Deck 2: The Language of Counseling

Question 1

The most overused response made by beginning counselors is the closed question.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

What is the purpose of using reflection?
A) To help the client know how long counseling will take

A) None of the above.
B) To emphasize a thought
C) To fill time.

Answer 2

B

Question 3

It is a mistake to allow moments of silence in the counseling session.

Answer 3

False

Question 4

Interpretations may be used by the counselor to help enhance the client's awareness of a situation, person, or process.

Question 5

Advice giving is an important aspect of the counseling process.

Question 6

It is not the counselor's responsibility to help the client become aware of blind spots.

Question 7

Which of the following is not a non-verbal skill in counseling?
A) Eating

A) Open posture
B) Cultural understanding
C) Silence

Question 8

Cultural differences can make the likelihood of miscommunication greater.

Question 9

Body Language is important to counseling because:

A) It helps the counselor communicate comfort.
B) It helps the counselor to communicate interest.
C) It helps communicate acceptance and understanding
D) All of the above.

Question 10

Which communication skills contribute to forming good rapport with the client?
A) Non-verbal skills

A) Neither of the above
B) Active listening
C) Both of the above

Question 11

One of the counselor's tasks is to be mindful of how verbal and non-verbal cues are communicated to the client.

Question 12

When a counselor asks too many questions, the concern is that:

A) responsibility is shifted entirely to the client
B) the client will give too much information
C) the client may feel like s/he is being interrogated
D) None of the above.

Question 13

One advanced communication response is the use of closed questions.

Question 14

What is true about verbal communication?

A) Verbal communication is more important than non-verbal communication
B) It can help or hinder the counseling process
C) Client participation is not required
D) None of the above

Question 15

What counseling technique involves asking the client to assign meaning to an event or experience?

A) Summary of content
B) Paraphrase
C) Directive response
D) Interpretation response

Question 16

What counseling technique involves giving an assignment or to think in a specified manner?

A) Open-ended question
B) Summary of feeling
C) Informative response
D) Directive response

Question 17

It is unethical to give clients assignments between sessions.

Question 18

What is the purpose of using pauses in the counseling session?

A) to give the client time to think
B) to communicate to the client the importance of taking some responsibility in the counseling relationship
C) to encourage self-exploration on the part of the client
D) All of the above

Question 19

The informative response is not frequently used in counseling because it sets the counselor up as an authoritative source.

Question 20

What might be the effect of having a table between you and the client?

A) It might create a psychological barrier
B) It allows you to sit closer to the client
C) It helps to assure that counseling is safe
D) It will decrease the client's anxiety