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This is the counselor’s foundational philosophy guiding therapeutic work.
What is a personal guiding theory?
This founder is most associated with psychoanalysis.
Who is Sigmund Freud?
This therapy focuses on changing thoughts to influence emotions and behavior.
What is Cognitive Behavioral Therapy?
This approach focuses on strengthening motivation for change.
What is Motivational Interviewing?
This therapy focuses on psychological flexibility rather than symptom reduction.
What is Acceptance and Commitment Therapy?
This term is also used to describe a counselor’s theoretical identity.
What is theoretical orientation?
These mental processes operate outside of conscious awareness.
What is the unconscious?
This founder developed cognitive therapy focusing on distortions.
Who is Aaron Beck?
This MI principle emphasizes collaboration between client and counselor.
What is partnership?
This ACT process involves separating from thoughts rather than believing them.
What is cognitive defusion?
This component of the Ways Paradigm focuses on counselor presence and empathy.
What is way of being?
This defense mechanism involves refusing to accept reality.
What is denial?
This learning process involves pairing stimuli to create responses.
What is classical conditioning?
This MI component involves acknowledging client autonomy and worth.
What is acceptance?
This ACT concept emphasizes awareness of the present moment.
What is present moment awareness?
This phase involves exploring personal values and major counseling theories.
What is Exploration?
These processes help maintain self-esteem and cope with anxiety.
What are defense mechanisms?
This process increases behavior through reinforcement.
What is operant conditioning?
This MI process involves identifying what the client wants to change.
What is focusing?
This ACT goal involves aligning behaviors with personal values.
What is committed action?
This integration method blends two or more theories into one unified approach.
What is theoretical integration?
This psychodynamic concept involves projecting feelings onto the therapist.
What is transference?
This CBT technique involves identifying and changing distorted thinking.
What is cognitive restructuring?
These MI skills include open questions, affirmations, reflections, and summaries.
What are OARS skills?
These six processes make up the ACT model.
What is the Hexaflex?