An Overview of the Neurobiology of Stress-Informed Counseling

Stress

100

How does the concept of mastery relate to stress?

"Good stress" involves situations a person can master, leading to exhilaration and accomplishment. "Bad stress" involves a lack of mastery over a situation, leading to exhaustion and/or danger. (McEwen, 2007, quoted on pg. 3)

200

According to Moh, stress can lead to structural remodeling in which areas of the brain (name two)?

Amygdala, hippocampus, prefrontal cortex

NSIC

100

Which was the first counseling organization to set a standard of neuroscience as an essential clinical competency in 2021?

AMHCA

200

T/F: NSIC is a neuroscience-based alternative to relational/interpersonal models of counseling.

FALSE! "This textbook particularly emphasizes the importance of collaborative relationships between the helped and helper, and among helping professionals, given the inherently relational nature of work such individuals do." (p. 6)

SAM/HPA

100

Which of these two systems orchestrates the fight-or-flight response?

SAM

200

Which of the two systems has "adrenomedullary" as the A, and which has "adrenocortical"?

adrenomedullary --> SAM

adrenocortical --> HPA