relate to the potential rate of change in our counselee From the lecture, McMinn discusses “Three Continuous Assessment Dimensions.” Which statement below is NOT one of them? Selected Answer: We need to assess whether a client understands the theory of change • Question 12 4 out of 4 points Although a counselor cannot magically make suffering disappear, how might a counselor provide immediate relief? Selected Answer: • Question 13 4 out of 4 points The counselor can help clients make life changes to eliminate needless suffering in their lives. What determines what you emphasize in counseling and the techniques you choose Selected Answer: All of these • Question 14 4 out of 4 points All of the models of spiritual formation have one of the same elements, which is? Selected Answer: Spiritual growth in the context of relationship and community • Question 15 4 out of 4 points In providing hospitality to a suffering client, and providing solidary to him/her, what is true? Selected Answer: We can minister to our clients simply by recognizing their suffering • Question 16 4 out of 4 points The lecture talked about “hospitality” as one way for a counselor to respond to suffering. How might a counselor exercise hospitality? Selected Answer: Establish an atmosphere of compassion in the counseling session • Question 17 4 out of 4 points From the lecture, when we define Christian counseling as a spiritual enterprise, what can we say? Selected Answer: There is an element of sacrifice and self-giving on the part of the counselor • Question 18 4 out of 4 points If we take into account the Formation Field approach to spiritual formation in our counseling, what is true? Selected Answer: • Question 19 4 out of 4 points One way to relate to non-Christians in Christian counseling is by appealing to their transcendent desires—desire to be a part of something bigger, etc. One counseling benefit of Nouwen’s polarities model of spiritual formation is that we find clues as to typical counseling problems. If a client was at the “loneliness” end of the pole, he/she might be struggling with Selected Answer: Private behaviors which “feel good” but will not truly address intimacy issues • Question 20 4 out of 4 points From the lecture discussion of the METAMORPH Grid, what is a true statement below? Selected Answer: • Question 21 2 out of 2 points The Grid helps us look at clients through numerous “lenses”—such as mind, emotions, motivations and goals, client behavior, etc. With regard to attribution theory, as counselors we need to recognize that people are responsible for their own behavior but at the same time also respond to external events. Selected Answer: True • Question 22 2 out of 2 points It is not really important that a counselor assess his/her own feelings toward a potential client. Selected Answer: False • Question 23 2 out of 2 points Consistent with the concept of hospitality is the expectation that there should always be conversation in the counseling session. Selected Answer: False • Question 24 2 out of 2 points It is not really important that clients understand the meaning behind their suffering. Selected Answer: False • Question 25 2 out of 2 points Clarifying your role as a counselor can actually contribute to healing for a suffering client. Selected Answer: True • Question 26 2 out of 2 points According to the lecture, the fact that psychologists sometimes talk about “spirituality” gives affirmation to the yearning for experiences that all people seem to have. Selected Answer: True • Question 27 2 out of 2 points The key idea of spirituality is to have a unified life Selected Answer: True • Question 28 2 out of 2 points People who believe “I’m not okay, and neither are you” match up with a(n) attachment style. Selected Answer: Disorganized • Question 29 2 out of 2 points Attachment interactions in become internalized and stores in the emotional brain, providing a template for one’s core beliefs of self and others and shaping one’s adult emotional regulation styles and relationship styles. Selected Answer: Childhood • Question 30 2 out of 2 points At its most basic level, attachment theory explores the way relationships shape our brain’s ability to both participate in close, intimate relationships and to regulate emotion. Selected Answer: True