Counseling Skills and Strategies Solved
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This course provides an in-depth exploration of the core skills and strategies essential for effective counseling practice. Students will develop foundational abilities in active listening, empathetic communication, problem assessment, and solution-focused techniques. Emphasis is placed on building trust, understanding diverse client backgrounds, ethical considerations, and the application of evidence-based interventions in a variety of settings. Through role-play, case studies, and reflective practice, learners will refine their counseling approach and gain confidence in supporting individuals facing personal, academic, or professional challenges.
Recommended Textbook 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) An integrative perspective is not developed in a random fashion.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q2) Donald Meichenbaum is a prominent contributor to the development of cognitive behavior therapy.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q3) Which approach was developed during the 1940s as a nondirective reaction against psychoanalysis?
A)person-centered therapy
B)family systems therapy
C)Adlerian therapy
D)reality therapy
E)cognitive therapy
Answer: A
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Chapter 2: The Counselor: Person and Professional
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Q1) Therapists need to be free of conflicts before they can counsel others.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q2) Your role as a counselor is to provide a safe and inviting context in which clients can explore the congruence between their values and their behavior.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q3) Practitioners must have had the same experiences as their clients in order to have empathy for them.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q4) Ideally,our self-care should mirror the care we provide for others.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
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Chapter 3: Ethical Issues in Counseling Practice
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Q1) Overemphasizing cultural differences is always appropriate in a counseling context.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q2) Privileged communication does not apply to A)group counseling
B)couples counseling
C)family therapy
D)child and adolescent therapy
E)all of these.
Answer: E
Q3) A diagnosis provides a working hypothesis that guides the practitioner in understanding the client.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
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Chapter 4: Psychoanalytic Therapy
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Q1) The id is related to the concept of libido.
A)True
B)False
Q2) The basic aim of psychoanalytic therapy is:
A)to treat specific learning disorders.
B)to change overt behavior.
C)to correct irrational thinking.
D)to make the unconscious material conscious.
Q3) According to Erickson,the basic struggle of early childhood involves:
A)autonomy vs.shame and doubt.
B)initiative vs.guilt.
C)identity vs.role confusion.
D)trust vs.mistrust.
E)intimacy vs.isolation.
Q4) The relational model of psychoanalysis downplays the role of countertransference.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 5: Adlerian Therapy
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Q1) The concept of lifestyle refers to an individual's core beliefs and assumptions through which the person organizes his or her reality and finds meaning in life events.
A)True
B)False
Q2) The purpose of examining a client's family constellation is:
A)to get a picture of the individual's early social world.
B)to bring unconscious factors to the surface.
C)to discover hereditary aspects of the client's behavior.
D)to determine who else in the family needs help.
Q3) Adlerians typically do not use techniques of interpretation,for they believe that clients can make their own interpretations without therapist intervention.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Adlerians maintain that change is not possible without insight; understanding the causes of one's problems is a prerequisite to behavioral change.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 6: Existential Therapy
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Q1) Martin Buber stressed the importance of presence,which allows for the creation of I/Thou relationships in therapy.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Philosophically,the existentialists would agree that:
A)the final decisions and choices rest with the client.
B)people redefine themselves by their choices.
C)a person can go beyond early conditioning.
D)making choices can create anxiety.
E)all of these.
Q3) Ursula lived in New York City on 9/11.Ever since experiencing the aftermath of the terrorist attacks,she has felt anxiety about going to the upper level floors of tall buildings.As an existentially oriented therapist,you might conclude that:
A)Ursula is highly neurotic.
B)Ursula's fears are completely unfounded.
C)Ursula's anxiety is normal in light of the traumatic experience she had on 9/11.
D)Ursula is on the verge of becoming psychotic.
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Chapter 7: Person-Centered Therapy
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Q1) The person-centered approach is not particularly well-suited to multi-cultural counseling.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Person-centered research has been conducted on:
A)treating specific behavioral problems.
B)the hypothesized necessary and sufficient conditions of therapeutic personality change.
C)comparing the outcomes of person-centered therapy with other models.
D)treatment of personality disorders.
E)all of these.
Q3) Arguably,the most central limitation of the person centered approach is:
A)their view of assessment and diagnosis.
B)the therapist's limitations as a person.
C)shortcomings of the studies of the approach.
D)the continual evolution of the approach leads to unclear therapeutic principles.
Q4) Carl Rogers is often called the "father of psychotherapy research."
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 8: Gestalt Therapy
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Q1) Although Perls used a highly confrontational approach in dealing with client avoidance and resistance,the confrontational model is not representative of contemporary Gestalt therapy.
A)True
B)False
Q2) 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.
Q3) Gestalt group therapists use experiments to encourage clients to move from talking about action to taking action.
A)True
B)False
Q4) In the Gestaltist view,unfinished business is best explored in the present.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 9: Behavior Therapy
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Q1) The premise of the exposure-based therapies is that anxiety is reduced through:
A)extinction of a maladaptive response to a feared stimulus.
B)habituation.
C)pairing a feared stimulus with a competing,calming response.
D)progressive muscle relaxation.
E)negative reinforcement.
Q2) Dialectical behavior therapy requires both individual and group treatment.
A)True
B)False
Q3) During the second wave of behavior therapy,therapists:
A)continued to emphasize empirically supported treatments.
B)increased their focus on the role of emotion in behavior change.
C)adopted a stronger biological perspective.
D)applied behavior therapy principles to prevention of disease and illness.
E)all of these
Q4) A trend in contemporary behavior therapy is the increased emphasis on the role of thinking and "self-talk" as a factor in behavior.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 10: Cognitive Behavior Therapy
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Q1) According to Beck,selective abstraction is used by clients to reinforce negative schemas and support their maladaptive core beliefs.
A)True
B)False
Q2) All of the following are cognitive methods of REBT except for:
A)shame-attacking exercises.
B)disputing irrational beliefs.
C)changing one's language.
D)completing homework assignments.
Q3) Roberto,who struggles with feeling inadequate as a provider and husband,has come to work with a cognitive behavioral therapist.In addition to feeling inadequate,he feels angry that he has been marginalized by the mainstream culture.As his therapist,you should do all of the following except:
A)refrain from using jargon such as the terms "irrational,maladaptive,and dysfunctional"
B)adapt the language presented in cognitive restructuring to Roberto's primary language,age,and educational level.
C)avoid using disrespectful language when describing Roberto's cognitions
D)impress Roberto with your use of jargon to reinforce that you are the expert.
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Chapter 11: Reality Therapy
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Q1) Reality therapy has gained popularity with:
A)school counselors and administrators.
B)school teachers,both elementary and secondary.
C)rehabilitation workers.
D)all of the above
Q2) Which of the following is not a function of the reality therapist?
A)focusing on areas in the client's life that need improvement so that he or she can achieve a "success identity"
B)setting limits in the therapeutic setting
C)getting clients to be specific about how they will make desired changes
D)confronting clients by not accepting their excuses
E)helping clients reformulate their plans,if necessary
Q3) Robert Wubbolding stresses the importance of an engaging therapeutic environment.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Reality therapy gives only limited attention to helping people address environmental and social problems.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 12: Feminist Therapy
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Q1) Which of the following interventions involves a shift from "blaming the victim" to consideration of social factors in the environment that contribute to a client's problem?
A)paradoxical intention
B)reframing
C)relabeling
D)gender-role analysis
Q2) All of the following are goals of feminist therapy except for:
A)striving for gender equality.
B)confronting forms of institutional oppression.
C)resolving intrapsychic conflicts from early childhood.
D)helping clients embrace their personal power.
E)freeing clients of gender role socialization.
Q3) Feminist therapy is not static,but is continually evolving.
A)True
B)False
Q4) In feminist therapy,adjustment rather than transcendence is a primary goal of therapy.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 13: Postmodern Approaches
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Q1) All of the following are characteristics shared by the postmodern and person-centered approaches except:
A)the high value of the therapeutic relationship.
B)the belief that are capable of solving their problems.
C)the importance of using specific techniques in therapy.
D)the therapist's sense of caring and respect for their client.
E)the importance of the client defining the goals for therapy.
Q2) In the view of the postmodern therapist,the most essential element of therapy is: A)assessment.
B)the collaborative therapeutic relationship.
C)diagnosis.
D)brief course of treatment.
E)skilled use of techniques.
Q3) Of the following,what is an interest that social constructionists tend to share?
A)helping clients better understand objective reality
B)using paradoxical techniques
C)using a genogram to teach families about conflicts
D)generating new meaning in the lives of individuals
E)helping clients tap into the collective unconscious
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Chapter 14: Family Systems Therapy
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Q1) Families are multilayered systems that both affect and are affected by the larger systems in which they are embedded.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Which family therapist made use of innovative interventions such as metaphor,reframing,rules for interaction,parts party,family reconstructions,family sculpting,and family maps?
A)Bowen
B)Minuchin
C)Satir
D)Whitaker
E)Haley
Q3) A major contribution of Bowen's theory is the notion of:
A)birth order as a determinant of personality.
B)differentiation of the self.
C)family rules and communication patterns.
D)spontaneity,creativity,and play as therapeutic factors in family therapy.
Q4) Structural family therapists limit their interventions to families alone.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 15: An Integrative Perspective
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Q1) Regarding psychotherapy outcome,research shows:
A)the behavioral approaches are more effective than the humanistic approaches.
B)there are clear factors that predict which models of therapy work best for particular types of clients.
C)the therapeutic relationship is not a major contributor to therapeutic change.
D)no model of therapy has been proven more effective than another.
Q2) According to psychoanalytic therapy,human beings are:
A)motivated by social interest.
B)determined by psychic energy and early experiences.
C)inclined toward becoming fully functioning.
D)free to choose who they will become.
Q3) Which of the following approaches contends that the nature of the human condition includes self-awareness,freedom of choice,responsibility,and anxiety as basic elements?
A)Gestalt therapy
B)person-centered therapy
C)existential therapy
D)Adlerian therapy
E)reality therapy
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Chapter 16: Case Illustration: an Integrative Approach to
Working With Stan
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Q1) Stan's reality therapist would focus on all of the following except:
A)Stan's positive experiences with his camp supervisor.
B)Stan's negative experiences during his childhood.
C)Stan's wants and perceptions.
D)Stan's future goals.
E)Stan's evaluation pertaining to his drinking.
Q2) Stan has completed his experience in counseling.Which of the following approaches would be most concerned with evaluating the outcomes of therapy?
A)existential therapy
B)behavior therapy
C)Gestalt therapy
D)rational emotive behavior therapy
E)the postmodern therapies
Q3) Which of the following Gestalt techniques would help Stan deal with his unfinished business concerning his ex-wife?
A)having him "speak" to her in the present
B)"staying with the feeling"
C)the rehearsal experiment
D)all of these
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