Attending Skills
Giving your client your undivided attention
What is attending?
The ethical guide that counselors follow
The American Counseling Association Code of Ethics or the ACA Code of Ethics
Assuming the worst will always happen, and then changing the way you think.
What is reframing or cognitive restructuring?
This book is often referred to as the clinical bible
Listening with all your senses
What is active listening?
Client's right to control their life
What is autonomy?
A client is afraid of snakes and the therapist shows the client pictures of snakes.
What is exposure therapy?
Name, date of birth, marital status, and address are found in what section of an assessment?
What is demographic?
This type of question generates a single word response often "yes or no"
What is a closed question?
To do no harm
What is nonmaleficence?
Deep breathing and muscle relaxation
What are stress reduction techniques?
The client reports feeling sad after the loss of his/her parent.
What is the presenting problem?
How was your week is an example of what type of question?
What is an open ended question?
Working for the good of the client, promoting their mental health well-being.
What is beneficence?
Acting out a scenario, whereby the counselor is the parent and the client acts as their child.
What is role play?
Expression of wanting to harm themselves
What is suicidal ideation?
Using verbal and nonverbal cues to describe what the client has shared or how the client is feeling
What is reflection?
Being truthful with individuals a counselor comes in contact with.
What is veracity?
Breaking one large task into smaller parts to help gain confidence.
What is successive approximation?
Used to measure depressive symptoms.
What is the PHQ-9.