Practice Quizzes

Chapter 3: Individual Counseling Skills
1: It is the development of a therapeutic alliance and use of interpersonal skills that are most associated with positive treatment outcomes.
TRUE
FALSE
2: Research indicates that the most effective therapy is Rogerian nondirective therapy.
TRUE
FALSE
3: Eye contact, leaning forward, and minimal encouragers are examples of:
paraphrasing.
reflection of feeling.
leading client.
attending.
4: According to Rogers, an effective helping relationship must:
have positive regard, geniuses, and empathy.
have adult-to-adult interactions.
be in touch with feelings.
have mutual trust and support.
5: Engagement can be facilitated by which of the following?
Getting down to business with the client
Asking many probing questions
Demonstrating genuineness, immediacy, and no-judgmental attitude
Helping clients define their problems more clearly.
6: Carkhuff, Ivey, and Egan were principle pioneers in:
making Freudian therapy practical.
writing the transtheoretical model of counseling.
investigating counseling qualities from a behavioral perspective.
developing cognitive behavioral therapy.
7: Paraphrasing refers to:
repeating exactly what the client said.
adding meaning to what the client states.
challenging the client's statement.
rephrasing the essence of the client's statement.
8: Reflection of feelings helps clients:
validate and accept their feelings.
communicate feelings directly and appropriately.
manage those feelings that often lead to drug use.
All of these are correct.
9: Reframing is:
the same as reflection of feelings and paraphrasing.
interpreting a client's experience in a new way.
summarizing part or all of the counseling session.
asking questions that help the client explore their experience.
10: The qualities of empathy, unconditional regard, and respect can be enhanced through practicing:
paraphrasing and reflection of feeling.
accurate analysis of the client's problem.
smiling, joking, and laughing.
gentle confrontation.
11: One important skill in helping clients explore their experience is to:
provide educational sessions on substance abuse.
continually reflect everything the clients say.
use open-ended questions.
challenge their irrational thoughts with rational arguments.
12: Leading skills are ways to:
keep the client on track.
move to a healthy agenda with client.
encourage self-exploration.
get the client to drop his or her denial.
13: One should only self-disclose:
for the benefit of the client.
to show the client that "you've been there."
when the client is in denial.
to give advice.
14: Which of the following is meant by "interpreting"?
Using deep Freudian analysis
Giving textbook explanation of the client's behavior
Reframing the client's experience
Getting the client to see how early childhood experiences formed his or her present problems
15: One critical factor in using different counseling skills is:
what theoretical approach you use.
timing to know how far to go and what is appropriate.
how defensive the client is.
what diagnosis the client has.
16: The most effective use of confrontation is:
to first get clients to see their denial first.
to examine discrepancies in information clients give you.
to challenge irrational and unhelpful thinking.
to speak loudly and forcefully about your concerns.
17: Process recording is:
describing what went on between the client and the counselor during a session.
tasks and activities the client completed and the outcome.
an overview of the client's treatment career and the outcome of the treatment plan.
a summary of the supervisor's reaction and advice to the recorded counseling session.
18: Transference refers to:
transferring a client to a more appropriate treatment program.
the counselor's transferring fear, anger, or disappointment onto the client.
moving records from one counselor to another.
client transferring past feelings onto the counselor.
19: Negative countertransference occurs when:
a counselor feels that a client is not in compliance with the program.
a client transfers bad experiences with others onto the counselor.
a counselor transfers his or her bad experiences with others onto the client.
a behavioral technique that uses the withdraw of a negative stimulus to reinforce a behavior.
20: Confrontation should always be motivated:
by the negative acting out of the client.
by the welfare of other clients in treatment.
by a desire to help the client change.
from a high of frustration on the counselor's part.
21: When clients come into treatment, their anxiety is usually high. This is the time to:
be confrontational.
ask lots of probing questions.
be reassuring, give explanations, and listen.
ignore them until they calm down.
22: Counselors should never raise the issue of suicide because it will raise the idea in the client's mind.
TRUE
FALSE
23: A crisis involves both a personal experience and a subjective response.
TRUE
FALSE
24: If a client's suicide attempt is successfully thwarted:
future treatment should be left up to other professionals.
follow-up actions are necessary.
there is little chance that another attempt will be made.
the client must remain on medication.
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