Advanced Counseling Theory
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Course Introduction
Advanced Counseling Theory delves into the critical examination and application of contemporary counseling theories beyond the foundational concepts covered in introductory courses. Students explore a diverse range of therapeutic models, such as cognitive-behavioral, humanistic-existential, psychodynamic, and multicultural approaches, with an emphasis on integrating theory with counseling practice. The course encourages critical analysis of research and scholarly literature to evaluate the efficacy of theories with varied client populations and presenting issues. Through case studies and experiential learning, students refine their conceptualization skills, develop personalized counseling frameworks, and grow in their ability to adapt interventions ethically and effectively in diverse clinical settings.
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Theory and Practice of Counseling and Psychotherapy 9th Edition by Gerald Corey
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Chapter 1: Introduction and Overview
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Q1) A comprehensive approach to counseling:
A)goes beyond focusing on our internal dynamics and addresses those environmental and systemic realities that influence us.
B)focuses almost exclusively on the client's internal dynamics.
C)focuses primarily on the therapist's internal reactions to the client's behavior.
D)focuses only on systemic factors.
Answer: A
Q2) Which humanistic approach emphasizes the basic attitudes of the therapist as the core of the therapeutic process?
A)psychoanalytic therapy
B)Adlerian therapy
C)person-centered therapy
D)cognitive-behavioral therapy
E)family therapy
Answer: C
Q3) An integrative perspective is not developed in a random fashion.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
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Chapter 2: The Counselor: Person and Professional
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Q1) Ideally,our self-care should mirror the care we provide for others.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q2) In working with culturally diverse clients,it helps to understand and assess:
A)what these clients expect from counseling.
B)the degree of acculturation that has taken place.
C)the attitudes these clients have about seeking counseling for their personal problems.
D)the messages they received from their culture about asking for professional help.
E)all of these Answer: E
Q3) Truly dedicated therapists carry the problems of their clients around with them during leisure hours.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
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Chapter 3: Ethical Issues in Counseling Practice
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Q1) Confidentiality must be breached and information must be reported by practitioners when:
A)clients pose a danger to others.
B)a child under the age of 16 is the victim of incest,rape,or child abuse.
C)an older adult is being abused.
D)the therapist determines that the client needs immediate,involuntary hospitalization.
E)all of these
Answer: E
Q2) Becoming an ethical practitioner is not a final destination but a journey that will continue throughout your career.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q3) The only setting in which one might be forced to manage multiple roles is in community mental health centers.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
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Chapter 4: Psychoanalytic Therapy
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Q1) Analytically oriented therapists typically interpret free associations,dreams,resistances,and transferences.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Which of the following statements is true about the relationship a client has with his or her analyst?
A)The client is free to express any idea or feeling as long as it is not scandalous.
B)The analyst is free to engage in spontaneous self-expression if a client makes an erroneous comment.
C)The client is free to express any idea or feeling,no matter how irresponsible,scandalous,politically incorrect,selfish,or infantile.
D)The client is encouraged to use "solution talk" and avoid talking about problems.
Q3) The id is related to the concept of libido.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 5: Adlerian Therapy
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Q1) One contribution of Adlerian therapy is that:
A)practitioners are given a great deal of freedom in working with their clients.
B)it offers a well-defined theory of personality.
C)many of its concepts have been supported by research.
D)it is a common-sense psychology.
Q2) Which of the statements below about social interest is true?
A)While Adler considered social interest to be innate,he also believed that it must be learned,developed,and used.
B)Adler believed most people to be incapable of developing social interest even though it was something to which they should aspire.
C)In his later years,Adler recanted his beliefs about social interest and focused on addressing unconscious dynamics as the key to mental health.
D)The concept of social interest was originally introduced by Freud,and Adler incorporated it into his theory.
Q3) Adlerians maintain that the priorities we choose arise from our personality strengths.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 6: Existential Therapy
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Q1) The outcomes of existential therapy have been submitted to rigorous empirical testing.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Existential therapy can best be considered as a system of highly developed techniques designed to foster authenticity.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Which is not an essential aim of existential-humanistic therapy?
A)to help clients become more present to both themselves and others
B)to assist clients in identifying ways they block themselves from fuller presence
C)to dispute clients' irrational beliefs.
D)to challenge clients to assume responsibility for designing their present lives
E)to encourage clients to choose more expanded ways of being in their daily lives.
Q4) Existentially,humans both long for and wish to escape from their freedom.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 7: Person-Centered Therapy
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Q1) Person-centered expressive arts therapy can be used in both group and individual contexts.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Free association and dream analysis are a typical part of the person-centered therapist's procedures.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Which of the following is not considered a necessary and sufficient condition for change in the person-centered framework?
A)unconditional positive regard
B)creative expression
C)accurate empathetic understanding
D)congruence
Q4) The person-centered approach places emphasis on the necessary and sufficient conditions for change.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 8: Gestalt Therapy
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Q1) Contemporary Gestalt therapists view client resistance as:
A)a way that clients avoid confrontation.
B)a sign of poor motivation for therapeutic work.
C)a therapy interfering force that needs to be overcome.
D)an element of therapy that needs to be respected.
Q2) Gestalt therapies view a client's avoidance behavior as related to unfinished business.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Because of his need to be liked,Jose makes careful efforts to get along with everyone and minimize interpersonal conflicts.Which boundary disturbance is Jose exhibiting?
A)introjection.
B)projection.
C)retroflection.
D)confluence.
Q4) People who rely on retroflection tend to inhibit themselves from taking action out of fear of embarrassment,guilt,and resentment.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 9: Behavior Therapy
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Q1) A limitation of behavior therapy is:
A)the overemphasis on feeling and the neglect of cognition.
B)the overemphasis upon insight.
C)the lack of empirical research validating its techniques.
D)the need for long-term treatment to effect change.
E)none of these
Q2) Systematic desensitization typically includes the use of relaxation procedures.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Albert Bandura is credited with originally developing the progressive relaxation procedure.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Behavior therapy has been shown to be effective in the prevention and treatment of cardiovascular disease.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Dialectical behavior therapy requires both individual and group treatment.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 10: Cognitive Behavior Therapy
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Q1) REBT employs what kind of method to help people resolve their emotional and behavioral problems?
A)the phenomenological method
B)the empirical method
C)the Gestalt method
D)the philosophical method
Q2) Which of the following is true about the relationship between a client and a rational emotive behavior therapist?
A)Therapists make value judgments in helping their clients gain insight.
B)It is characterized by full acceptance and tolerance.
C)Personal warmth is considered to be very important.
D)The therapist assumes a nondirective stance.
E)Transference is encouraged to develop.
Q3) A noteworthy strength of the cognitive behavioral approaches is:
A)they have strong empirical support.
B)they pay careful attention to the client's early development.
C)they are well-suited to clients who have difficulty with abstraction.
D)They consider insight and action equally important forces in therapeutic change.
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Chapter 11: Reality Therapy
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Q1) Reality therapy tends to be a long-term approach.
A)True
B)False
Q2) All of the following are key characteristics of contemporary reality therapy except for:
A)There is a focus on talking about symptoms that bring a client into therapy.
B)Emphasis is on choice and responsibility.
C)There is a rejection of the notion of transference.
D)Therapy is kept in the present.
E)Clients are helped to get connected or reconnected with the people they have chosen to put in their quality world.
Q3) The SAMIC<sup>3 </sup>plan is an essential part of the evaluation phase of the WDEP system.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Regarding group work,members provide one another with feedback regarding their choices and plans.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 12: Feminist Therapy
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Q1) The relational-cultural theory emphasizes the vital role:
A)that relationships and connectedness with others play in the lives of women.
B)of a spiritual or religious perspective in providing women with strength.
C)in understanding how early childhood is a crucial factor in a woman's personality development.
D)that siblings play in the shaping of personality.
Q2) From the perspective of feminist therapy,the socialization of women inevitably affects their:
A)identity development.
B)self-concept.
C)goals and aspirations.
D)emotional well-being.
E)all of these
Q3) The feminist approach to group counseling involves all of the following except:
A)support for the experience of being a woman.
B)political involvement.
C)providing members a place to reflect on their role in society.
D)empowerment.
E)an opportunity to experience and analyze multiple transferences.
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Chapter 13: Postmodern Approaches
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Q1) In the solution-oriented approach,which is not considered one of the three basic parts to the structure of summary feedback?
A)compliments
B)a bridge
C)expressing concern
D)suggesting a task
Q2) Narrative therapists pay significant attention to a client's past as it helps them understand the origins of client's stories.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Which is not a major contribution of the postmodern approaches?
A)the non-pathologizing stance.
B)the optimistic orientation.
C)the course of treatment is quite short compared to other approaches.
D)research on these approaches is considered empirically generalizable.
Q4) Modernists believe in objective reality and assume that it can be observed and systematically known through the scientific method.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 14: Family Systems Therapy
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Q1) Which of the following is least associated with Satir's human validation process model?
A)family rules
B)functional versus dysfunctional communication patterns
C)family roles and triads
D)storied lives and narratives
E)defensive stances in coping with stress
Q2) To prevent his parents from leaving the house,Miguel throws temper tantrums.His parents have given in to his demands and never go out to dinner or to movies anymore.A structural/strategic therapist working with Miguel and his parents will most likely:
A)have them participate in an enactment during the therapy session.
B)explain with a genogram the origins of Miguel's temper tantrums.
C)help Miguel's parents to develop differentiated selves.
D)do a lifestyle assessment.
Q3) From a family systems perspective,an individual's dysfunctional behavior grows out of the interactional unit of the family as well as the larger community and societal systems.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 15: An Integrative Perspective
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Q1) An Adlerian therapist would:
A)maintain an aloof stance.
B)establish a cooperative relationship based on equality.
C)take the role of expert.
D)take the role of a friendly parent.
E)avoid sharing personal reactions.
Q2) Which of the following approaches to therapy stresses the attitude of the therapist over the use of techniques?
A)person-centered therapy
B)psychoanalytic therapy
C)cognitive-behavior therapy
D)behavior therapy
Q3) A limitation of existential therapy is its:
A)emphasis on the therapist as an expert.
B)adherence to the medical model.
C)limited applicability to nonverbal clients.
D)use of simplistic concepts.
E)neglect of feelings.
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Chapter 16: Case Illustration: an Integrative Approach to
Working With Stan
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Q1) Which therapeutic approach would place the least emphasis on having Stan explore his feelings about his ex-wife?
A)psychoanalytic therapy
B)behavior therapy
C)Gestalt therapy
D)person-centered therapy
Q2) Stan is a man who is quite concerned about what others think of him.He worries that his peers and family members think he's a "loser".What type of therapist would have Stan participate in shame-attacking exercises to conquer his fear of negative evaluation of others?
A)Gestalt therapist
B)behavior therapist
C)rational emotive behavior therapist
D)reality therapist
E)family systems therapist
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