Question 1

Though there are many ingredients in helping,what is ultimately one of the most key predictors of successful therapy?

Accepted Answer

A) The client's ability to clearly understand the problem 
B) The client's freedom from emotional baggage 
C) The client's development of cognitive and behavioural skills 
D) The client's participation in the therapeutic endeavour 
A) The client's ability to clearly understand the problem 
B) The client's freedom from emotional baggage 
C) The client's development of cognitive and behavioural skills 
D) The client's participation in the therapeutic endeavour D

Question 2

Decision making is a common factor that is important in the therapy process.What are the four keys to decision making?

Accepted Answer

A) Information gathering,analysis,making a choice,and follow through 
B) Information gathering,analysis,contemplation,and reanalysis 
C) Expert advice,decision-focused thinking,openness,and reanalysis 
D) Expert advice,analysis,contemplation,and intuition 
A) Information gathering,analysis,making a choice,and follow through 
B) Information gathering,analysis,contemplation,and reanalysis 
C) Expert advice,decision-focused thinking,openness,and reanalysis 
D) Expert advice,analysis,contemplation,and intuition A

Question 3

Uncertainty in decision making and in the helping process:

Accepted Answer

A) is unlikely to be an issue in most cases. 
B) can be avoided in order to increase the efficiency of the therapeutic process. 
C) can be a place to find unlimited possibilities. 
D) should be avoided at all costs. 
A) is unlikely to be an issue in most cases. 
B) can be avoided in order to increase the efficiency of the therapeutic process. 
C) can be a place to find unlimited possibilities. 
D) should be avoided at all costs. C

Question 4

An advantage to helping a client develop an action-oriented mentality in their lives is that it helps them to ________.

Accepted Answer

A) overcome disabling depression 
B) feel aligned with the helper 
C) prevent future problems 
D) overcome all of life's problems 
A) overcome disabling depression 
B) feel aligned with the helper 
C) prevent future problems 
D) overcome all of life's problems

Question 5

According to the text,there are hundreds of different treatment models.Which of the following statements is the most accurate regarding the effectiveness of these different approaches?

Accepted Answer

A) There are clear differences in the outcomes among the bona fide treatment models. 
B) There are clear advantages of some bona fide treatment models for some disorders (e.g.,depression). 
C) There are no clear differences in the outcomes among the bona fide treatment models. 
D) There is evidence indicating that the treatment model is the primary driver of therapeutic success. 
A) There are clear differences in the outcomes among the bona fide treatment models. 
B) There are clear advantages of some bona fide treatment models for some disorders (e.g.,depression). 
C) There are no clear differences in the outcomes among the bona fide treatment models. 
D) There is evidence indicating that the treatment model is the primary driver of therapeutic success.

Question 6

According to research what is the second most important ingredient in successful therapies (after client factors)?

Accepted Answer

A) Therapist factors (e.g.,experience) 
B) The quality of the relationship between the client and therapist 
C) The timing of therapist interventions 
D) Scientifically-based approaches to helping 
A) Therapist factors (e.g.,experience) 
B) The quality of the relationship between the client and therapist 
C) The timing of therapist interventions 
D) Scientifically-based approaches to helping

Question 7

What two basic issues cause most people to seek the helping process?

Accepted Answer

A) Problem situations and unused opportunities 
B) Depression and alcoholism 
C) Missed opportunities and anger 
D) Problem situations and anxiety 
A) Problem situations and unused opportunities 
B) Depression and alcoholism 
C) Missed opportunities and anger 
D) Problem situations and anxiety

Question 8

A client has come to see a professional because s/he is not living as fully as s/he would like.Which of the following would be the best starting point for working with this client?

Accepted Answer

A) Focus on accepting life as it is. 
B) Focus on working through the client's most immediate issue. 
C) Focus on what has gone wrong in the past. 
D) Focus on missed opportunities and unused potential. 
A) Focus on accepting life as it is. 
B) Focus on working through the client's most immediate issue. 
C) Focus on what has gone wrong in the past. 
D) Focus on missed opportunities and unused potential.

Question 9

Helping is about ________.

Accepted Answer

A) constructive change that leads to results 
B) confronting and understanding one's childhood 
C) bringing the unconscious into the conscious 
D) teaching the client to follow professional advice 
A) constructive change that leads to results 
B) confronting and understanding one's childhood 
C) bringing the unconscious into the conscious 
D) teaching the client to follow professional advice

Question 10

The ability to understand how the helper,client,their relationship,and the helping process itself can go wrong is the first step towards managing ________.

Accepted Answer

A) counsellor cynicism. 
B) client transference. 
C) the shadow side of helping. 
D) the translator-practitioner syndrome. 
A) counsellor cynicism. 
B) client transference. 
C) the shadow side of helping. 
D) the translator-practitioner syndrome.

Question 11

Which of the following is true of effective therapists?

Accepted Answer

A) They are aware of other people's feelings,needs,and concerns. 
B) They have a solid set of interpersonal skills. 
C) They are flexible in their approach with clients. 
D) All of these choices 
A) They are aware of other people's feelings,needs,and concerns. 
B) They have a solid set of interpersonal skills. 
C) They are flexible in their approach with clients. 
D) All of these choices

Question 12

An important principle of dialogue in therapy involves:

Accepted Answer

A) convincing clients that their experiences are abnormal. 
B) convincing clients that the therapist knows best. 
C) co-creating an experience and the outcomes with clients. 
D) explaining to clients the impact of childhood experience on present and future conditions. 
A) convincing clients that their experiences are abnormal. 
B) convincing clients that the therapist knows best. 
C) co-creating an experience and the outcomes with clients. 
D) explaining to clients the impact of childhood experience on present and future conditions.

Question 13

A therapist is focusing on a client's current difficulties of adjusting to university by helping the client manage her problems with time management.The therapist's approach involves teaching the client to manage her own time and to be proactive preparing for class.Which principle of outcome-focused helping is missing from this approach?

Accepted Answer

A) Producing life-enhancing outcomes 
B) Developing a prevention mentality 
C) Learning how to help oneself 
D) Dealing with crises when they become critical 
A) Producing life-enhancing outcomes 
B) Developing a prevention mentality 
C) Learning how to help oneself 
D) Dealing with crises when they become critical

Question 14

Which of the following is/are the primary goal(s)of helping?

Accepted Answer

A) To help clients become better at helping themselves in their everyday lives 
B) To help clients manage their problems in living more effectively and developing unused or underused resources and opportunities more fully 
C) To help clients develop an action-oriented prevention mentality in their lives 
D) All of these choices 
A) To help clients become better at helping themselves in their everyday lives 
B) To help clients manage their problems in living more effectively and developing unused or underused resources and opportunities more fully 
C) To help clients develop an action-oriented prevention mentality in their lives 
D) All of these choices

Question 15

The Standard Problem-Management Framework poses questions about which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A) What do I want my life to look like? 
B) What do I need to do to get there? 
C) How do I turn planning and goal setting into actions 
D) All of these choices 
A) What do I want my life to look like? 
B) What do I need to do to get there? 
C) How do I turn planning and goal setting into actions 
D) All of these choices

Question 16

Feedback is an important ingredient in the helping process.What typifies best practices regarding feedback?

Accepted Answer

A) One-way feedback from the client to the therapist about how therapy is going 
B) Two-way feedback between the client and therapist about how therapy is going 
C) The awareness that feedback may be needed in some cases,but not others 
D) Frequent feedback early in therapy,and the reduction or elimination of feedback later on in therapy 
A) One-way feedback from the client to the therapist about how therapy is going 
B) Two-way feedback between the client and therapist about how therapy is going 
C) The awareness that feedback may be needed in some cases,but not others 
D) Frequent feedback early in therapy,and the reduction or elimination of feedback later on in therapy

Though there are many ingredients in helping,what is ultimately one of the most key predictors of successful therapy?

Decision making is a common factor that is important in the therapy process.What are the four keys to decision making?

Uncertainty in decision making and in the helping process:

An advantage to helping a client develop an action-oriented mentality in their lives is that it helps them to ________.

According to the text,there are hundreds of different treatment models.Which of the following statements is the most accurate regarding the effectiveness of these different approaches?

According to research what is the second most important ingredient in successful therapies (after client factors)?

What two basic issues cause most people to seek the helping process?

A client has come to see a professional because s/he is not living as fully as s/he would like.Which of the following would be the best starting point for working with this client?

Helping is about ________.

The ability to understand how the helper,client,their relationship,and the helping process itself can go wrong is the first step towards managing ________.

Which of the following is true of effective therapists?

An important principle of dialogue in therapy involves:

Which of the following is/are the primary goal(s)of helping?

The Standard Problem-Management Framework poses questions about which of the following?

Feedback is an important ingredient in the helping process.What typifies best practices regarding feedback?

The Helping Relationship

Empathic Presence and Responding Building a Mutual Understanding

The Art of Probing and Summarising

Facilitating Client Self-Challenge: From New Perspectives to New Behaviour

Helper Self-Challenge and Overcoming Client Resistance

An Introduction to the Problem-Solving and Problem-Management Process

Stage I: Helping Clients Explore Their Concerns and Tell Their Stories

Stage II: Helping Clients Design Problem-Managing Outcomes and Set Goals

Stage III: Planning the Way Forward

How to Implement and Make It All Happen

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Exam 1: Successful Helping an Introduction

Though there are many ingredients in helping,what is ultimately one of the most key predictors of successful therapy?

Decision making is a common factor that is important in the therapy process.What are the four keys to decision making?

Uncertainty in decision making and in the helping process:

An advantage to helping a client develop an action-oriented mentality in their lives is that it helps them to ________.

According to the text,there are hundreds of different treatment models.Which of the following statements is the most accurate regarding the effectiveness of these different approaches?

According to research what is the second most important ingredient in successful therapies (after client factors)?

What two basic issues cause most people to seek the helping process?

A client has come to see a professional because s/he is not living as fully as s/he would like.Which of the following would be the best starting point for working with this client?

Helping is about ________.

The ability to understand how the helper,client,their relationship,and the helping process itself can go wrong is the first step towards managing ________.

Which of the following is true of effective therapists?

An important principle of dialogue in therapy involves:

Which of the following is/are the primary goal(s)of helping?

The Standard Problem-Management Framework poses questions about which of the following?

Feedback is an important ingredient in the helping process.What typifies best practices regarding feedback?

The Helping Relationship

Empathic Presence and Responding Building a Mutual Understanding

The Art of Probing and Summarising

Facilitating Client Self-Challenge: From New Perspectives to New Behaviour

Helper Self-Challenge and Overcoming Client Resistance

An Introduction to the Problem-Solving and Problem-Management Process

Stage I: Helping Clients Explore Their Concerns and Tell Their Stories

Stage II: Helping Clients Design Problem-Managing Outcomes and Set Goals

Stage III: Planning the Way Forward

How to Implement and Make It All Happen

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