Deck 11: Termination Skills

Question 1

All of the following are tasks of the Termination Stage except

A) making plans to meet again in 6 months.
B) helping the client to evaluate his progress.
C) helping the client to envision coping strategies for future challenges.
D) helping to bring closure to therapy.

Answer 1

A

Question 2

When a client terminates with no notice, the therapist can assume

A) the client is feeling better.
B) that he (therapist) needs to call the client.
C) that the client doesn't see any value to therapy.
D) that the client is suicidal.

Answer 2

B

Question 3

When a client terminates, the therapist can assure the client that she may return if needed. This kind of termination is called

A) an incomplete termination.
B) a gradual termination.
C) an integrative termination.
D) an intermittent termination.

Answer 3

D

Question 4

Therapy can be referred to as a rite of passage because

A) clients are older when they finish.
B) clients are helped from one stage of life to another.
C) client payments for counseling are an initiation fee.
D) clients become individuated in counseling.

Question 5

Asking a client to rate how they were from 1 to 10 and to rate how they are as they terminate is asking what kind of questions?

A) reverse questions.
B) validating questions.
C) scaling questions.
D) open-ended questions.

Question 6

In a termination session, the counselor says, "In what ways have you changed over these past sessions? How has the way you see yourself changed?" In this example, the counselor is asking about

A) reasons for the client's termination.
B) pressure from others to terminate.
C) changes in the client's financial situation.
D) changes in the client's narrative.

Question 7

The length of termination is always

A) one session.
B) two sessions.
C) beginning at the intake.
D) varies according to client and type of therapy.

Question 8

During termination, it is appropriate to do all of the following except

A) give positive feedback to the client.
B) for the client to give feedback to the therapist.
C) set up a time to meet for dinner.
D) to make a referral for the client.

Question 9

After termination, it is normal and ethical for

A) the counselor and client to feel a sense of loss.
B) the counselor to call the client every week to see how he is doing.
C) the client to text the counselor to let the counselor know "how things are going."
D) the counselor and client to start dating.

Question 10

When the counselor is terminating with a client, it is not a good idea to ask the client to "keep in touch" because

A) it shows dependency on the counselor's part.
B) it puts the burden of communication on the client.
C) it takes up too much of the counselor's time to answer.
D) it is against the law in most states.