Microskills
Cultural Competence
Theorists and Theories
Counselor Qualities
Miscellanous
100

This skill shows the client that you have ‘heard’ not only what is being said, but also what feelings and emotions the client is experiencing when sharing their story with you. 

What is reflecting?

100

The principle or practice of prioritizing the goals and needs of the group over individual pursuits.

 

What is collectivism?

100

This theorist developed the client-centered approach to counseling.

Who is Carl Rogers?

100

This technique involved showing complete support and acceptance of a person no matter what that person says or does.

What is unconditional positive regard?
100

When a counselor projects their unresolved conflicts onto the client.

What is countertransference?

200

This skill involves repeating back your understanding of the material that has been brought by the client, using your own words. 

What is paraphrasing?

200

Giving priority to one's own goals and needs over the group's.

What is individualism?

200

These therapists help clients find meaning in their lives by focusing on free will, self-determination, and responsibility. 

Who are existential therapists?

200

This techniques simply requires that counselors be themselves and interact authentically and sincerely with their clients.

What is genuineness?

200

When a counselor refers to the current counseling interaction, they are demonstrating...

What is metacommunication?

300

This skill encourage clients to talk and show that the counsellor is interested in what’s being said.

What is attending?

300

______ is a culture-specific approach; whereas, ______ is a culture-general approach.

What is an emic approach and etic approach?

300

The counseling approach that focuses on increasing a person's awareness, freedom, and self-direction. Clients are encourage to focus on the present moment instead of past experiences.

What is Gestalt Therapy?

300

A cousnelors ability to be introspective and to reflect on oneself in different dimensions.

What is self-awareness?

300

This type of power involves combining multiple bases of social power to more strongly influence another person, such as a client. 

What is incremental power?

400

The characteristics of the person-centered approach.

What is congruence, unconditional positive regard, and empathetic understanding.

400

Occurs when the minority culture changes but is still able to retain unique cultural markers of language, food and customs.

What is acculturation?

400

A client may self-disclose in order to convey this aspect of the client-centered approach.

What is genuineness?

400

A counselors ability to perceive what the client is conveying and communicating it back to the client in a way that makes the client feel they've been understood.

What is empathetic understanding?

400

The ethical principles of counseling include the following...

What is beneficence, nonmaleficence, autonomy, justice, fidelity, and veracity.

500

A counselor may say to a client "I am aware that you have said that you never get angry easily, yet I am feeling that you are very angry with me even though your voice is silent when you speak to me" if they are attempting to use this skill.

What is immediacy?

500

The belief in the superiority of one's nation or ethnic group.

What is ethnocentrism?

500

Humanistic theories include...

What is client-centered, gestalt, and existential therapies?

500

A counseling practice that involves paying attention to all aspects, both verbal and nonverbal, of a client's presentation.

What is attending?

500

Being aware that the norm for a group may not apply to every member. When studying the culture of the group

What is dynamic sizing?

M
e
n
u