Counseling Practice & Ethics
What is the primary determinant of the therapeutic outcome based on research?
Therapeutic Relationship
__________ are preplanned activities that can be used to elicit emotion, produce action, or achieve a specific goal.
a. Cathartic events
b. Faulty experiments
c. Exercises
d. Conflicting opinions
c. Exercises
Which of the following is not a technique of the Gestalt approach?
a. the rehearsal exercise
b. The A-B-C framework
c. the empty chair technique
d. staying with the feeling
b. The A-B-C framework
Neurotic anxiety and the unconscious are most associated with this psychotherapy theory.
Psychoanalytic/Psychodynamic
This psychoanalytic structure of personality houses our childish impulses.
The Id
Asking a client to pick up your dry cleaning would be an example of a boundary _____.
Violation
The basic goal of Gestalt therapy is:
a. attaining awareness and contact with the environment.
b. to understand why we feel as we do.
c. to uncover repressed material.
d. to help clients develop better social skills.
a. attaining awareness and contact with the environment.
The basic aim of cognitive-behavioral therapy is to:
a. treat specific learning disorders.
b. change overt behavior.
c. correct irrational thinking.
d. make the unconscious motives conscious.
c. correct irrational thinking.
This type of therapist pays attention to the client's nonverbal language and "Holism".
Gestalt
Jenny just had her house burglarized, which of Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs are indicated in this scenario?
Safety Needs
A therapist should consult with colleagues or specialists under all circumstances except:
a. when multiple relationships are potentially problematic.
b. when facing an ethical problem.
c. when losing objectivity.
d. when discussing past life choices.
d. when discussing past life choices.
Unfinished business from the past manifests itself in current behavior as __________ (2 words) Disturbances.
Contact Boundary
This is a cognitive error that involves categorizing experiences in “either-or” extremes.
Dichotomous Thinking/"All or Nothing" Thinking
"What gives my life purpose?” is a question most associated with which psychotherapy theory?
Existential
In Psychoanalytic Theory, this occurs when the client reacts to the therapist as they did to an earlier significant other in their lives during therapy.
Transference
The feelings aroused in the therapist by the client which includes projections that influence how therapists react to and perceive clients is known as this:
Countertransference
Feelings about the past are unexpressed and result in Preoccupation, compulsive behavior, wariness oppressive energy, and self-defeating behavior is known as this: (2 words)
Unfinished Business
The process of holding extreme beliefs on the basis of a single incident and applying them inappropriately to dissimilar events or settings is known as:
Overgeneralization
The WDEP system is associated with this psychotherapy theory.
Reality Therapy/Choice Theory
Acceptance and respect no matter what a person says or does is known as this phrase in Person-Centered Therapy.
Unconditional Positive Regard
Counselors must avoid imposing their values (AKA value imposition) onto clients through a process known as this:
Bracketing
Gestalt therapists focus on the __________ and __________.
Here and Now
The therapist used the A-B-C Framework with Carol. After A, B and C comes D which helps clients challenge their irrational beliefs. What does “D” stand for in this case?
Disputing
This theory looks at the therapeutic technique of "Homework" as a vehicle for assisting clients in putting into action what they are learning in therapy.
Cognitive-Behavioral
The professor yelled at me today; when I went home I yelled at my sister. This is an example of which of Freud's Defense Mechanisms?
Displacement