Exam 8: Initial Assessment in Counseling

A ______________________ may conducted during the initial session or intake interview for the purpose of understanding a client's level of functioning and self-presentation.

What can counselors do to enhance the quality of the first session and build positive expectations about counseling outcomes for a client?

During the initial session, counselors should be sure to assess clients for each of the following problems except for:

A(n)____________ interview consists of an established set of questions that are asked in the same manner and sequence to each client.

Are there ways that counselors can make themselves appear to be more trustworthy, expert, and attractive than they actually are? If so, how? If not, why not?

A very well-known and used standardized checklist that examines client distressing symptoms is the:

In conducting an interview with a client from another culture, the counselor should:

What are some fears/anxieties you may have about interviewing children?

The central component of motivational interviewing is to:

If a child during a counseling session begins crying, plays disruptively, or misbehaves in some way, Greenspan and Greenspan (1981)recommend: