Question 1

What are three interventions that existential counselors utilize in session? Describe each.

Accepted Answer

Existential counselors utilize a variety of interventions in session to help clients explore and make sense of their experiences. Three common interventions include:

1. Existential questioning: Counselors may use open-ended questions to help clients explore their beliefs, values, and choices. This can help clients gain insight into their own existence and make meaning out of their experiences.

2. Meaning-making exercises: Counselors may guide clients through exercises that help them explore their sense of purpose, values, and goals. This can help clients create a sense of meaning and direction in their lives.

3. Embracing uncertainty: Existential counselors often help clients confront the inherent uncertainties of life and find ways to live authentically despite them. This can involve exploring fears, facing mortality, and finding ways to embrace the unknown.

Overall, these interventions help clients explore existential themes such as freedom, responsibility, and the search for meaning in a supportive and nonjudgmental environment.

Question 2

Which of the following characteristics best describes the stance of existential counselors?

Accepted Answer

A)  promoting responsibility and independence 
B)  a blank slate 
C)  reassuring and supportive 
D)  stating: "I'm right there with you." 
A)  promoting responsibility and independence 
B)  a blank slate 
C)  reassuring and supportive 
D)  stating: "I'm right there with you." A

Question 3

A paradoxical intention would be most appropriate for all of the following client problems EXCEPT: __________________________________.

Accepted Answer

A)  fear of public places 
B)  fear of isolation 
C)  fear of spiders 
D)  fear of public speaking 
A)  fear of public places 
B)  fear of isolation 
C)  fear of spiders 
D)  fear of public speaking B

Question 4

Describe the concept of death anxiety from an existential counseling perspective.

Accepted Answer

Death anxiety, from an existential couns

Question 5

Jose is contemplating dropping out of college to tour with his band. In therapy, he expresses experiencing moments of _____________, where he has intense awareness of how each decision irrevocably shapes his life.

Accepted Answer

A)  normal anxieties 
B)  death anxiety 
C)  existential angst 
D)  neuroses 
A)  normal anxieties 
B)  death anxiety 
C)  existential angst 
D)  neuroses

Question 6

An I-Thou relational encounter is best represented by which of the following examples?

Accepted Answer

A)  diagnosing a client 
B)  a profound moment of witnessing 
C)  planning a wedding 
D)  ordering dinner at a restaurant 
A)  diagnosing a client 
B)  a profound moment of witnessing 
C)  planning a wedding 
D)  ordering dinner at a restaurant

Question 7

Which of the following statements is the best example of a goal in existential counseling?

Accepted Answer

A)  Develop a sense of identity that is less dependent on financial status. 
B)  Reduce depressed mood. 
C)  Create greater acceptance of change. 
D)  Reduce existential anxiety and/or fear of being alone. 
A)  Develop a sense of identity that is less dependent on financial status. 
B)  Reduce depressed mood. 
C)  Create greater acceptance of change. 
D)  Reduce existential anxiety and/or fear of being alone.

Question 8

According to Irving Yalom, there are four areas existential counseling helps clients address. All of the following are addressed in existential counseling with clients EXCEPT: ____________________.

Accepted Answer

A)  death and anxiety 
B)  inclusion and authority 
C)  freedom and responsibility 
D)  isolation and relationship 
A)  death and anxiety 
B)  inclusion and authority 
C)  freedom and responsibility 
D)  isolation and relationship

Question 9

Existential counseling and person-centered counseling work toward _______________ _________________________.

Accepted Answer

A)  curing mental illness 
B)  helping people live more authentic and self-actualized lives 
C)  dealing with crises in identity 
D)  fostering healthy relationships with others 
A)  curing mental illness 
B)  helping people live more authentic and self-actualized lives 
C)  dealing with crises in identity 
D)  fostering healthy relationships with others

Question 10

Which statement below best represents the existential concept of freedom and responsibility?

Accepted Answer

A)  A person's greatest freedom is how he/she chooses to make meaning and respond to life circumstances. 
B)  A person's life is determined by God, genetics, and family, not choice. 
C)  Real choice in life is impossible because we have conditioned, automatic responses. 
D)  Freedom comes automatically to people, without responsibility. 
A)  A person's greatest freedom is how he/she chooses to make meaning and respond to life circumstances. 
B)  A person's life is determined by God, genetics, and family, not choice. 
C)  Real choice in life is impossible because we have conditioned, automatic responses. 
D)  Freedom comes automatically to people, without responsibility.

Question 11

The research and evidence base related to the existential approach for counseling indicate the most important quality in counseling is the _______________________________.

Accepted Answer

A)  theoretical orientation 
B)  interventions 
C)  instillation of hope 
D)  counseling relationship 
A)  theoretical orientation 
B)  interventions 
C)  instillation of hope 
D)  counseling relationship

Question 12

Existential counselors rely most heavily on ______________ to promote change for their clients.

Accepted Answer

A)  the counseling relationship 
B)  a special agent 
C)  the counselor's interventions 
D)  the counselor's interpretation 
A)  the counseling relationship 
B)  a special agent 
C)  the counselor's interventions 
D)  the counselor's interpretation

Question 13

Existentialists maintain that a person's __________ plays a significant role in their presenting problem/psychopathology.

Accepted Answer

A)  family 
B)  responsibility 
C)  fear of death 
D)  self awareness 
A)  family 
B)  responsibility 
C)  fear of death 
D)  self awareness

Question 14

Most existentialists believe that life is inherently __________. Existential counselors work with clients to help clients find life __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  fulfilling/fulfillment 
B)  predetermined/determination 
C)  purposeful/purpose 
D)  meaningless/meaning 
A)  fulfilling/fulfillment 
B)  predetermined/determination 
C)  purposeful/purpose 
D)  meaningless/meaning

Question 15

In existential counseling, the counselor-client relationship involves cultivating the type of presence that characterizes I-Thou connections. The experience of the client is best described in which of the following statements?

Accepted Answer

A)  The client's inherent tendency to strive for positive growth is activated. 
B)  The client is able to develop awareness and differentiate self from non-self. 
C)  The client is encouraged to promote social change to reduce forms of oppression. 
D)  The client feels "seen" and "heard" on a profound level. 
A)  The client's inherent tendency to strive for positive growth is activated. 
B)  The client is able to develop awareness and differentiate self from non-self. 
C)  The client is encouraged to promote social change to reduce forms of oppression. 
D)  The client feels "seen" and "heard" on a profound level.

Question 16

Which of the following statements is a poor cultural adaptation/consideration for an existential counselor working a client from a diverse background?

Accepted Answer

A)  Attend to the client's relational and conflict resolution patterns. 
B)  Assess the client's cultural expectations for collectivism vs. individualism. 
C)  Adapt existentialist expectations of independence and responsibility. 
D)  Apply existentialist concepts of freedom and responsibility. 
A)  Attend to the client's relational and conflict resolution patterns. 
B)  Assess the client's cultural expectations for collectivism vs. individualism. 
C)  Adapt existentialist expectations of independence and responsibility. 
D)  Apply existentialist concepts of freedom and responsibility.

Question 17

Describe the I-Thou relationship.

Accepted Answer

The I-Thou relationship, as proposed by

Question 18

How do existential counselors view the goals of therapy?

Accepted Answer

Existential counselors view the goals of

Question 19

Existential counselors will help clients to focus on changing themselves when the situation is unchangeable. How might the counselor accomplish this?

Accepted Answer

A)  By helping a client whose mother has died focus on the pain and turmoil of the loss. 
B)  By helping a client with inoperable cancer fight death until fighting is no longer possible. 
C)  By helping a client who is failing high school find the loop hole in the admission. process for college in order to get into a decent institution. 
D)  By helping a client going through a difficult divorce examine how his choices in dealing with the divorce will impact his children in the long term. 
A)  By helping a client whose mother has died focus on the pain and turmoil of the loss. 
B)  By helping a client with inoperable cancer fight death until fighting is no longer possible. 
C)  By helping a client who is failing high school find the loop hole in the admission. process for college in order to get into a decent institution. 
D)  By helping a client going through a difficult divorce examine how his choices in dealing with the divorce will impact his children in the long term.

Question 20

What do existential counselors believe about the purpose of life?

Accepted Answer

Existential counselors, drawing from exi

What are three interventions that existential counselors utilize in session? Describe each.

Which of the following characteristics best describes the stance of existential counselors?

A paradoxical intention would be most appropriate for all of the following client problems EXCEPT: __________________________________.

Describe the concept of death anxiety from an existential counseling perspective.

Jose is contemplating dropping out of college to tour with his band. In therapy, he expresses experiencing moments of _____________, where he has intense awareness of how each decision irrevocably shapes his life.

An I-Thou relational encounter is best represented by which of the following examples?

Which of the following statements is the best example of a goal in existential counseling?

According to Irving Yalom, there are four areas existential counseling helps clients address. All of the following are addressed in existential counseling with clients EXCEPT: ____________________.

Existential counseling and person-centered counseling work toward _ ___________.

Which statement below best represents the existential concept of freedom and responsibility?

The research and evidence base related to the existential approach for counseling indicate the most important quality in counseling is the _______________________________.

Existential counselors rely most heavily on ______________ to promote change for their clients.

Existentialists maintain that a person's __________ plays a significant role in their presenting problem/psychopathology.

Most existentialists believe that life is inherently . Existential counselors work with clients to help clients find life .

In existential counseling, the counselor-client relationship involves cultivating the type of presence that characterizes I-Thou connections. The experience of the client is best described in which of the following statements?

Which of the following statements is a poor cultural adaptation/consideration for an existential counselor working a client from a diverse background?

Describe the I-Thou relationship.

How do existential counselors view the goals of therapy?

Existential counselors will help clients to focus on changing themselves when the situation is unchangeable. How might the counselor accomplish this?

What do existential counselors believe about the purpose of life?

Introduction to Case Documentation

Case Conceptualization

Introduction to Clinical Assessment and Diagnosis

Completing a Clinical Assessment

Treatment Planning

Progress Notes

Evaluating Progress in Counseling

Psychodynamic Counseling and Psychotherapy

Adlerian Individual Counseling

Humanistic-Existential Counseling Approaches

Cognitive-Behavioral Approaches

Systemic Family Counseling and Therapy

Solution-Based Counseling

Postmodern and Feminist Counseling Approaches

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Exam 16: Existential Counseling and Psychotherapy

What are three interventions that existential counselors utilize in session? Describe each.

Which of the following characteristics best describes the stance of existential counselors?

A paradoxical intention would be most appropriate for all of the following client problems EXCEPT: __________________________________.

Describe the concept of death anxiety from an existential counseling perspective.

Jose is contemplating dropping out of college to tour with his band. In therapy, he expresses experiencing moments of _____________, where he has intense awareness of how each decision irrevocably shapes his life.

An I-Thou relational encounter is best represented by which of the following examples?

Which of the following statements is the best example of a goal in existential counseling?

According to Irving Yalom, there are four areas existential counseling helps clients address. All of the following are addressed in existential counseling with clients EXCEPT: ____________________.

Existential counseling and person-centered counseling work toward _______________ _________________________.

Which statement below best represents the existential concept of freedom and responsibility?

The research and evidence base related to the existential approach for counseling indicate the most important quality in counseling is the _______________________________.

Existential counselors rely most heavily on ______________ to promote change for their clients.

Existentialists maintain that a person's __________ plays a significant role in their presenting problem/psychopathology.

Most existentialists believe that life is inherently __________. Existential counselors work with clients to help clients find life __________.

In existential counseling, the counselor-client relationship involves cultivating the type of presence that characterizes I-Thou connections. The experience of the client is best described in which of the following statements?

Which of the following statements is a poor cultural adaptation/consideration for an existential counselor working a client from a diverse background?

Describe the I-Thou relationship.

How do existential counselors view the goals of therapy?

Existential counselors will help clients to focus on changing themselves when the situation is unchangeable. How might the counselor accomplish this?

What do existential counselors believe about the purpose of life?

Introduction to Case Documentation

Case Conceptualization

Introduction to Clinical Assessment and Diagnosis

Completing a Clinical Assessment

Treatment Planning

Progress Notes

Evaluating Progress in Counseling

Psychodynamic Counseling and Psychotherapy

Adlerian Individual Counseling

Humanistic-Existential Counseling Approaches

Cognitive-Behavioral Approaches

Systemic Family Counseling and Therapy

Solution-Based Counseling

Postmodern and Feminist Counseling Approaches

The Competent Supervisee

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Existential counseling and person-centered counseling work toward _ ___________.

Most existentialists believe that life is inherently . Existential counselors work with clients to help clients find life .