Exam 1: Building Your Foundation As a Helper

All of the following would be considered modes of treatment EXCEPT:

A helper and client trace the history of the client's ethnic group to identify moments of crisis and challenge through which the ethnic group survived and triumphed. These lessons of history are used to inspire the client to overcome current obstacles. This activity represents a multicultural intervention focusing on:

The specific format or way in which an intervention is delivered is referred to as:

A______ rule is a series of mental questions that the helper constantly asks himself or herself during interviews in order to match interventions to clients and their identified concerns.

A specific phobia would MOST likely be attributed to:

_________approaches are recommended for clients presenting with overt, external symptoms.

______refer to the absence of certain thinking processes, such as the failure to realize the consequences of one's actions; _______refer to errors in cognitive processing, such as irrational beliefs.

Lambert and Ogles' (2004) identified the following additional common therapy factors:

The contributions to counseling outcomes of: 1) client characteristics, 2) theories and techniques, 3) the therapeutic relationship, and 4) hope and expectancy have been referred to as______ factors.

Which of the following is NOT an element of the treatment planning process?

Explain the difference between proximal and distal features.

Research has suggested that children in collectivist cultures may favor more externalized coping practices (e.g., respect for elders, academic diligence), whereas children in more individualist cultures may exhibit more internalized coping mechanisms.

Subjective distress refers to the client's external state that is easily observable.

A client who has a fear of snakes becomes panic-stricken when encountering a snake on a hiking trail. Her symptoms are characterized by _______features.

Asking clients to draw a plan of their home is an example of a ________feature of mainstream multicultural helping.

All of the following are identified as components of clinical expertise EXCEPT:

In a client who is prone to high level or recurring resistance, which of the following might be more likely to result in positive therapeutic progress?

Choose one of the five interventions in multicultural practice discussed and describe how you will utilize it in your own helping role.

Persons demonstrating an externalized coping style would likely engage in all EXCEPT which of the following behaviors?

Identify three different modes of treatment and describe their advantages.