Exam 7: Commonly Used Skills: Affirmation Giving, Encouragement, Modeling, Self-Disclosure, Confrontation, Offering Alternatives, Information Giving, Advice Giving, and Collaboration

Meichenbaum (as cited in Kleinke, 1994) notes that when the helping relationship is at its optimal, the timing of a problem-focused response should be such that:

In reference to problem-focused skills, in which order do the responses become more value laden and helper-xe "Counseling Skills:Skills to Use Cautiously\: Alternatives, Info Giving, Advice Givi" xe "Counseling Skills:Skills to Use Cautiously" centered, and thus the response becomes potentially more destructive?

Confrontation is all but which of the following?

Although the natural helper may use most, if not all, of the commonly used skills that the professional counselor uses, he or she uses them in a haphazard fashion.

In which of the following is collaboration least likely to occur?

One rule of thumb concerning when to be self-disclosing is: "If it feels good to self-disclose, do it-you're probably meeting some important client need.

Which of the following is not a drawback of using problem-focused skills?

Challenging a client to view his or her situation differently by offering an alternative reality is what kind of technique?

In reference to confrontation, Hackney and Cormier (2005) and Neukrug (2003) have highlighted all but which of the following client discrepancies?

Collaboration in the counseling relationship tells the client you respect his or her opinion and would like his or her feedback about the course of treatment.

For each item below, identify what aspect of the mental status it belongs to: A. Appearance and behavior B. Emotional state C. Thought Components D. Cognition -After successfully being able to try out some difficult communication skills with her husband, a clinician looks at his client and says to her, "Excellent." This is an example of:

Which is the best definition of confrontation within a helping relationship?

A helper says to a client, "I'm feeling very good about you right now as you share these difficult thoughts with me." This is an example of which of the following?

Content self-disclosure is similar to the concept of "immediacy."

For each item below, identify what aspect of the mental status it belongs to: A. Appearance and behavior B. Emotional state C. Thought Components D. Cognition -Modeling that is a deliberate effort on the part of the helper to teach the client something new is called:

Which is not a problem-focused skill?

For years, client affirmations were viewed negatively by traditional psychotherapeutic approaches because it was seen as fostering an external locus of control.

The use of satire or irony is less combative than many of the other types of confrontation.

For each item below, identify what aspect of the mental status it belongs to: A. Appearance and behavior B. Emotional state C. Thought Components D. Cognition -A client tells his therapist that he was able to practice good listening skills this past week because he learned from watching her during the sessions. This is an example of:

Your client has told you how much his good reputation in the community means to him. Now he reveals that he has been cheating his business partners. Which of the following would be the best response to this discrepancy?