LCDC – Counseling-Practice Questions
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Active Listening - Answer Involves attending skills and reflective listening. The counselor will
be able to connect with the client and be able to reflect the client's emotions, thoughts, and
attitudes. By providing reflection to the addict, the counselor can interject an observing
perspective that may be lacking.
Empathy - Answer The ability to perceive another person's experience and communicate that
perception back to the person.
Concreteness - Answer A process by which the counselor relates the vague aspects of the
client in direct expression of feelings and experiences in specific concrete terms to assist the
client to develop more functional coping skills.
Paraphrasing - Answer Includes the therapeutic qualities of empathy and warmth. __________
refers to a counselor's verbal response that rephrases the essence of the client's message. it
allows the client to hear what he or she has just said, either in parroted form or with added
clarity. This interactive process can increase trust and can reduce resistance.
Reflecting - Answer Occurs when the counselor restates content that had generated emotion
from the client - it is a __________ of feeling. __________ of feeling captures and expresses to
the client the core of what he or she is feeling. It allows the client to be aware of his or her own
expressed emotions and how the counselor understood his or her emotional message. The
counselor should be careful not to interpret the client's feelings. When ________ feelings, the
counselor remains neutral and nonjudgmental by not offering opinions, judgements, or advice.
Simplifying - Answer Involves the reflection and restatement of what the client said. It
removes confusion, avoids intellectualizations and convoluted (difficult to understand)
explanations, and can help the client stay focused on concerns, feelings, and problems in the
here and now.
Summarizing - Answer Is the tying together of the main points, themes, and issues presented
by clients during part or all of a session.
Attending - Answer Refers to ways in which the clinician demonstrates that she/he is listening
to the client through the use of cues.
Probing - Answer Involves asking open-ended questions to clarify information and to help the
client toward a new understanding.
, Reframing - Answer Consists of offering a different perspective on a situation the client is
facing.
Exploring Alternatives - Answer Working with the client to examine various options.
Self-disclosure - Answer When the clinician shares something about him/herself for the
benefit of the client.
Confrontation - Answer Involves the use of a statement or question to raise some discrepancy
within the client.
Immediacy - Answer Consists of dealing openly with issues that are present in the clinical
relationship.
Corey and Corey (2002) indicated - Answer Effective helpers have a healthy self-concept, hold
positive beliefs about people, are aware and respectful of cultural differences, have the ability
to listen and understand, and posses empathy, congruence, warmth, compassion, genuiness,
and positive regard.
Outpatient Treatment - Answer These programs are organized nonresidential treatment
services in which the client visits the clinic at least once a week and up to several hours per
week. There may be a number of activities such as individual, group, family, or didactic
therapies. The functions that may be served by outpatient facilities include:
--- A setting in which the entire course of treatment takes place without removal from the
community or disruption of the client's occupational status
--- Can be an initial point of contact for many individuals who may enter treatment as a walk-in
or because the agency is known to an employer or family member
--- Aftercare can be provided to clients referred upon discharge from an inpatient program
Intensive Outpatient (IOPs) or internsive outpatient treatment programs (IOTPs) - Answer A
more structured setting in which the client is present at the facility from about 10 to 30 hours
per week. IOPs/IOTPs fill a gap between outpatient and inpatient care while costing about half
of residential treatment. These programs also allow clients to continue in work and family life,
they promote bonding among clients, and they allow clients to practice relapse-prevention
techniques in real-life situations.
Inpatient treatment programs - Answer Involves a live-in setting with a stay of 4 weeks and
includes therapeutic communities with a stay from 4 to 24 months. Inpatient programs may be
medical or non-medical, and may or may not include a detoxification unit. Individual, group, and
family treatment may occur as well as education and relapse prevention training.
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Active Listening - Answer Involves attending skills and reflective listening. The counselor will
be able to connect with the client and be able to reflect the client's emotions, thoughts, and
attitudes. By providing reflection to the addict, the counselor can interject an observing
perspective that may be lacking.
Empathy - Answer The ability to perceive another person's experience and communicate that
perception back to the person.
Concreteness - Answer A process by which the counselor relates the vague aspects of the
client in direct expression of feelings and experiences in specific concrete terms to assist the
client to develop more functional coping skills.
Paraphrasing - Answer Includes the therapeutic qualities of empathy and warmth. __________
refers to a counselor's verbal response that rephrases the essence of the client's message. it
allows the client to hear what he or she has just said, either in parroted form or with added
clarity. This interactive process can increase trust and can reduce resistance.
Reflecting - Answer Occurs when the counselor restates content that had generated emotion
from the client - it is a __________ of feeling. __________ of feeling captures and expresses to
the client the core of what he or she is feeling. It allows the client to be aware of his or her own
expressed emotions and how the counselor understood his or her emotional message. The
counselor should be careful not to interpret the client's feelings. When ________ feelings, the
counselor remains neutral and nonjudgmental by not offering opinions, judgements, or advice.
Simplifying - Answer Involves the reflection and restatement of what the client said. It
removes confusion, avoids intellectualizations and convoluted (difficult to understand)
explanations, and can help the client stay focused on concerns, feelings, and problems in the
here and now.
Summarizing - Answer Is the tying together of the main points, themes, and issues presented
by clients during part or all of a session.
Attending - Answer Refers to ways in which the clinician demonstrates that she/he is listening
to the client through the use of cues.
Probing - Answer Involves asking open-ended questions to clarify information and to help the
client toward a new understanding.
, Reframing - Answer Consists of offering a different perspective on a situation the client is
facing.
Exploring Alternatives - Answer Working with the client to examine various options.
Self-disclosure - Answer When the clinician shares something about him/herself for the
benefit of the client.
Confrontation - Answer Involves the use of a statement or question to raise some discrepancy
within the client.
Immediacy - Answer Consists of dealing openly with issues that are present in the clinical
relationship.
Corey and Corey (2002) indicated - Answer Effective helpers have a healthy self-concept, hold
positive beliefs about people, are aware and respectful of cultural differences, have the ability
to listen and understand, and posses empathy, congruence, warmth, compassion, genuiness,
and positive regard.
Outpatient Treatment - Answer These programs are organized nonresidential treatment
services in which the client visits the clinic at least once a week and up to several hours per
week. There may be a number of activities such as individual, group, family, or didactic
therapies. The functions that may be served by outpatient facilities include:
--- A setting in which the entire course of treatment takes place without removal from the
community or disruption of the client's occupational status
--- Can be an initial point of contact for many individuals who may enter treatment as a walk-in
or because the agency is known to an employer or family member
--- Aftercare can be provided to clients referred upon discharge from an inpatient program
Intensive Outpatient (IOPs) or internsive outpatient treatment programs (IOTPs) - Answer A
more structured setting in which the client is present at the facility from about 10 to 30 hours
per week. IOPs/IOTPs fill a gap between outpatient and inpatient care while costing about half
of residential treatment. These programs also allow clients to continue in work and family life,
they promote bonding among clients, and they allow clients to practice relapse-prevention
techniques in real-life situations.
Inpatient treatment programs - Answer Involves a live-in setting with a stay of 4 weeks and
includes therapeutic communities with a stay from 4 to 24 months. Inpatient programs may be
medical or non-medical, and may or may not include a detoxification unit. Individual, group, and
family treatment may occur as well as education and relapse prevention training.
