Deck 3: Stages and Skills of Counseling

Question 1

Which of the following stages tends to be the most difficult for beginning counselors when the client is really making progress?

A) The assessment stage
B) The goal-setting stage
C) The intervention stage
D) The termination stage

Answer 1

D

Question 2

One of the counselor's tasks is teaching the client how to think realistically
about immediate and intermediate goals.

Answer 2

True

Question 3

Client assessment should reflect any client cultural factors that may be present.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

Cultural differences can be a factor in the establishment of rapport with the client.

Question 5

When is client dependence appropriate in counseling?

A) It is never appropriate
B) It is appropriate only after goals have been established
C) It is appropriate at all times
D) It is appropriate in the early stages.

Question 6

Problem identification in counseling tends to occur in the assessment stage.

Question 7

Which of the counseling stages is not a shared responsibility of the counselor and client?

A) The relationship/rapport building stage
B) The assessment stage
C) The goal-setting stage
D) The termination stage

Question 8

Goal-setting is important to counseling because:

A) It helps the counselor and client know when counseling should end.
B) It helps the counselor know what types of interventions to use with the client.
C) It helps the client focus on alternatives
D) All of the above.

Question 9

What distinguishes the counseling relationship from other types of relationship is:

A) The client's investment
B) The counselor's focus on the client
C) The mutual sharing of feelings
D) None of the above

Question 10

When counseling ends unsuccessfully, the critical issue is:

A) Who was responsible for the failure
B) How will the counselor deal with the failure
C) Who made the decision to terminate
D) None of the above.

Question 11

Client dependency upon the counselor is a serious matter that should be corrected.

Question 12

It is inevitable that some gains will be lost when the counselor initiates termination
of counseling.

Question 13

Perhaps the best use of a counseling stages model is:

A) To help the client know how long counseling will take
B) To help the counselor know where he/she is in the process
C) To provide some insight into how quickly the client adapts
D) None of the above.

Question 14

It is a mistake to try and conceptualize client problems in more than one way.

Question 15

What can the counselor do to help ease the client's initial anxiety to counseling?

A) Tell the client what to expect
B) Sit closer to the client
C) Assure the client that counseling is safe
D) Not call attention to the client's anxiety

Question 16

Which counselor skills contribute to forming good rapport with the client?

A) Social skills
B) Active listening
C) Both of the above
D) Neither of the above

Question 17

When the client is of a different ethnic origin than the counselor, why might rapport-building be a greater challenge?

A) The counselor might not understand the context of the client's problems
B) Transference or countertransference might occur
C) The client might find it more difficult to trust the counselor
D) All of the above

Question 18

Skilled counselors develop a personal style that reflects both the counselor's
personal qualities and skills.

Question 19

Client problems tend to be associated mostly with emotional sources.

Question 20

Sensitivity to counseling termination issues is as important as sensitivity to
rapport-building issues.