Counselor Education Exam Preparation Guide
Course Introduction
Counselor Education is a comprehensive course that explores the foundational theories, practical skills, and ethical standards necessary for the effective practice of counseling in diverse educational settings. Students will examine the roles and responsibilities of counselors, develop key communication and intervention strategies, and gain an understanding of multicultural competence. Emphasis is placed on the application of counseling theories to real-world educational environments, the development of professional identity, and the legal and ethical issues that guide the profession. This course prepares future counselors to support the academic, career, and personal/social development of individuals across the lifespan.
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Becoming a Helper 6th Edition by Marianne Schneider Corey
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Chapter 1: Are the Helping Professions for You
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Q1) One guiding principle is to remain invested in the client's process rather than the outcome.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q2) Helpers who have personal needs operating as a motivation for choosing the helping professions will most likely be ineffective in reaching clients.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q3) At the undergraduate level,human-services programs would be most likely to train practitioners for:
A)independent private practice
B)working with couples and families
C)community-agency work
D)long-term psychotherapy
E)conducting psychological tests with highly disturbed individuals
Answer: C
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Chapter 2: Knowing Your Values
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Q1) Which of the following is not mentioned in the text as a guideline for dealing with end-of-life issues?
A)Assess your clients' capacity to make reasoned decisions about their health care.
B)Determine the degree to which clients' decisions are congruent with their cultural and spiritual values.
C)Avoid including clients' significant others in the counseling process to ensure that the client's decision is not influenced by them.
D)Keep risk-management-oriented notes.
Answer: C
Q2) At times,it is useful for helpers to expose their values to clients.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q3) The matter of parental consent in working with minors varies from state to state.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
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Chapter 4: Common Concerns of Beginning Helpers
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Q1) Jane arrives at each weekly counseling session with a disaster.She usually starts each session with,"You won't believe what happened to me this week..." and continues with a litany of woes.The most appropriate counselor response would be:
A)You need to examine the way you thrive on chaos.
B)You must feel overwhelmed by all those problems.
C)Why don't you sit quietly for a moment and reflect on what is the one concern that is most pressing to you at this time.
D)You need to look at the part you are playing in all these situations.
E)We need to set some goals to overcome some of the adversities in your lifE.
Q2) Anxiety can render an intern unable to pay attention to the client;thus,interns who feel anxious should find a new professional path to follow.
A)True
B)False
Q3) The best way to handle a client's resistance is for the helper to confront the client in an abrasive manner so that he or she is caught off guard.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 5: The Helping Process
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Q1) Of the following statements,which is the one most characteristic of an effective helper?
A)If I can create a therapeutic climate,my clients will tend to change in a positive direction.
B)A sociopath is resistant to therapy and will never change.
C)I'm color blind and can work equally well with any racial or ethnic group.
D)People who are on welfare are basically lazy and really don't want to work.
E)If clients don't change,it's their fault,not minE.
Q2) Before you accept a position in any setting,it is essential that you understand
_____because this influences the manner in which the agency functions.
A)the philosophy of the agency
B)the agency's policies about vacations and sick leave
C)what is happening in other local social service organizations
D)all of the internal politics of the agency
Q3) Helper self-disclosure typically detracts from the client's agenda and tends to be inappropriate and unprofessional.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 6: Theory Applied to Practice
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Q1) Existential therapy places emphasis on
A)working with the faulty belief systems of the client.
B)uncovering early childhood traumatic events.
C)the quality of the client-therapist relationship.
D)a systematic approach to changing behavior.
E)teaching clients cognitive and behavioral coping skills.
Q2) For psychoanalytically oriented therapists,both transference and countertransference are central aspects in the relationship.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Gestalt therapy focuses on all of the following except for A)bringing unfinished business from the past into the present.
B)objective evaluation of treatment outcomes.
C)direct experiencing.
D)awareness.
E)carrying out experiments as a part of the therapy process.
Q4) The heart of narrative therapy is the concept of social interest.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 7: Understanding Diversity
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Q1) It is realistic to expect that effective helpers will have an in-depth knowledge of all cultural backgrounds.
A)True
B)False
Q2) From a(n) _____ perspective,the goal of helping is to promote the empowerment of people who are marginalized and oppressed in our society.
A)individualistic
B)social interest
C)social justice
D)intrapsychic
Q3) Which of the following statements is not true regarding disability-affirmative therapy?
A)It is designed to help counselors incorporate disability knowledge and culture into the treatment.
B)It often results in overinflating the role of disability in the client's case.
C)Using this approach,the case formulation is developed in such a manner that it does not underestimate the role of disability.
D)none of the above.
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Chapter 8: Ethical Legal Issues Facing Helpers
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Q1) As long as school counselors act in an ethical and reasonable manner,they are protected from legal sanctions.
A)True
B)False
Q2) It may be necessary to make a referral when
A)it is evident that the helper does not have the skills or the responsibility to offer the client the needed services.
B)the client is failing to make progress.
C)personal factors are likely to interfere with a productive working relationship.
D)all of the above
Q3) Which type of helping specialty does not have an affiliation with a professional organization that has a code of ethics?
A)Alcohol and drug abuse counseling
B)Rehabilitation counseling
C)Social work
D)Marriage and family therapy
E)None of the above
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Chapter 9: Managing Boundary Issues
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Q1) Discussing sexual feelings about clients
A)should never occur under any circumstances.
B)should occur only with one's religious or spiritual advisor.
C)should ideally occur during internships and peer supervision groups.
D)should occur only with the client.
Q2) Most of the professional codes prohibit the practice of bartering in a counseling relationship.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Departures from commonly accepted practices that could potentially benefit clients are referred to as
A)unethical boundaries.
B)boundary crossings.
C)boundary violations.
D)interpersonal boundaries.
Q4) According to some writers,graduate education tends to escalate students' fears of licensing agencies and lawsuits.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 10: Getting the Most From Your Fieldwork
Supervision
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Q1) Field supervisors are likely to expect trainees to possess which of the following skills and/or knowledge?
A)Ability to connect with others
B)Ability to be proactive rather than reactive
C)Ability to work with diverse cultures
D)All of the above
E)Both a and b
Q2) The Coreys place emphasis on direct teaching with supervisees by giving them information,rather than helping them learn how to conceptualize a case.
A)True
B)False
Q3) The primary role of clinical supervision is to inform trainees about the best way to serve their clients.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Being assertive with your supervisor essentially means the same thing as being aggressive with him or her.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 12: Working With Groups
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Q1) The following is true concerning co-leaders in group work:
A)When co-leaders have differences in leadership style,they will not be able to work cooperatively.
B)Co-leaders need to make a commitment to meet regularly before and after each session.
C)A disadvantage of co-leading is that it can facilitate an awareness of countertransference that emerges within the group.
D)A cohesive group will not be affected by incompatible co-leaders.
Q2) Groups provide a natural laboratory that demonstrate to people that they are not alone and that there is hope for creating a different life.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Being in a group as a part of your program provides an avenue for talking about the feelings,fears,and uncertainties that characterize the developing helper you are becoming.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 13: Working in the Community
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Q1) One way community workers can initiate change is by organizing within an agency and developing a collective voice.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Which of the following tasks might practitioners be involved in when educating the community?
A)Supporting the needs of minority groups in the community
B)Initiating programs aimed at preventing problems
C)Developing strategies to deal effectively with poverty,drug and alcohol abuse,child sexual/physical abuse,child neglect,and domestic violence
D)Evaluating human-service programs to assess agency intervention efforts
E)All of the above
Q3) Community workers need to be experts,which includes deciding for a community what is needed.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Outreach activities are examples of indirect community services.
A)True
B)False
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