Question 1

Body awareness is an intervention that helps clients attend to physiological processes associated with affect.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  True

Question 2

Techniques commonly associated with Reality Therapy include identifying where in the body an emotion resides and experiencing it fully, noticing what other feelings emerge, imagining a feeling in an empty chair and giving it voice, or exaggerating a feeling to get in touch with its meaning and significance.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  False

Question 3

Affective experience consists of two parts: awareness and expression.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  True

Question 4

Counselors' feeling responses can contain:

Accepted Answer

A)  a stem. 
B)  a feeling. 
C)  a specific situation. 
D)  all of the above 
E)  both b and c 
A)  a stem. 
B)  a feeling. 
C)  a specific situation. 
D)  all of the above 
E)  both b and c

Question 5

Advanced accurate empathy is a process by which the counselor uses his- or herself as an instrument to:

Accepted Answer

A)  understand the client's hidden feelings that are outside of awareness. 
B)  make what is implied explicit. 
C)  make connections between feelings and what they mean to themes in the client's life. 
D)  all of the above. 
E)  both a and b 
A)  understand the client's hidden feelings that are outside of awareness. 
B)  make what is implied explicit. 
C)  make connections between feelings and what they mean to themes in the client's life. 
D)  all of the above. 
E)  both a and b

Question 6

The client's ability to articulate an emotion with accuracy indicates acceptance of the emotion as real and legitimate.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

When working with feelings, the counselor:

Accepted Answer

A)  addresses unexpressed and unconscious emotional experiences. 
B)  helps the client gain awareness of an underlying emotion, accept it, and openly explore its meaning and significance. 
C)  helps the client to manage and control them so that they do not emerge and embarrass the client. 
D)  should always use a psychodynamic approach and promote catharsis. 
E)  both a and b 
A)  addresses unexpressed and unconscious emotional experiences. 
B)  helps the client gain awareness of an underlying emotion, accept it, and openly explore its meaning and significance. 
C)  helps the client to manage and control them so that they do not emerge and embarrass the client. 
D)  should always use a psychodynamic approach and promote catharsis. 
E)  both a and b

Question 8

Hunches are:

Accepted Answer

A)  random thoughts or feelings that guide your practice 
B)  based on natural empathy grounded in knowledge of human behavior plus training and past personal and professional experiences. 
C)  almost always unreliable and tend to be based on countertransference. 
D)  educated guesses based entirely on counseling theory. 
E)  both a and c 
A)  random thoughts or feelings that guide your practice 
B)  based on natural empathy grounded in knowledge of human behavior plus training and past personal and professional experiences. 
C)  almost always unreliable and tend to be based on countertransference. 
D)  educated guesses based entirely on counseling theory. 
E)  both a and c

Question 9

You must not attempt advanced accurate empathy until you have a solid relationship with your client

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

Some counseling theories do not address emotion. Counselors-in-training:

Accepted Answer

A)  should not be overly concerned about addressing emotion if they plan to adopt theories such as behavior therapy or cognitive therapy, which do not emphasize feelings. 
B)  must master the discipline of responding to affect while learning the basic skills regardless of the theoretical approach they end up adopting. 
C)  should be able to opt out of learning affective interventions if they don't see the value of it. 
D)  should not regard these theories highly since it is well known that working through emotional issues is the key to healing. 
E)  both a and c 
A)  should not be overly concerned about addressing emotion if they plan to adopt theories such as behavior therapy or cognitive therapy, which do not emphasize feelings. 
B)  must master the discipline of responding to affect while learning the basic skills regardless of the theoretical approach they end up adopting. 
C)  should be able to opt out of learning affective interventions if they don't see the value of it. 
D)  should not regard these theories highly since it is well known that working through emotional issues is the key to healing. 
E)  both a and c

Question 11

You are not likely to become a good counselor unless you are willing to:

Accepted Answer

A)  do the inner self-work necessary for personal growth. 
B)  earn a doctorate in counseling or counseling psychology. 
C)  undergo psychoanalysis. 
D)  break off ties with those who are dysfunctional. 
E)  all of the above. 
A)  do the inner self-work necessary for personal growth. 
B)  earn a doctorate in counseling or counseling psychology. 
C)  undergo psychoanalysis. 
D)  break off ties with those who are dysfunctional. 
E)  all of the above.

Question 12

Whenever the counselor-client relationship seems to be an issue that impedes therapeutic progress, the counselor:

Accepted Answer

A)  should consider referring the client to a different counselor. 
B)  should discuss this with his or her clinical supervisor, but not with the client. 
C)  should self-disclose this sense through immediacy. 
D)  should assume that the client is experiencing transference. 
E)  should assume that his or her own countertransference is getting in the way. 
A)  should consider referring the client to a different counselor. 
B)  should discuss this with his or her clinical supervisor, but not with the client. 
C)  should self-disclose this sense through immediacy. 
D)  should assume that the client is experiencing transference. 
E)  should assume that his or her own countertransference is getting in the way.

Question 13

______________________is "a process in which the counselor listens for basic client messages and responds to them through paraphrasing and reflection of feelings so that the client begins to feel understood."

Accepted Answer

A)  Primary accurate empathy 
B)  Advanced accurate empathy 
C)  Unconditional positive regard 
D)  Genuineness 
E)  Sympathy 
A)  Primary accurate empathy 
B)  Advanced accurate empathy 
C)  Unconditional positive regard 
D)  Genuineness 
E)  Sympathy

Question 14

Through the process of normal socialization, many children are taught that what they feel cannot be openly expressed or that they do not actually feel what they in reality do feel.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

Which of the following are the four basic emotions?

Accepted Answer

A)  Ecstatic, Sorrowful, Terrified, and Melancholy 
B)  Sad, Angry, Happy, and Scared 
C)  Upset, Cheerful, Worried, and Sad 
D)  Overwhelmed, Indifferent, Happy, and Unsatisfied 
E)  Confused, Overwhelmed, Content, and Angry 
A)  Ecstatic, Sorrowful, Terrified, and Melancholy 
B)  Sad, Angry, Happy, and Scared 
C)  Upset, Cheerful, Worried, and Sad 
D)  Overwhelmed, Indifferent, Happy, and Unsatisfied 
E)  Confused, Overwhelmed, Content, and Angry

Question 16

Congruence is the accurate match between:

Accepted Answer

A)  cognition and emotion. 
B)  emotion and behavior. 
C)  cognition and behavior. 
D)  all of the above. 
E)  both a and b 
A)  cognition and emotion. 
B)  emotion and behavior. 
C)  cognition and behavior. 
D)  all of the above. 
E)  both a and b

Question 17

Affective interventions begin with the ability to restate, paraphrase, summarize, and reflect feelings.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

A surprisingly high number of people are congruent in all areas all the time.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

When a client criticizes a counselor, the counselor is advised to use immediacy to reprimand the client for being impolite.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

Themes are habitual ways of experiencing the world.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Body awareness is an intervention that helps clients attend to physiological processes associated with affect.

Affective experience consists of two parts: awareness and expression.

Counselors' feeling responses can contain:

Advanced accurate empathy is a process by which the counselor uses his- or herself as an instrument to:

The client's ability to articulate an emotion with accuracy indicates acceptance of the emotion as real and legitimate.

When working with feelings, the counselor:

Hunches are:

You must not attempt advanced accurate empathy until you have a solid relationship with your client

Some counseling theories do not address emotion. Counselors-in-training:

You are not likely to become a good counselor unless you are willing to:

Whenever the counselor-client relationship seems to be an issue that impedes therapeutic progress, the counselor:

______________________is "a process in which the counselor listens for basic client messages and responds to them through paraphrasing and reflection of feelings so that the client begins to feel understood."

Through the process of normal socialization, many children are taught that what they feel cannot be openly expressed or that they do not actually feel what they in reality do feel.

Which of the following are the four basic emotions?

Congruence is the accurate match between:

Affective interventions begin with the ability to restate, paraphrase, summarize, and reflect feelings.

A surprisingly high number of people are congruent in all areas all the time.

When a client criticizes a counselor, the counselor is advised to use immediacy to reprimand the client for being impolite.

Themes are habitual ways of experiencing the world.

Introduction

Who Answers About Counselors and Clients

What Answers About the Meaning of Counseling, Its Past, and Its Present

What Answers About the Body of Knowledge: Ethics, Social and Cultural Diversity, Human Growth and Development, and Career Development

What Answers About the Body of Knowledge: Helping Relationships, Group Work, Assessment, and Research and Program Evaluation

Where Answers About Settings and Surroundings

When Answers About Processes, Phases, and Procedures

Why Answers About Caring and Social Justice

Basic Attending Skills

Basic Responding Skills

Questioning Skills and Systematic Inquiry

Responding to Thoughts and Behaviors

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Exam 12: Affect and Empathetic Understanding Skills

Body awareness is an intervention that helps clients attend to physiological processes associated with affect.

Affective experience consists of two parts: awareness and expression.

Counselors' feeling responses can contain:

Advanced accurate empathy is a process by which the counselor uses his- or herself as an instrument to:

The client's ability to articulate an emotion with accuracy indicates acceptance of the emotion as real and legitimate.

When working with feelings, the counselor:

Hunches are:

You must not attempt advanced accurate empathy until you have a solid relationship with your client

Some counseling theories do not address emotion. Counselors-in-training:

You are not likely to become a good counselor unless you are willing to:

Whenever the counselor-client relationship seems to be an issue that impedes therapeutic progress, the counselor:

______________________is "a process in which the counselor listens for basic client messages and responds to them through paraphrasing and reflection of feelings so that the client begins to feel understood."

Through the process of normal socialization, many children are taught that what they feel cannot be openly expressed or that they do not actually feel what they in reality do feel.

Which of the following are the four basic emotions?

Congruence is the accurate match between:

Affective interventions begin with the ability to restate, paraphrase, summarize, and reflect feelings.

A surprisingly high number of people are congruent in all areas all the time.

When a client criticizes a counselor, the counselor is advised to use immediacy to reprimand the client for being impolite.

Themes are habitual ways of experiencing the world.

Introduction

Who Answers About Counselors and Clients

What Answers About the Meaning of Counseling, Its Past, and Its Present

What Answers About the Body of Knowledge: Ethics, Social and Cultural Diversity, Human Growth and Development, and Career Development

What Answers About the Body of Knowledge: Helping Relationships, Group Work, Assessment, and Research and Program Evaluation

Where Answers About Settings and Surroundings

When Answers About Processes, Phases, and Procedures

Why Answers About Caring and Social Justice

Basic Attending Skills

Basic Responding Skills

Questioning Skills and Systematic Inquiry

Responding to Thoughts and Behaviors

Filters