Exam 4: Common Concerns of Beginning Helpers

Anxiety can be a normal reaction to facing a new or threatening situation.

Simply having feelings toward a client

Helpers who work with the seriously ill or dying are particularly vulnerable to the effects of countertransference.

The best way to handle a client's resistance is for the helper to confront the client in an abrasive manner so that he or she is caught off guard.

The Corey's encourage trainees to approach resistive behaviors with

A sign of a competent counselor is the ability to eliminate countertransference reactions altogether.

Practitioners who have feelings toward a client can be certain that they are experiencing countertransference reactions.

To what is the following statement referring? "It reflects the deep patterning of old experiences in relationships as they emerge in current life."

Transference is a phenomenon that occurs in long-term psychotherapy,but does not occur in brief therapy.

Which of the following is least likely to be an example of a transference situation?

You can never become too invested in getting well-defended clients to change.

Which of the statements below is not true about transference?

John seeks your help because his wife has threatened to leave him if he doesn't improve his communication.He tells you that he is a loner and that his wife knew that when she married him.John claims that their marriage is fine and is there only to appease his wife.An ineffective way to deal with John would be to

_____ refers to the unconscious process whereby clients project onto a helper past feelings or attitudes they had toward significant people in their lives.

If you had a client who appeared to work very hard at getting you to push him or her away,what would be the most therapeutic way of dealing with this situation?

_____ refers to the unrealistic reactions that therapists have toward their clients,which are likely to interfere with their objectivity in the counseling process.

It is useful to think of resistance as:

_____ refers to a variety of behaviors that is sometimes associated with difficult clients,but which needs to be understood and explored in the helping relationship.

It is highly unlikely that a client who views his therapist with great admiration and affection will also feel ambivalent about him.

Clients who talk excessively often are displaying resistance.