Study Sheet

 

1)     Which one of the following is not considered an experiential and relationship-oriented therapy?

 

   Gestalt therapy

   Family systems therapy

   Existential approach

   Person-centered approach

 

2)     Which one of the following is not associated with the cognitive-behavioral action-oriented therapies?

 

   Existential therapy

   Choice theory/relative therapy

   Cognitive behavior therapy

   Behavior therapy

 

3)     Which humanistic approach places emphasis on the basic attitudes of the therapist?

 

   Psychoanalytic therapy

   Adlerian therapy

   Person-centered therapy

   Cognitive-behavioral therapy

 

4)     Psychotherapy is a process of engagement between two people, both of whom are bound to change through the

therapeutic venture.

 

   True

   False

 

5)     Regarding psychotherapy treatment outcome, research suggests all of the following except:

 

   the therapist as a person is an integral part of successful treatment.

   the therapeutic relationship is an essential component of effective treatment.

   both the therapy methods used and the therapy relationship influence the outcomes of treatment.

   therapy techniques are the key component of successful treatment.

 

6)     An authentic counselor is best described as:

 

   aving the highest regard for all clients.

   being willing to be totally open and self-disclosing.

   being a technical expert who is committed to objectivity.

   being willing to look at his or her own life and make the changes wanted; he or she can model that process to be the way it is revealed to the client.

 

7)     With regard to the role of counselors’ personal values in therapy, it is appropriate for counselors to:

 

   teach and persuade clients to act the right way.

   maintain an indifferent, neutral, and passive role by simply listening to everything the client reports.

   avoid challenging the values of clients.

   avoid imposing their values through a process of bracketing.

 

8)     Effective therapists are not the victims of their early decisions.

 

 

   True

   False

 

9)     Practitioners must have had the same experiences as their clients in order to have empathy for them.

 

   True

   False

 

10) During her sessions, Justine questions whether she is trying to meet her clients’ needs or her own needs. Justine is:

   being overly analytical.

   actively working toward expanding her self-awareness and learning to recognize her areas of prejudice and vulnerability.

   self-absorbed and insecure.

   behaving unethically since she is preoccupied during her clients’ sessions.

 

11) Assessment consists of:

 

   identifying a specific mental disorder.

   forming an explanation of the causes of the client’s difficulties.

   evaluating the relevant factors in a client’s life to identify themes for further exploration in the counseling process.

   aining an account into how the client’s problems developed over time.

 

12) The first step in making an ethical decision is to:

   look at the relevant ethics codes.

   identify the problem.

   consider the applicable laws and regulations.

   seek consultation.

 

13)________ involves the right of clients to be informed about their therapy and to make autonomous decisions

pertaining to it.

 

 

   Informed consent

   Confidentiality

   Privileged communication

   Breach of confidentiality

 

14. One of the most important Freudian concepts, which consists of pushing unacceptable life events and painful

feelings into the unconscious, is:

   repression.

   regression.

   displacement.

   rationalization.

 

15) The ego defense mechanism in which a person exhibits behavior that clearly shows signs of reverting to less

mature stages is ______?

 

   fixation

   rationalization

   regression

   introjection

 

16) The “fundamental rule” for the client in psychoanalysis is:

 

   forming a contract with the therapist.

   willingness to do “homework assignments.”

   participating in free association.

   writing down dreams.

 

17) A more flexible variant of psychoanalysis is:

   psychoanalytically oriented psychotherapy.

   psychoanalytically oriented reality therapy.

   superego-oriented psychotherapy.

   psychoanalytic behavior analysis.

 

18) Adlerians maintain that change is not possible without insight; understanding the causes of one’s problems is a prerequisite to behavioral change.

 

   True

   False

 

19) Adlerian counseling focuses on the family constellation and the influence of the family on the individual.

 

   True

   False

 

20) Encouragement is a part of the Adlerian counseling process.

 

   True

   False

 

21) Adlerians typically do not use techniques of interpretation, for they believe that clients can make their own interpretations without therapist intervention.

 

   True

   False

 

22) Existential therapy is:

 

   a deterministic approach to therapy.

   an expansion of the Adlerian school of therapy.

   a phenomenological approach to therapy.

   a structured approach to therapy.

 

23) Existential therapists prefer to be thought of as:

 

   an observer-technician.

   philosophical companions, not as people who repair psyches.

   teacher and coach.

   an advocate for social change.

 

24) Viktor Frankl’s approach to existential therapy is known as:

 

   individual psychology

   logotherapy

   reality therapy

   redecision therapy.

 

25) Which of the following is not true about Rollo May?

 

   He is most responsible for translating European existentialism into American psychotherapeutic theory and practice.

   He focuses on the subjective dimension of therapy.

   He is a significant spokesman for the existential approach in the United States.

   He believes that we can only escape anxiety by exercising our

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