Deck 10: Reflection of Meaning and Interpretationreframing: Restorying Client Lives Through Meaning Making

Question 1

Which of the following is most closely associated with values and beliefs?

A) paraphrase
B) reflection of feeling
C) reflection of meaning
D) summarization

Answer 1

C

Question 2

Which question would most effectively probe for meaning according to the authors?

A) Could you give me a specific example?
B) Do you really mean it?
C) How do you REALLY feel?
D) What values underlie your actions?

Answer 2

D

Question 3

Which of the following is most closely associated with emotions?

A) paraphrase
B) reflection of feeling
C) reflection of meaning
D) summarization

Answer 3

B

Question 4

Theories of counseling

A) tend to be quite consistent in the way they reframe or interpret client stories.
B) seek to find congruence between client thoughts and feelings.
C) tend to focus on listening skills solely.
D) have varying interpretations of the same event or story

Question 5

The major differences between an interpretation/reframe and a reflection of meaning is that in the latter, the listener

A) remains in the client's own frame of reference, while in the former it is the listener's frame of reference.
B) deals with meaning, while the former deals with feeling.
C) is using an influencing skill; in the former, an attending skill.
D) helps the client to come to alternative ways to consider a situation; the former does not.

Question 6

Which of the following is most likely an interpretation?

A) You're upset and troubled.
B) Sounds like you want some help right now.
C) Sounds like your fear of rejection led you to seek rejection from your wife.
D) None of these.

Question 7

Andreas's goal was to help Travis think about the word relationship and its meaning.

Question 8

The first five questions require you to identify the type of interviewer response. Match the letter with the response. Select the most important concept. Interviewee : I'd really like to get better grades.
Interviewer response: Why are grades that important to you?

A) probe for meaning
B) open question
C) paraphrase
D) check-out for accuracy
E) reflection of feeling

Question 9

The first five questions require you to identify the type of interviewer response. Match the letter with the response. Select the most important concept.
___ (This was said immediately after previous response, "The interruptions are interfering with your work.") Am I hearing you correctly?

Question 10

Which skill is most useful in working with an implicit level of speech and action?

A) reflection of feeling
B) reflection of meaning
C) summarization
D) an integrated interview

Question 11

The interpretation/reframe may come from

A) the interviewer's view of the situation.
B) the client's view of the situation.
C) thoughts that the interviewer keeps to her/himself.
D) inner space.

Question 12

Linking may be defined as

A) providing two closely related questions.
B) an integrative skillful summary.
C) helping the client see how two areas of information or feelings are tied together.
D) helping the client discover new meanings in old situations.

Question 13

The first five questions require you to identify the type of interviewer response. Match the letter with the response. Select the most important concept. Interviewee : It seems that everything I do at work is wrong. I just can't seem to please my boss. I'd like a different job, but I just can't seem to break out right now.  
Interviewer response: You're feeling kind of trapped right now.

A) probe for meaning
B) open question
C) paraphrase
D) check-out for accuracy
E) reflection of feeling

Question 14

The first five questions require you to identify the type of interviewer response. Match the letter with the response. Select the most important concept. Interviewee : I thought I would drop by to see you.
Interviewer response: Could you tell me what brings you here today?

A) probe for meaning
B) open question
C) paraphrase
D) check-out for accuracy
E) reflection of feeling

Question 15

The interpretation/reframe may come from

A) the theoretical approach of the interviewer.
B) a deep understanding of the client's meaning system.
C) thoughts that the interviewer keeps to her/himself.
D) outer space.

Question 16

The first five questions require you to identify the type of interviewer response. Match the letter with the response. Select the most important concept. Interviewee: My children come in and want something or my husband has something to say that won't wait-or the phone rings. No wonder I can't get anything done!  
Interviewer response: The interruptions are interfering with your work.

A) probe for meaning
B) open question
C) paraphrase
D) check-out for accuracy
E) reflection of feeling

Question 17

Which of the following is true about reflection of meaning and interpretation/reframe?

A) Both help explore in-depth issues below the surface of client conversation.
B) Reflecting meaning helps clients to clarify their purpose in life.
C) Interpretation/reframing provide clients with new perspectives to create new ways of thinking, feeling, and behaving.
D) All of these

Question 18

Discernment is a strategy that may enable clients to

A) develop a more positive attitude toward their past problems.
B) discover deeper meanings and purpose in their lives and find a clearer direction for the future.
C) empower them to make decisions.
D) discover the underlying meaning of their problems.

Question 19

Which question would most effectively probe for meaning?

A) Why do you do that?
B) Does it really matter?
C) How could it be that way?
D) Why is that important for you?

Question 20

The skill of reflection of meaning is generally for

A) nonverbal clients.
B) verbal clients.
C) clients who have a history of needing deeper understanding and emotional expression of relevant feelings, thoughts, and attitudes, which in turn may be manifested by unusual language patterns.
D) severely disturbed clients.

Question 21

Point out by examples from your own experience of how different people may view the same event but still have a different meaning attributed to that event. Make your examples specific and concrete.

Question 22

Discuss how the skill of reflection of meaning might be made useful to people of varying cultural and religious traditions.

Question 23

Write three different interpretations of the following client statement. Imagine that you are counseling him now. (He was a friend of ours who later passed on at age 55.)
"I'm not going to exercise. I think that the time people spend exercising is a waste. I'd rather read, enjoy myself, and work. Yes, I may die a couple years sooner, but I figured out all the hours I'd waste walking, running, or something like that. I don't think it's worth it. Could you please pass the bread and butter?"

Question 24

How might you use discernment with clients in your professional work in interviewing and counseling?

Question 25

Write three questions that might elicit client meaning in the following client statement.
"I feel lost right now, terribly confused. I've done well in philosophy, but somehow the new course material is terrifying to me. I almost hate to go to class."