Exam 7: Reflecting Feelings: a Foundation of Client Experience

____________ clients may demonstrate a mouth curved down and upper eyelids droop.A raise of the inner brows.Their body may slump or the shoulders drop, while vocal tone may be soft and speech rate slow.

____________ clients may demonstrate an upright body position, frowning, and a louder or forced vocal tone; the mouth and jaws may be tense and lips tightened, fists clenched or the palms down.

If your client can begin from a positive base of emotion, they may be better able to cope with negative issues.

Describe potential risks or drawbacks of reflecting feelings.Discuss how and when reflection of feelings may be used unwisely.

When a client is depressed, you can expect less brain activity in the:

You are working with a client who gets over-involved and too deep in emotion.There is a clear need to tone down emotional expression.How would you go about this?

Instructions: Which of the following client emotional presentations are sensorimotor, concrete, formal operational, or dialectic / systemic? -____ "The spirit is in me and I experience it right now as a warm, protective feeling near my heart."

Accurately reflecting feeling results in:

The positive, happy emotions are located primarily in the:

Instructions: Which of the following client emotional presentations are sensorimotor, concrete, formal operational, or dialectic / systemic? -____ "Perhaps my sadness is representative of my family and cultural background.We gave so much attention to getting along that I have real trouble in dealing with conflict.None of us ever argued."

Nonverbal indications of a client who is deeply emotional may most often include:

Instructions: Classify each of the following counseling leads as a paraphrase, encourage, or reflection of feeling. Client: If it were just my arthritis, I think I could deal with it, but I didn't expect to have muscle spasms and leg cramps so bad I can't walk as well.I feel totally useless. -____ "You can't walk?"

Your warmth may be described as the __________ that holds empathy and the possibility of positive change together.

Which of the following correctly details the techniques of reflecting feelings?

Which of the following would be a possible way to help clients increase emotional expression?

Which of the following will NOT help you practice reflection of feeling?

We can thank _____________ for the term "reflection of feeling."

Which of the following is NOT an emotional word?

Instructions: Classify each of the following counseling leads as a paraphrase, encourage, or reflection of feeling. Client: Yes, somehow it just doesn't seem fair.I've taken care of myself, worked hard and my spouse just says I'm angry and bitter.It hurts. -____ "You feel hurt that your spouse says that."

Instructions: Classify each of the following counseling leads as a paraphrase, encourage, or reflection of feeling. Client: If it were just my arthritis, I think I could deal with it, but I didn't expect to have muscle spasms and leg cramps so bad I can't walk as well.I feel totally useless. -____ "Having more than one physical issue complicates things a good deal."