Deck 7: The Domain of Establishing and Maintaining the Therapeutic Relationship and the Therapeutic Alliance: the Therapeutic Alliance the Level Ii Practitioner Profile

Question 1

Considering ethics as infused in everything a practitioner does is essential for practitioners to maintain an ethical mindset.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

The principle of ______________ demands that patients who consult us are esteemed as autonomous rational agents whose consent to treatment must be elicited.

A) nonmaleficence
B) beneficence
C) do no harm
D) respect for autonomy

Answer 2

D

Question 3

________________ is the primary rule of ethics in medicine, and it can be considered an equally appropriate caution for all of health care, including psychological and counseling services across the spectrum of approaches.

A) Caveat Emptor
B) Do no harm
C) Beneficence
D) Justice

Answer 3

B

Question 4

The authors present a pyramidal model of clinician development, in which ______________ is at the top, because it requires the integration of the other domains and thinking differently and represents a vehicle for understanding how to develop an effective therapeutic relationship and alliance in a variety of circumstances.

A) linear thinking
B) humor
C) nonlinear thinking
D) paradoxical challengers

Question 5

According to Jennings and Skovholt (1999), relational characteristics of master therapists include all of the following except:

A) they believe that rapport is a realistically fluctuating function of the therapeutic alliance
B) they appear to be experts at using their exceptional relationship skills in therapy
C) they believe that the foundation for therapeutic change is a strong working alliance
D) they possess strong relationship skills

Question 6

According to Jennings and Skovholt (1999), emotional characteristics of master therapists include all of the following except:

A) they appear to have emotional receptivity, defined as being self-aware, reflective, nondefensive, and open to feedback
B) they seem to be mentally healthy and mature individuals who attend to their own emotional well being
C) they have a higher than average level of empathy, and are able to readily feel what others feel
D) they are aware of how their emotional health affects the quality of their work

Question 7

According to Jennings and Skovholt (1999), cognitive characteristics of master therapists include all of the following except:

A) they are voracious learners
B) their cognitive flexibility allows them to readily conceptualize ambiguous schema dynamics
C) their accumulated experience has become a continually accessed, major resource for them
D) they value cognitive complexity and the ambiguities inherent in the human condition

Question 8

Master practitioners are considered to have committed themselves to linear and nonlinear listening/thinking/understanding so much that they engage clients while_____________________.

A) ensuring that the work proceeds in the most time efficient manner possible.
B) continuing to work on their own personal development.
C) maintaining complete self-awareness and negotiating countertransference experiences.
D) maintaining a seamless access to all therapeutic domains as well as access to their personal prior experiences.

Question 9

The authors contend that nonlinear thinking is not ________ but _______ of facilitating client movement toward goal attainment and disengagement.

A) complicated; a basic, efficient way
B) terribly important; is a helpful means
C) a basic skill set; a therapist's most complex goal
D) an end goal for practice and performance; a means

Question 10

Deliberate practice in clinician development is designed to improve specific aspects of performance in a manner that _________________________.

A) assures that positive changes can be measured and incorporated into representative performance
B) assures that mistakes are identified and sufficiently diminished to prevent potential harm
C) assures that clients remain the sole focus of practice and interactions in therapy
D) assures that mistakes are diminished while awareness is drawn to therapist strengths

Question 11

Therapists are responsible for maintaining the therapeutic alliance and attending to therapeutic ruptures, and, as a result, they must act in ways that are fair as well as beneficial to the client.

Question 12

Clients are resilient against the influence of a number of things: any comment, suggestion, behavior, gesture, etc. of the practitioner; being taken advantage of exploited; being diminished in any way; etc.

Question 13

The biomedical ethical principle of _______________ requires that we do not intentionally, needlessly harm or injure someone we are treating by either an act of commission or an act of omission.

A) respect for autonomy
B) nonmaleficence
C) beneficence
D) justice