Group Counseling Final Exam
Course Introduction
Group Counseling is a course that explores the theories, principles, and practices involved in facilitating counseling groups in various settings. Students will learn about group dynamics, stages of group development, ethical and cultural considerations, and leadership skills essential for effective group facilitation. The course combines theoretical frameworks with experiential activities, enabling students to develop strategies for promoting personal growth, cohesion, and therapeutic change among group members. Special emphasis is placed on understanding the roles and responsibilities of the group counselor, managing challenging situations, and evaluating group outcomes.
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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) With respect to mastering the techniques of counseling and applying them appropriately and effectively,it is Corey's belief that you are your own very best technique.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q2) Which of the following statements about theories or models of counseling/ psychotherapy is true?
A)Extensive research has shown that certain popular models of psychotherapy are "wrong."
B)There is a clear place for theoretical pluralism in our society.
C)Accepting the validity of one model implies rejecting the validity of other models.
D)Theoretical pluralism has been frowned on by several major professional organizations.
Answer: B
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) If you try to figure out in advance how to proceed with a client,you may be depriving the client of the opportunity to become an active partner in her or his own therapy.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q2) Therapists need to be free of conflicts before they can counsel others.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q3) In the text,all of the following are listed as characteristics of the counselor as a therapeutic person except:
A)counselors have a sense of humor.
B)counselors no longer have to cope with personal problems.
C)counselors feel alive and their choices are life-oriented.
D)counselors make mistakes and they are willing to admit them.
E)counselors appreciate the influence of culture.
Answer: B
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Chapter 3: Ethical Issues in Counseling Practice
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Q1) The American Counseling Association uses the term "nonprofessional relationships" when referring to dual or multiple relationships.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q2) Clinicians who work in community mental health agencies,private practice,and other human service settings are generally expected to assess client problems within the framework of the National Association of Social Workers' Diagnostic and Assessment Protocol Manual (3<sup>rd</sup> ed.)
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q3) Evidence-based practice is a potent force in psychotherapeutic practice today,and it may mandate the types of treatments therapists can offer in the future.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
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Chapter 4: Psychoanalytic Therapy
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Q1) The main function of the ego is:
A)to inhibit id impulses.
B)to seek pleasure in life.
C)to mediate between the instincts and the surrounding environment.
D)to strive for perfection.
Q2) In order to meet the goals of psychoanalytic treatment,Rhonda must help her eating disordered clients to:
A)reduce their symptoms and resolve their internal conflicts.
B)replace negative self-talk with positive self-talk.
C)make use of programs such as Weight Watchers or the Atkins diet plan.
D)increase their support networks and develop social interest.
Q3) Who developed the object-relations view that focuses on separation and individuation?
A)Perls
B)Satir
C)Rogers
D)Mahler
E)Erikson
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Chapter 5: Adlerian Therapy
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Q1) The premise of Adlerian group work is that:
A)clients' problems are usually of a social nature.
B)early childhood disturbances are at the root of the client's current problems.
C)individuals are encouraged to become fully independent.
D)insight,not action is needed for change.
Q2) "Fictional finalism" is an Adlerian term meaning:
A)the unrealistic ideas that we have about the way life should be.
B)our strict adherence to certain beliefs that are not based on reality.
C)an imagined central goal that guides our behavior.
D)our stubborn resistance to change.
Q3) Clients are viewed by Adlerian therapists as "sick" and in need of a cure.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Adlerians have a teleological view of human nature.
A)True
B)False
Q5) 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) A statement that best illustrates "bad faith" is:
A)Naturally I'm this way,because I grew up in an alcoholic family.
B)I will not consider others in the choices I make.
C)I must live by commitments I make.
D)I am responsible for the choices that I make.
Q2) When is the counseling process at its best from an existential viewpoint?
A)When the client feels comfortable enough to engage in shame-attacking exercises outside of counseling sessions.
B)When the deepest self of the therapist meets the deepest part of the client.
C)When the therapist uses his or her influence to convince the client to let go of his or her anxiety.
D)When sessions begin with progressive muscle relaxation exercises.
Q3) Existentially,the ideas of freedom and responsibility suggest:
A)our freedom requires us to accept responsibility for directing our own life.
B)we are free to choose who we will be.
C)you cannot have one without the other.
D)all of these.
Q4) The existential approach can be used in a brief therapy context.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 7: Person-Centered Therapy
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Q1) The ______________________that recently has come into prominence shares many concepts on the healthy side of human existence with the humanistic approach.
A)positive psychology movement
B)object relations approach
C)dialectical behavior therapy approach
D)applied behavior analysis movement.
Q2) Person-centered therapy groups emphasize self-acceptance and self-reliance.
A)True
B)False
Q3) The person-centered approach is not particularly well-suited to multi-cultural counseling.
A)True
B)False
Q4) The person-centered model has been widely adapted to include such areas as family therapy,crisis counseling and classroom education.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 8: Gestalt Therapy
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Q1) Blocked energy is a form of defensive behavior.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Since Gestalt therapy focuses on the here-and-now,the past is neither explored nor given emphasis.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Empirical support for Gestalt therapy is:
A)weak.
B)well-developed.
C)becoming stronger.
D)unavailable.
Q4) Gestalt group therapists use experiments to encourage clients to move from talking about action to taking action.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Most of the Gestalt techniques are designed to intensify one's experiencing.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 9: Behavior Therapy
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Q1) Evidence-based procedures are a part of both behavior therapy and cognitive behavior therapy.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Michael believes that he will be able to improve his public speaking skills after completing a speech course at school.Based on social-cognitive theory,one might observe that Michael is not lacking in:
A)arrogance and grandiosity.
B)intelligence.
C)self-efficacy.
D)cognitive functioning.
Q3) Which is not true of the relationship between therapist and client in behavior therapy?
A)The therapist is solely responsible for setting treatment goals.
B)The relationship is considered collaborative.
C)Therapist and client work together in a warm and flexible manner.
D)The therapeutic relationship is an important factor in treatment outcomes.
Q4) Systematic desensitization typically includes the use of relaxation procedures.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 10: Cognitive Behavior Therapy
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Q1) Rational emotive behavior therapy belongs to which category of therapy?
A)existential-humanistic
B)client-centered
C)psychoanalytic
D)Gestalt
E)cognitive-behavior/action oriented
Q2) The cognitive distortion that consists of forming conclusions based on an isolated detail of an event is:
A)labeling and mislabeling.
B)overgeneralization.
C)arbitrary inferences.
D)selective abstraction.
E)personalization.
Q3) Bibliotherapeutic approaches have empirical support for the treatment of depression,for a variety of anxiety disorders,and for a range of clinical problems.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 11: Reality Therapy
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Q1) The core of reality therapy consists of:
A)teaching clients how to acquire rational beliefs instead of irrational beliefs.
B)helping clients to understand their unconscious dynamics.
C)giving clients opportunities to express unresolved feelings.
D)teaching clients to take effective control of their own lives.
Q2) Which of these statements is not true?
A)With the emphases on connection and interpersonal relationships,reality therapy is well suited for various kinds of group counseling.
B)The WDEP system can be applied to helping group members satisfy their basic needs.
C)If members talk about their past experiences or make excuses for their current behavior,the group leader redirects them to what they are presently doing.
D)Reality therapy does not lend itself to a group format.
Q3) Robert Wubbolding stresses the importance of an engaging therapeutic environment.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 12: Feminist Therapy
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Q1) Which of these statements is not true about lesbian feminism?
A)In recent years,lesbian feminism has been enriched through interaction with queer theory.
B)Some individuals identify "lesbian feminism" with 1970s and 1980s movements.
C)Lesbian feminists share commonalities with many aspects of radical feminism.
D)Queer theory and lesbian theory are identical.
Q2) All of the following strategies are unique to feminist therapy except for:
A)cognitive restructuring.
B)encouraging clients to take social action.
C)being an advocate in challenging conventional attitudes about roles for women.
D)power analysis and intervention.
E)gender-role analysis and intervention.
Q3) Which of the following is not considered one of the six core principles of feminist therapy?
A)an intrapsychic orientation
B)the person is political
C)commitment to social change
D)recognition of all types of oppression
E)an egalitarian therapeutic relationship
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Chapter 13: Postmodern Approaches
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Q1) The founder(s)of narrative therapy is (are):
A)Michael White and David Epston.
B)Insoo Kim Berg and Steve de Shazer.
C)Albert Ellis and Aaron Beck.
D)Donald Meichenbaum.
E)Albert Bandura.
Q2) Modernists believe in objective reality and assume that it can be observed and systematically known through the scientific method.
A)True
B)False
Q3) The narrative approach is part of the social construction model.
A)True
B)False
Q4) The postmodern view incorporates all of the following concepts except for the notion that:
A)reality is objectively defined.
B)reality is based on the use of language.
C)reality is socially constructed.
D)each individual experiences their own unique reality.
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Chapter 14: Family Systems Therapy
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Q1) From the family systems perspective,symptoms are often viewed as:
A)an expression of a set of habits and patterns within a family.
B)evidence of psychopathology.
C)a sign of weakness.
D)a result of cognitive distortions.
E)blocked energy.
Q2) Structural family therapy deals with boundaries.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Minuchin's approach to therapy is geared more toward insight,rather than taking action.
A)True
B)False
Q4) In working with a triangulated relationship,Bowen would be inclined to place primary emphasis on:
A)joining the family.
B)engaging in personal self-disclosure to build trust.
C)maintaining a stance of neutrality.
D)siding with one member involved in the triangle.
E)identifying behavioral goals to guide the therapy.
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Chapter 15: An Integrative Perspective
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Q1) 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
Q2) Which of the following approaches would contend that normal personality development depends on the successful resolution of specific stages of development?
A)narrative therapy
B)family systems therapy
C)psychoanalytic therapy
D)solution-focused therapy
Q3) Historically,counselors have been:
A)resistant to developing an integrated model of psychotherapy.
B)at war regarding the issues of the "best" methods of treatment.
C)quick to discount contributions of a competing theoretical model.
D)all of these
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Chapter 16: Case Illustration: an Integrative Approach to
Working With Stan
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Q1) In suggesting that Stan write his father a letter as a homework assignment,Jerry's intent was:
A)to provide an avenue for Stan to continue thinking about the impact his father has had on him and to further promote his work during the week.
B)for Stan to mail the letter and prepare to confront his father in person.
C)to help Stan understand how much he still needs his father.
D)to give Stan the opportunity to show his father what a great writer he is,which would hopefully boost Stan's confidence.
Q2) Stan frequently engages in thinking and interpreting in all-or-nothing terms.Through this process of dichotomous thinking,Stan has self-defeating labels and boxes that keep him restricted.This is an example of which form of cognitive distortion?
A)arbitrary inferences
B)overgeneralization
C)personalization
D)labeling and mislabeling
E)polarized thinking
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