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Counseling 174 Test #1
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Psychology
Undergraduate 3
02/25/2013

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Empathy
Definition
a deep and subjective understanding of the client with the client
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Immediacy
Definition
Addressing what is going on between the client and the therapist right now
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Hierarchy of needs
Definition
we are able to strive toward self-actualization only after these four basic needs are met:

Physiological, Safety, Love, and Esteem
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Freedom
Definition
An inescapable aspect of the human condition; we are the authors of our lived and therefor are responsible for our destiny and accountable for out actions
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Existential Neurosis
Definition
feelings of despair and anziety that result from inauthentic living, a failure to make choices, and avoidance of responsibility
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Normal anxiety
Definition
the result of, or consciousness of, evading the commitment to choosing for ourselves
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Birth order
Definition
Adler identified five psychological positions from which children tend to view life:

Oldest, second of only two, middle, youngest, and only. Actual birth order itself is less important than a person's interpretation of his or her place in the family.
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Libido
Definition
the instinctual drives of the ID and the source of psychic energy; Freudian notion of the life instincts
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Classical Psychoanalysis
Definition
The traditional (Freudian) approach to psychoanalysis based on a long-term exploration of past conflicts, many of which are unconscious, and an extensive process of working though early wounds
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which one of the following is not accociated with the cognitive-behavorial action-oriented therapies? 


a. existential therapy

b. cognitive therapy

c. reality therapy

d. behavior therapy

Definition
A
Term

What type of factors oftentimes limit our freedom of choice?

a. Social

b. Enviornmental 

c. Cultural

d. Biological

e. All of these

Definition
E
Term

Which of these statements about interventions is true?

A. it is helpful to use one type of intervention with most clients

B. During the couse of an individual's therapy, different interventions may be needed at different times

C. it is best to require clients to adapt to your approach to counseling and the interventions that you are skilled at using

D. You should only use counseling interventions when you are licenced and certified

Definition
B
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Which approach was developed during the 1940's as a nondirective reaction against psychoanalysis?

A. Person-centered therapy

B. family systems therapy

C. Adlerian therapy

D. Reality therapy

E. cognitive therapy

Definition
A
Term
Clients place more valuse on ___________ than on ____________.
Definition
the personality of the therapist; the specific techniques used
Term

Reguarding psychotherapy treatment outcome, research suggests all of the following except:

A. The therapist as a person is an intergral part of successful treatment

B. the theraputic relationship is an essential component of effective treatment

C. both the therapy methods and the therapy relationship make contributions to treatment outcome

D. therapy techniques are the key component of successful treatment

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A?
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Term

With reguard to the role of counselors' personal values in therapy, it is appropriate for counslers to:

A. Teach and persuade clients to act the right way

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

C. avoid challenging the values of the clients

D. Aviod the imposition of thier values, yet expose thier values to clients

Definition
D?
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Which of the following is not considered essential knowledge for a culturally competent counsler?

A. knowing how to analyze transference reactions

B. Understanding the impact of oppression and raist concepts 

C. Being aware of culture-specific methods of helping

D. Being Aware of institutional barriers that prevent minorities from making full use of counseling services in a community.

Definition
A
Term

Your role as a counsler is to provide a sale and inviting contect in which clients can explore the congurence between thier values and thier behavior

 

True or False 

Definition
True
Term
Many ethical codes state that dual or multiple relationships...
Definition
A. Should be avioded whenever possible
Term
Confidentiality MUST be breached and information must be reported by practioners when...
Definition

E. All of the above

(Clients pose a danger to others, a child under the age of 16 is the victim of incest, rape or child abuse, an older adult is being abused, or the therapist determines that the client needs immedaite, involuntary hospitalization)

Term

Under what circumstances should a therapist consult with colleageues or specalists?

Definition

D. all of these

(when a client complains of physical symptoms, when facing an ethical problem, when working with a client for an extended period of time and losing objectivity) 

Term
Marcus, a therapist in a community agency, recently divorced his wife and seems to be harboring anger towards women in general. His colleagues, who have notoced a change in his attitude and behavor lately, have encouraged him to seek personal counseling to work though his issues. They are...
Definition
C. Acting ethically by recommending counseling for Marcus; as counslers, they recognize that personal issued that have not been worked though are likely to be projected onto clients.
Term
During her sessions, Justine questions whether she is trying to meet her clients needs or her own needs. She is...
Definition
B. Engaging in meaningful self-relflection and self assessment as a professional
Term

The American Counseling Association uses the term "nonprofessional relationship" when referring to dual or multiple relaitonships.

 

T/F

Definition
T
Term
which one of the following is NOT associated with cognitive-behavioral action-oriented therapies?
Definition
a. existential therapy
Term

The ethics codes mandate avoidance of all deal or multiple relationships.

 

T/F

Definition
False
Term

A diagonisis provides a working hypothesis that gueides the practioner in understanding the client

 

T/F

Definition
True
Term

It is optional for therapists to inform their clients that they may discuss certain details of the relationship with a supervisor or a colleague. 

 

T/F

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True.
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E. All of these
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D. Developing a will to move despite fears
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C. to dispute clients irrational beliefs
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E. All of these
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E. All of these (Death, freedom, isolation, meaninglessness)
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A. Naturall im this way, because i grew up in an alcoholic family
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C. Affirms a person's capacity to direct his or her own life
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B. Humanistic approach
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E. The Clients motivation for change
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C. Mirroring the client's emotional experience of a particular situation
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