CLP 4374 Psychotherapy Midterm Exam Test Bank
Questions & Answers
George Shepeard
[COMPANY NAME] [Company address]
,2014 Psychotherapy
Midterm Test Bank
Questions Chapter 1
Introduction and Overview
1. Synthesizing the approaches covered in the text:
a. can easily be accomplished after taking an introductory course.
b. is usually mastered by the end of the first year of one’s graduate program.
c. often requires many years of study, training, and practical counseling experience.
d. rarely, if ever, happens and is a completely unrealistic goal.
2. Which one of the following is not considered an experiential and relationshiporiented therapy?
a. Gestalt therapy
b. family systems therapy
c. existential approach
d. personcentered approach
3. Which one of the following is not associated with the cognitivebehavioral actionoriented therapies?
a. existential therapy
b. cognitive therapy
c. reality therapy
d. behavior therapy
e. rational emotive behavior therapy
4. Which humanistic approach emphasizes the basic attitudes of the therapist as
the core of the therapeutic process?
a. psychoanalytic therapy
b. Adlerian therapy
c. personcentered therapy
d. cognitivebehavioral therapy
e. family therapy
5. Presenting one model to which all trainees subscribe
a. is what the counseling profession endorses at present.
b. is likely to be a reality by the year 2020 when the CACREP standards are revisited.
, c. is dangerous in that it can limit their effectiveness in working with a diverse range of future clients.
d. is illegal in the Northeastern region of the U.S., but not in other parts of the country.
6. The author makes a case for:
a. initially getting an overview of the major theoretical orientations, and then delving more deeply
into each approach.
b. delving deeply into one approach initially and then taking a superficial look at other
theoretical models.
c. learning the theories of counseling only after starting to work with clients in order to make
the theories more relevant.
d. the reader to choose the approach to which s/he subscribes.
7. Which of the following statements about theories or models of counseling/ psychotherapy is true?
a. Extensive research has shown that certain popular models of psychotherapy are
“wrong.” b. There is a clear place for theoretical pluralism in our society.
c. Accepting the validity of one model implies rejecting the validity of other models.
d. Theoretical pluralism has been frowned on by several major professional organizations.
8. What type of factors oftentimes limit our freedom of choice?
a. social
b. environmental
c. cultural
d. biological
e. all of these
9.Which of these statements about interventions is true?
a. It is helpful to use one type of intervention with most clients.
b. During the course of an individual’s therapy, different interventions may be needed at different times.
c. It is best to require clients to adapt to your approach to counseling and the interventions that you
are skilled at using.
d. You should only use counseling interventions when you are certified or licensed.
10. Which approach was developed during the 1940s as a nondirective reaction against
psychoanalysis? a. personcentered therapy
b. family systems therapy
c. Adlerian therapy
d. reality therapy
e. cognitive therapy
, 11. Francesca, a cognitive behavioral therapist, likes to give homework assignments to her clients.
What might her rationale be for doing this?
a. Homework can be a vehicle for assisting her clients in putting into action what they are learning in
therapy.
b. By assigning homework to her clients, she establishes her clear authority over them (as if she is
their teacher).
c. She is probably a novice therapist who is insecure about her skills; thus, by assigning homework,
she may feel like she is being more productive.
d. In order to be reimbursed by insurance companies, Francesca is required to give her clients
homework assignments.
12. Which of the following statements best describes the author’s view of the medical model?
a. Corey appreciates the focus on psychopathology and believes it gives clinicians the tools to
assess what’s wrong with clients.
b. A focus on the medical model restricts therapeutic practice because it stresses deficits rather
than strengths.
c. The medical model emphasizes strengths and competencies rather than psychopathology.
d. The medical model is especially relevant for culturally diverse client populations.
13. A comprehensive approach to counseling:
a. goes beyond focusing on our internal dynamics and addresses those environmental and systemic
realities that influence us.
b. focuses almost exclusively on the client’s internal dynamics.
c. focuses primarily on the therapist’s internal reactions to the client’s behavior.
d. focuses only on systemic factors.
14. Effective psychotherapy is a practice in which:
a. the therapist solves problems for clients.
b. the therapist is merely a skilled technician.
c. the client and therapist collaborate in coconstructing solutions to problems.
d. the client is in complete control of the direction of the therapy.
15. Which of the following is not an issue that Stan struggles with?
a. fear of being alone
b. fear of intimate relationships with women
c. substance use
d. lacking a sense of direction and meaning in his
life e. aggressive outbursts
Questions & Answers
George Shepeard
[COMPANY NAME] [Company address]
,2014 Psychotherapy
Midterm Test Bank
Questions Chapter 1
Introduction and Overview
1. Synthesizing the approaches covered in the text:
a. can easily be accomplished after taking an introductory course.
b. is usually mastered by the end of the first year of one’s graduate program.
c. often requires many years of study, training, and practical counseling experience.
d. rarely, if ever, happens and is a completely unrealistic goal.
2. Which one of the following is not considered an experiential and relationshiporiented therapy?
a. Gestalt therapy
b. family systems therapy
c. existential approach
d. personcentered approach
3. Which one of the following is not associated with the cognitivebehavioral actionoriented therapies?
a. existential therapy
b. cognitive therapy
c. reality therapy
d. behavior therapy
e. rational emotive behavior therapy
4. Which humanistic approach emphasizes the basic attitudes of the therapist as
the core of the therapeutic process?
a. psychoanalytic therapy
b. Adlerian therapy
c. personcentered therapy
d. cognitivebehavioral therapy
e. family therapy
5. Presenting one model to which all trainees subscribe
a. is what the counseling profession endorses at present.
b. is likely to be a reality by the year 2020 when the CACREP standards are revisited.
, c. is dangerous in that it can limit their effectiveness in working with a diverse range of future clients.
d. is illegal in the Northeastern region of the U.S., but not in other parts of the country.
6. The author makes a case for:
a. initially getting an overview of the major theoretical orientations, and then delving more deeply
into each approach.
b. delving deeply into one approach initially and then taking a superficial look at other
theoretical models.
c. learning the theories of counseling only after starting to work with clients in order to make
the theories more relevant.
d. the reader to choose the approach to which s/he subscribes.
7. Which of the following statements about theories or models of counseling/ psychotherapy is true?
a. Extensive research has shown that certain popular models of psychotherapy are
“wrong.” b. There is a clear place for theoretical pluralism in our society.
c. Accepting the validity of one model implies rejecting the validity of other models.
d. Theoretical pluralism has been frowned on by several major professional organizations.
8. What type of factors oftentimes limit our freedom of choice?
a. social
b. environmental
c. cultural
d. biological
e. all of these
9.Which of these statements about interventions is true?
a. It is helpful to use one type of intervention with most clients.
b. During the course of an individual’s therapy, different interventions may be needed at different times.
c. It is best to require clients to adapt to your approach to counseling and the interventions that you
are skilled at using.
d. You should only use counseling interventions when you are certified or licensed.
10. Which approach was developed during the 1940s as a nondirective reaction against
psychoanalysis? a. personcentered therapy
b. family systems therapy
c. Adlerian therapy
d. reality therapy
e. cognitive therapy
, 11. Francesca, a cognitive behavioral therapist, likes to give homework assignments to her clients.
What might her rationale be for doing this?
a. Homework can be a vehicle for assisting her clients in putting into action what they are learning in
therapy.
b. By assigning homework to her clients, she establishes her clear authority over them (as if she is
their teacher).
c. She is probably a novice therapist who is insecure about her skills; thus, by assigning homework,
she may feel like she is being more productive.
d. In order to be reimbursed by insurance companies, Francesca is required to give her clients
homework assignments.
12. Which of the following statements best describes the author’s view of the medical model?
a. Corey appreciates the focus on psychopathology and believes it gives clinicians the tools to
assess what’s wrong with clients.
b. A focus on the medical model restricts therapeutic practice because it stresses deficits rather
than strengths.
c. The medical model emphasizes strengths and competencies rather than psychopathology.
d. The medical model is especially relevant for culturally diverse client populations.
13. A comprehensive approach to counseling:
a. goes beyond focusing on our internal dynamics and addresses those environmental and systemic
realities that influence us.
b. focuses almost exclusively on the client’s internal dynamics.
c. focuses primarily on the therapist’s internal reactions to the client’s behavior.
d. focuses only on systemic factors.
14. Effective psychotherapy is a practice in which:
a. the therapist solves problems for clients.
b. the therapist is merely a skilled technician.
c. the client and therapist collaborate in coconstructing solutions to problems.
d. the client is in complete control of the direction of the therapy.
15. Which of the following is not an issue that Stan struggles with?
a. fear of being alone
b. fear of intimate relationships with women
c. substance use
d. lacking a sense of direction and meaning in his
life e. aggressive outbursts
