It Sounds Good... in Theory
A psychodynamic approach that focuses on responsibility, life meaning, purposeful behavior, and conscious action
A. Existential
B. Adlerian
C. Gestalt
D. Psychoanalytic
B. What is Adlerian Theory?
This therapeutic approach suggests that projections onto leader and members are clues to unresolved intrapsychic conflicts that can be identified, explored, and worked through in group counseling
A. Psychodynamic
B. Psychoanalytic
C. Reality
D. Existential
B. What is Psychoanalytic Therapy?
Counselors' legal duty to not disclose information about clients
A. Confidentiality
B. Informed Consent
C. Privacy
D. Privileged Communication
A. What is Confidentiality?
According to Erikson, this life stage involves testing limits, breaking down dependent ties, and establishing a new identity
A. Young Adulthood
B. Early Childhood
C. School Age
D. Adolescence
D. What is Adolescence (Identity vs. Role Confusion)?
Grasping facts, feelings, and significance of another person’s story along with conveying understanding of client’s subjective experience
A. Empathy
B. Immediacy
C. Self-Disclosure
D. Paraphrasing
A. What is Empathy?
Emphasizes personal characteristics of counselor, quality of therapeutic relationship, and person’s capacity for self-directed growth in therapy
A. Person-Centered
B. Reality
C. Cognitive-Behavior
D. Narrative
A. What is Person-Centered Therapy?
Initial goal is for clients to expand their awareness of the present moment, which is based on the premise that clients can become integrated or whole through the awareness of denied parts
A. Gestalt
B. Person-Centered
C. Family Systems
D. Existential
A. What is Gestalt Therapy?
When a counselor overidentifies with a client or meets their own needs through a client
A. Transference
B. Countertransference
C. Projection
D. Internalization
B. What is Countertransference?
The structure of personality that is largely unconscious and ruled by the pleasure principle
A. Id
B. Ego
C. Superego
D. Both A and B
A. What is the Id?
Advanced skill that can be used to present themes or patterns of content, feelings, or meaning
A. Paraphrasing
B. Summarizing
C. Empathy
D. Parroting
B. What is Summarizing?
Philosophical approach to exploring themes such as mortality, meaning, freedom, responsibility, and anxiety
A. Psychoanalytic
B. Reality
C. Adlerian
D. Existential
D. What is Existential Theory?
Assumes change begins by deconstructing the power of cultural narratives and co-constructing a new life of meaning
A. Gestalt
B. Postmodern
C. Adlerian
D. Cognitive-Behavior
B. What are Postmodern Approaches?
Learning new words at various levels of intensity will help counselors practice this skill and keep them from overshooting or undershooting
A. Paraphrasing
B. Reflecting Feeling
C. Reflecting Meaning
D. Immediacy
B. What is Reflecting Feeling?
Strategies that operate on an unconscious level to help an individual cope with anxiety, preventing the the part of personality that is based on the reality principle from being overwhelmed
A. Ego-Defense Mechanisms
B. Distress Tolerance
C. Figure Formations
D. Cognitive Distortions
A. What is Ego-Defense Mechanisms?
Used to present a condensed or distilled version of a client’s story
A. Paraphrasing
B. Minimal Encouragers
C. Summarizing
D. Empathy
A. What is Paraphrasing?
Structured, educational, and action-oriented approach that focuses on directly observable behavior and learning experiences that promote change
A. Gestalt
B. Solution-Focused
C. Behavior
D. Reality
C. What is Behavior Therapy?
Used in family systems therapy to illustrate family structure, providing information about relationships and interactions between family members
A. Constellation
B. Biopsychosocial
C. Genograms
D. BASIC I.D.
C. What are Genograms?
Used by counselors to convey attention and understanding without interrupting the client's story, often accompanied by head nodding
A. Paraphrasing
B. Parroting
C. Open Questions
D. Minimal Encouragers
D. What are Minimal Encouragers?
Client’s unconscious projection of experiences with caregivers or significant figures who played important roles during development
A. Sublimation
B. Transference
C. Countertransference
D. Identification
B. What is Transference?
When a counselor talks openly in the session about something that is occurring in the here-and-now
A. Self-Disclosure
B. Reflecting Meaning
C. Summarizing
D. Immediacy
D. What is Immediacy?
Considers social and cultural context to provide a systemic perspective for understanding the impact of society and affecting social change
A. Feminist
B. Person-Centered
C. Gestalt
D. Cognitive-Behavior
A. What is Feminist Therapy?
Client-centered and deliberately directive approach aimed at reducing client ambivalence and increasing intrinsic motivation for change
A. Motivational Interviewing
B. Circular Questioning
C. Intellectualization
D. Immediacy
A. What is Motivational Interviewing (MI)?
Lifelong process of developing awareness, acquiring knowledge, and learning skills necessary for counselors to work effectively with culturally diverse populations
A. Multicultural Competency
B. Integrative Perspectives
C. Therapeutic Confrontation
D. Multidisciplinary Teamwork
A. What is Multicultural Competency?
The ego-defense mechanism that refers to going back to an earlier phase of development when there were fewer demands
A. Compensation
B. Displacement
C. Regression
D. Intellectualization
C. What is Regression?
Skill for identifying discrepancies in a client's beliefs, behaviors, words, or nonverbal cues to help motivate them toward resolving incongruences
A. Challenging Skills
B. Reflecting Content
C. Reflecting Feeling
D. Paraphrasing
A. What are Challenging Skills?