Gestalt
CBT
Reality
Feminist
Postmodern
100
. Which of the following is not considered one of the six methodological components of Gestalt therapy? a. assessment b. the here and now c. the authentic encounter d. process-oriented diagnosis e. the paradoxical theory of change
What is assessment?
100
The founder of rational emotive behavior therapy is: a. William Glasser. b. Frederick Perls. c. Albert Ellis. d. Joseph Wolpe. e. Aaron Beck.
What is Albert Ellis?
100
Reality therapy has gained popularity with: a. school counselors and administrators. b. school teachers, both elementary and secondary. c. rehabilitation workers. d. all of the above
What is "all of the above?"
100
From the perspective of feminist therapy, the socialization of women inevitably affects their: a. identity development. b. self-concept. c. goals and aspirations. d. emotional well-being. e. all of these
What is "all of these?"
100
A solution-oriented therapist might ask her client, a compulsive shopper, which of the following questions? a. Who has the best shoe sale this week, Macy’s or Nordstrom’s? b. If a miracle happened and your shopping compulsion was solved overnight, how would you know it was solved, and what would be different? c. Who in your family is most affected when you go on a spending spree? d. At what point in your life did you develop this fixation on shopping?
What are "If a miracle happened and your shopping compulsion was solved overnight, how would you know it was solved, and what would be different?"
200
A teenage girl is angry with her parents and cuts on her arm. In Gestalt terms, she is most likely engaging in: a. introjection. b. projection. c. retroflection. d. confluence.
What is retroflection?
200
The cognitive-behavioral approach to therapy stresses: a. support, understanding, warmth, and empathy. b. awareness, unfinished business, impasse, and experiencing. c. thinking, judging, analyzing, and doing. d. subjectivity, existential anxiety, self-actualization, and being. e. transference, dream analysis, uncovering unconscious, and early experience.
What is thinking, judging, analyzing, and doing?
200
The function of the reality therapist is: a. to assist clients in dealing with the present. b. to encourage clients to make a value judgment concerning the quality of their behavior. c. to confront clients about specific irrational thoughts and ideas and to teach them to think rationally. d. to reindoctrinate clients with the acceptable standards for living.
What is "to assist clients in dealing with the present?"
200
Feminist therapists, regardless of their philosophical orientation, believe all of the following except that: a. gender is at the core of therapeutic practice. b. human development and interaction are similar across races, cultures, and nations. c. understanding a client's problems requires adopting a sociocultural perspective. d. the client-therapist relationship should be an egalitarian one. e. empowerment of the individual and societal changes are core goals of ther
What is "human development and interaction are similar across races, cultures, and nations?"
300
The basic goal of Gestalt therapy is: a. attaining awareness, and with it greater choice. b. to understand why we feel as we do. c. to uncover repressed material. d. to help clients develop better social skills
What is attaining awareness?
300
The correct components of the A-B-C theory of personality are: a. antecedent, behavior, consequences. b. activating events, behaviors, cognitions. c. antecedent, belief, cognitions. d. activating event, belief, consequence.
What is activating event, belief, consequence?
300
A reality therapist would most likely respond to a client’s complaint of melancholy, sad mood by saying: a. “Sounds like you’re depressed.” b. “Sounds like you have depression.” c. “Sounds like you’re depressing.” d. “Sounds like you’re depressive.”
What is "sounds like you're depressing?"
300
Stephanie, who believes strongly in feminist principles, is working in an agency that requires therapists to diagnose their clients using the DSM. Stephanie is likely to consider which of the following questions? a. Does my client suffer from Axis I or Axis II psychopathology? b. Who benefits from using this label? How might this label contribute to disempowering the person to whom it is assigned? c. If my client is diagnosed with a personality disorder, will the insurance company cover long-term treatment? d. When is the next DSM being published? I can hardly wait. What a great read!
What are "Who benefits from using this label? How might this label contribute to disempowering the person to whom it is assigned?"
300
Which of the following statements about creating alternative stories is not true? a. Constructing new stories goes hand in hand with deconstructing problem-saturated narratives. b. The narrative therapist analyzes and interprets the meaning of a client’s story. c. The therapist works with clients collaboratively by helping them construct more coherent and comprehensive stories that they live by. d. The development of alternative stories is an enactment of ultimate hope. e. The narrative therapist listens for openings to new stories.
What is "the narrative therapist analyzes and interprets the meaning of a client’s story?"
400
A contribution of this therapeutic approach is that: a. it enables intense experiencing to occur quickly. b. it can be a relatively brief therapy. c. it stresses doing and experiencing, as opposed to talking about problems. d. all of these. e. none of these.
What are "all of these?"
400
REBT views emotional disturbances as the result of: a. inadequate mothering during infancy. b. failure to fulfill our existential needs. c. excessive feelings. d. irrational thinking and behaving
What is irrational thinking and behaving?
400
Which method(s) is (are) often used in reality therapy? a. behavior-oriented methods b. the use of questioning c. exploring a client's quality world d. designing an action plan e. all of these
What is "all of these?"
400
The feminist perspectives on the development of personality: a. encompass the diversity and complexity of women’s lives. b. attend to the ways in which diversity influences self-structures. c. recognize the inextricable connection between internal and external worlds. d. acknowledge the political and social oppression of women. e. all of these
What are "all of these?"
400
. Narrative therapists attempt to do all of the following except: a. engage people in deconstructing problem-saturated stories. b. discover preferred directions and new possibilities. c. create new stories. d. encourage free association.
What is "encourage free association?"
500
Which of the following Gestalt techniques involves asking one person in a group to speak to each of the other group members? a. the rehearsal exercise b. the reversal technique c. making the rounds d. the exaggeration technique
What is "making the rounds?"
500
Which REBT technique involves having the client do the very thing they avoid because of “what people might think?” a. role playing b. desensitization c. cognitive homework d. shame-attacking exercises e. changing one’s language
What are shame-attacking exercises?
500
What do reality therapists believe about the use of questions? a. They should rarely be used. b. Relevant questions help clients gain insights and arrive at plans and solutions. c. There is no such thing as excessive questioning; the more the better! d. Closed questions are more helpful than open-ended questions.
What are "relevant questions help clients gain insights and arrive at plans and solutions?"
500
. A limit of the feminist approach from a diversity perspective is: a. the tendency to impose upon a client personal values that may not be consistent with the client’s cultural framework. b. the lack of sensitivity to individual differences in clients. c. the broad focus on respect and equality. d. the emphasis on the use of standardized therapeutic techniques.
What is "the tendency to impose upon a client personal values that may not be consistent with the client’s cultural framework?"
500
The founder(s) of solution-focused brief therapy is (are): a. Michael White and David Epston. b. Insoo Kim Berg and Steve de Shazer. c. Albert Ellis and Aaron Beck. d. Donald Meichenbaum. e. Albert Bandura.
What are Insoo Kim Berg and Steve de Shazer?
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