Deck 9: Creative Approaches to Counseling

Question 1

Toys should represent these five categories: family/nurturing, scary, aggressive, expressive, and pretend/fantasy.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

The term bibliotherapy refers to:

A) The use of literature as a therapeutic.
B) An interactive process designed to help individuals gain control over their lives and situations as they solve problems, learn new skills, practice new behaviors, and better understand themselves through directed reading.
C) When a person writes his or her autobiography as a therapeutic exercise.
D) All of these.

Answer 2

B

Question 3

Which of the following statements is incorrect?

A) Music can be used to increase self-esteem.
B) Music can help increase assertiveness.
C) Music can facilitate development of interpersonal skills.
D) Music should be used by itself and it should not be combined with drama, writing, the visual arts, and play. Otherwise it can overstimulate the client.

Answer 3

D

Question 4

Which of the following is not a benefit of writing as a therapeutic method?

A) Writing can facilitate self-awareness.
B) Writing may provide the client with a means of releasing emotion.
C) Writing can help the client clarify issues.
D) Writing can improve a client's grammar.

Question 5

Which of the following statements regarding art therapy is not true?

A) Art therapy aims at mastery of the particular art form being used.
B) The goal of art therapy is communication between the helper and the client.
C) Art therapy can provide an emotional outlet for those who have difficulty communicating their feelings.
D) Art therapy can be used to help normal clients grow in self-awareness.

Question 6

The expressive arts are:

A) Only used with non-verbal people.
B) Universal and they can be used with any client, "regardless of gender, ethnicity, ability, age, language, cultural identity, or physical functioning.""
C) Not effective with highly anxious people.
D) Only used with creative people.

Question 7

Bibliotherapy refers to a process designed to help individuals solve problems or understand themselves better.

Question 8

Structured writing experiences are more therapeutically beneficial than unstructured experiences.

Question 9

Creative approaches to counseling should only be used when clients won't verbalize their issues.

Question 10

Match the term with its definition.
-Scriptotherapy

A)The natural language of children.
B)Play therapy skill.
C)A chronicle that covers one's life.
D)Writing in a therapeutic way.
E)Structured writing.

Question 11

Match the term with its definition.
-Autobiography

A)The natural language of children.
B)Play therapy skill.
C)A chronicle that covers one's life.
D)Writing in a therapeutic way.
E)Structured writing.

Question 12

Match the term with its definition.
-Open-Ended Sentences

A)The natural language of children.
B)Play therapy skill.
C)A chronicle that covers one's life.
D)Writing in a therapeutic way.
E)Structured writing.

Question 13

Match the term with its definition.
-Play

A)The natural language of children.
B)Play therapy skill.
C)A chronicle that covers one's life.
D)Writing in a therapeutic way.
E)Structured writing.

Question 14

Match the term with its definition.
-Tracking

A)The natural language of children.
B)Play therapy skill.
C)A chronicle that covers one's life.
D)Writing in a therapeutic way.
E)Structured writing.