Deck 9: Helping Clients Feel and See Things Differently

Question 1

When working with feelings, clinicians should:

A)Discuss their reactions with their supervisor.
B)Never share their affective responses to the client's stories.
C)Quickly delve into the depth of their clients' feelings by using the skills of reflection and empathy to help clients.
D)Remember that all clients, regardless of culture and background, need to know how to express strong feelings.

Answer 1

A

Question 2

Geri has a collection of inspiration pictures, cards, and sayings that are related to emotions like joy, gratitude, hope, pride, and love. She looks at them to avoid negative emotions. This is a positive psychology method called:

A)Random Acts of Kindness
B)Three Good Things
C)Best Possible Self
D)Positivity Portfolio
E)Mindfulness Practice

Answer 2

C

Question 3

Discuss three techniques that clinicians can use to help clients change their perspectives and help clients accentuate the positive in their lives.

Answer 3

not answer

Question 4

In sharing hunches with a client, the clinician should do which of the following:

A)Offer hunches tentatively.
B)Share a hunch so that the client thinks he or she came up with it.
C)Know that when a client rejects a hunch, you are wrong so let it go and do not bring it up again, even if you think is may be accurate.
D)Only A and B
E)All of the above

Question 5

Clinical intuition and hunches flow from all of the following EXCEPT:

A)Personal experiences of the clinician
B)Knowledge about larger social and political issues
C)Clinical theory and research
D)Coming from an intuitive family
E)Experience with the specific client

Question 6

A maladaptive way to contain negative feelings is:

A)Sonjay, who decides to call a friend and make plans to go to the movies when he finds himself feeling depressed.
B)Peggy, who tries to figure out what it was that set her off so she can avoid that in the future.
C)George, who decided that having a couple of drinks will distract him from feeling so bad.
D)Kersti, who tells herself to "Stop it" when she starts thinking about things that will make her feel bad so she can avoid it.
E)Hortensia, who is on anti-depressive medications prescribed by her psychiatrist.

Question 7

Leshorn was feeling a lack of self-confidence. He said he was a loser and that he couldn't do anything right. His clinician asked him if there were any situations or times in different areas of his life (at school, in sports, at home, at work, with his kids) where he felt he was doing okay in order to see if there is something that can be learned. This is an example of:

A)Constructing positive future visions.
B)Acting as a positive mirror.
C)Transferability of skills.
D)An exception question.

Question 8

The term used to describe the process by which individuals influence the type, frequency, or intensity of their emotional experiences is called:

A)Catharsis
B)Emotional regulation
C)Insight
D)Perspective taking

Question 9

Describe what is meant by a discrepancy. What kinds of discrepancies are there?

Question 10

Clinicians can encourage client hypothesizing by all of the following EXCEPT:

A)Leaving the room and telling the client they will come back when the client has an idea or hunch.
B)Reinforcing the client's introspection with phrases like: "That's an interesting idea".
C)Leaving silence indicating that the clinician and the client can think about the issue.
D)Not always sharing their own hunches.

Question 11

Direct exploration of feelings:

A)Should be avoided so that clients don't get overwhelmed.
B)Is always a good idea so that clients can overcome their fears of strong emotions.
C)Should take into consideration the culture of the client.
D)Should be discouraged by clinicians since it is often an avoidance of the cognitive work they need to be doing.

Question 12

The term "feeling-thinking" is used by the Stone Center to describe the belief that:

A)All thoughts are accompanied by emotions.
B)All emotions have thought content.
C)The clinician should always be thinking about what the client is feeling.
D)A and B
E)None of the above

Question 13

Explain the role of metaphor in the clinician relationship.

Question 14

Describe five techniques that clinicians can use to help clients enhance their positive feelings.

Question 15

Describe five techniques that clinicians can teach clients to use to manage negative feelings.