National Clinical Mental Health Counseling
Exam Questions and Answers
Ethical Motive - -Counselor's desire to help the client grow and express strong feelings and
opinions about his or her life problems
-Curative Motive - -Psychotherapist wants to initiate the healing process for the patient by
engaging in such a way as to help modify those behaviors detrimental to the patien
-Cognitive-Behavioral Theory - -Operates on a person's interaction with his or her
surroundings
-Community Psychology - -The incorporation of psychological values and theories into
publicly accessed areas within towns and neighborhoods
-Mental Health Centers - -Neighborhood and local community health services provided by
psychiatrists, psychologists, and social workers.
-Individual Therapy - -Private counseling and psychotherapy sessions with a single client
and a therapist. The initial session is designed to identify problems that require subsequent
modification techniques
-Group Therapy - -Provides counseling and psychotherapy to a patient through group
interaction and exchanges designed to help the individual to talk about personal issues in
an atmosphere where the individual can gain active help and encouragement from other
members of the group.
-Family Therapy - -Provides counseling and psychotherapy to a patient and his or her
family through sessions with a therapist designed to help the patient identify problems in
which the family can intervene and help to resolve or improve
-Human Modalities - -Cognition, Affect, and Behavior
-Robert Carkhuff - -Developed three-stage model (Humanistic Behavior)
-First Stage of Humanistic Behavior - -Facilitation, where a relationship is cultivated
between the client and therapist
-Second Stage of Humanistic Behavior - -Self-awareness, which allows the patient to find
out more about the reasons behind his or her behavior through discussion with the
therapist that expands on issues surrounding the understanding self
-Third Stage of Humanistic Behavior - -Relates to the actions or measures that are to be
taken
Exam Questions and Answers
Ethical Motive - -Counselor's desire to help the client grow and express strong feelings and
opinions about his or her life problems
-Curative Motive - -Psychotherapist wants to initiate the healing process for the patient by
engaging in such a way as to help modify those behaviors detrimental to the patien
-Cognitive-Behavioral Theory - -Operates on a person's interaction with his or her
surroundings
-Community Psychology - -The incorporation of psychological values and theories into
publicly accessed areas within towns and neighborhoods
-Mental Health Centers - -Neighborhood and local community health services provided by
psychiatrists, psychologists, and social workers.
-Individual Therapy - -Private counseling and psychotherapy sessions with a single client
and a therapist. The initial session is designed to identify problems that require subsequent
modification techniques
-Group Therapy - -Provides counseling and psychotherapy to a patient through group
interaction and exchanges designed to help the individual to talk about personal issues in
an atmosphere where the individual can gain active help and encouragement from other
members of the group.
-Family Therapy - -Provides counseling and psychotherapy to a patient and his or her
family through sessions with a therapist designed to help the patient identify problems in
which the family can intervene and help to resolve or improve
-Human Modalities - -Cognition, Affect, and Behavior
-Robert Carkhuff - -Developed three-stage model (Humanistic Behavior)
-First Stage of Humanistic Behavior - -Facilitation, where a relationship is cultivated
between the client and therapist
-Second Stage of Humanistic Behavior - -Self-awareness, which allows the patient to find
out more about the reasons behind his or her behavior through discussion with the
therapist that expands on issues surrounding the understanding self
-Third Stage of Humanistic Behavior - -Relates to the actions or measures that are to be
taken
