Core Counseling Skills
Which of the following is TRUE about the microskills?
(A) They are the foundation of intentional counseling and therapy.
(B) Effective use of microskills enables you to anticipate how clients will respond to your interventions.
(C) They are communication skill units of the session interview.
(D) All of these
(D) All of these
In the five-stage counseling model, Stage 4: Restory does NOT include ____.
(A) generate alternatives
(B) identifying the interviewer role
(C) confront client incongruities and conflict
(D) help clients create new stories, thinking, and behavior
(B) identifying the interviewer role
Which of the following is seen as the most basic emotion?
(A) Surprise
(B) Disgust
(C) Fear
(D) Anger
(C) Fear
Which of the following is TRUE about individual stress?
(A) All of the above
(B) Stress can become extreme.
(C) Chronic stress damages your body.
(D) Nobody is stress-free.
(A) All of the above
Informed consent refers to:
(A) telling the client halfway through the interview about their rights.
(B) providing clients with clear and adequate information about what is happening in the interview and informing them about your own competence.
(C) too many people avoiding this critical issue.
(D) honestly discussing multicultural differences between the counselor and client.
(B) providing clients with clear and adequate information about what is happening in the interview and informing them about your own competence.
Intentional interviewing is concerned with:
(A) the counselor knowing one theory exceptionally well
(B) being able to explain why you made that particular choice,
(C)finding the single best response for each client statement,
(D) having many alternative responses available to any client statement.
(D) having many alternative responses available to any client statement.
In which stage of the interview are you and your client likely to define the ideal outcome?
(A) Story and strengths
(B) Goals
(C) Restory
(D) Action
(E) Empathetic Relationship
(B) Goals
Which of the following accurately represents the way the brain responds when trauma occurs?
(A) All of the above
(B) Emotion regulation is overactivated.
(C) The thinking center (pre-frontal cortex) is overactivated.
(D) The fear center is overactivated.
(D) The fear center is overactivated.
Members of which cultural groups are most likely to reject direct eye contact, particularly if they are coming from a traditional background?
(A) White middle-class and Latinx clients
(B) None of the above
(C) African American women and White children
(D) Indigenous and Latinx clients
(D) Indigenous and Latinx clients
If anything, informed consent when working with children is ___________________.
(A) a concern to parents
(B) all of these
(C) not an issue when you work in a well-organized school system
(D) perhaps even more important than with adults
(D) perhaps even more important than with adults
Empathy is defined as experiencing:
(A) the world as if you were the client, while being aware that you are separate from the client.
(B) the world as if you are the client.
(C) awareness that you are separate from the client.
(D) the client's worldview.
(A) The world as if you were the client, while being aware that you are separate from the client.
In which stage of the interview are you and your client likely to generate specific implementation plans?
(A)Empathic relationship
(B)Restory
(C) Action
(D) Goals
(E)Story and strengths
(C) Action
The brain can develop new neural networks over time. This process is called:
(A) neurofeedback.
(B) localization.
(C) neurotaxis.
(D) neuroplasticity.
(D) Neuroplasticity
According to Sue and Sue (2013), about ____ of clients drop out after the first session
(A) 75%
(B) 50%
(C) 5%
(D) 25%
(B) 50%
Which of the following is an ethical imperative when you are a trainee meeting with a new client for the first time?
(A) Prepare for the session carefully, and go over your plan with the supervisor.
(B) Review ethical standards and agency policy.
(C) Inform your client that you are in training, and give the client the supervisor’s name.
(D) Work with the policy of your agency on this issue, and only inform the client if that is their policy.
(C) Inform your client that you are in training, and give the client the supervisor’s name.
Open questions ________, and closed questions ________.
(A) encourage others to talk; bring out specifics
(B) focus the interview; provide maximum information
(C)can be answered with few words; cannot be answered with few words
(D) bring out specifics; encourage others to talk
(A) encourage others to talk; bring out specifics
The effective helping professional plans each interview with a client. In which stage of the interview are you likely to emphasize behavior, thoughts, feelings, and meanings?
(A) Action
(B) Empathic relationship
(C) Goals
(D) Story and strengths
(E) Restory
(D) Story and strengths
When a client is depressed, you can expect less brain activity in their:
(A) right brain and amygdala.
(B) limbic system.
(C) prefrontal cortex.
(D) hippocampus.
(C) prefrontal cortex.
HIPAA is the acronym for:
(A) Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act.
(B) Health Insurance Provided by Allstate to All.
(C)Health Incorporated for Patients Assistance for Allstate.
(D) Health Insurance for Patients from All Alliances.
(A) Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
Informed consent means:
(A) informing your clients about your training, background, and possible dual relationships.
(B)going over the purposes, goals, limitations, and possible benefits of counseling.
(C) obtaining permission to audiorecord an interview.
(D) all of the above.
(D) all of the above.
Which of the following is the definition of natural style used in this book?
(A)Natural style is what you develop after completing the chapters included in this book.
(B) Natural style is your rational way of working with others to help them achieve their goals and aspirations.
(C) Natural style is doing what you like with the hopes of helping others achieve what you believe is best for them.
(D) Natural style is your flexible way of working with others to help them achieve their goals.
(D) Natural style is your flexible way of working with others to help them achieve their goals.
"What has worked for you before?" Identify the stage from the five-stage counseling model during which an interviewer would most likely use this question.
(A) Stage 5: Action—Terminating
(B) Stage 1: Empathic relationship—Initiating the session
(C) Stage 3: Goals—Mutual goal setting
(D) Stage 4: Restory—Working
(E) Stage 2: Story and Strengths—Gathering data
(D) Stage 4: Restory—Working
When a client feels anger, the ________ energizes the limbic HPA axis, and hormones lead to a faster heartbeat, higher blood pressure, breathing changes, and muscular tension.
(A) all of these
(B) amygdala
(C) TAP
(D) pituitary gland
(B) amygdala
The following primary emotions, in terms of facial expression and language, have been validated throughout the world in all cultures. These primary emotions are ________.
(A) surprised, disgusted, caring, guilty, obstinate, and contemptuous
(B) mad, annoyed, angry, contemptuous, surprised, and furious
(C) sad, mad, glad, surprised, disgusted, and scared
(D) happy, joyous, excited, nervous, contemptuous, and surprised
(C) sad, mad, glad, surprised, disgusted, and scared
When you are multiculturally different from your client, which of the following is TRUE regarding appropriate self-disclosure?
(A) Frequent practice of the microskills and experience will make self-disclosure a natural part of your interviewing style.
(B) Self-disclosure must include every aspect of your experience that the client needs to hear.
(C) The frank disclosure of differences helps establish rapport and may be essential to building trust.
(D) Multicultural differences are fairly obvious and can be disclosed spontaneously.
(C) The frank disclosure of differences helps establish rapport and may be essential to building trust.