Counselor Characteristics
Stages of Counseling
Counseling Skills
Communication Skills
Counseling Interventions
100

What characteristic suggests the counselor has a healthy degree of introspection and self-exploration?

Self awareness and understanding

100

The stage in which the counselor communicates rapport or the conditions of mutual respect and trust within the relationship?

Initiating a working relationship

100

Demonstration of the counselor's concern for and interest in the client by eye contact and body posture is called...

Nonverbal skills

100

Repeating a phrase or thought uttered by the client is called?

Restatement

100

Person-centered therapy, empty chair, awareness techniques, transference analysis are examples of...

Affective Intervetnions

200

What characteristic suggests freedom from preconceived ideas, enlightenment and knowledge of the world?

Open-mindedness
200

Information gathered from the client concerning nature and severity of the presenting symptoms, cause of the symptoms, relief of the symptoms is called...

Assessing client problems

200

What skill is used to providing the client the opportunity to think about or integrate new insight or awareness or an invitation to continue talking?

Silence

200

A counselor statement that mirrors the client's statement in the counselor's words is called...

Paraphrasing

200

Role playing, social skills training, and systematic desensitization are all examples of...?

Behavioral interventions

300

What characteristic embodies reliability, responsibility, following ethical standards, and predictability?

Trustworthiness

300

What are goals that are directly related to the changes the client hopes to accomplish through counseling?

Outcome goals

300

"Mmmhm" is an example of...?

Minimal responses

300

The essence of the client's feelings, either stated or implied, as expressed by the counselor is called...

Reflecting of Feeling

300

ABCD analysis is an example of what type of intervention?

Cognitive interventions

400

The ability to have a healthy tolerance for not knowing what is about to happen as they fully engage in a process that is intentional, is what characteristic?

Tolerance for ambiguity

400

What are goals that are the responsibility of the counselor and include establishing a therapeutic relationship so that a client is met with conditions necessary for change?

Process goals

400
Asking the client to respond wit a minimal statement, usually yes or no.

Closed question

400

A counselor's statement or question intended to point out contradictions in the client's behavior and statements, or to induce the client to face an issue the counselor feels the client is avoiding is called...

Confrontation

400

Enmeshed or disengaged relationships, rigid relationships, assessing dysfunctional interaction patterns may require what type of interventions?

Systemic interventions

500

What characteristic describes a counselor that has the necessary information, knowledge, and skills to be of help?

Competence

500

"Client will reduce symptoms of anxiety as evidenced by reducing the number of panic attacks in public spaces from 2-3 times weekly to 1 time monthly." This is an example of what type of goal?

Outcome goal

500

What skill typically follows a client disucssion of events or circumstances used to confirm the counselor is following the client's narrative?

Summary statement

500

A response used to suggest that the client has the skill or potential to do something, to feel a particular way, or to think in a different way is called...

Encouraging response

500

Lack of understanding of feelings, confusion about feelings, closed off to feelings may require what type of interventions?

Affective interventions

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