Deck 9: Influencing Skills

Question 1

The goals of the second stage, the awareness stage, of counseling include all of the following except

A) to develop an emotional awareness of ineffective coping patterns.
B) to accept and honor old patterns.
C) to complete the intake.
D) to recognize their own strengths.

Answer 1

C

Question 2

In the awareness stage of counseling, it is important to focus in on one central theme. To find the central theme, what do you look for in a client's speech?

A) repetition of a theme.
B) rapid speech patterns.
C) omitted themes.
D) slower speech patterns.

Answer 2

A

Question 3

Most repeated coping patterns are

A) known to the client.
B) not known to the client.
C) are not harmful to clients.
D) are not harmful to relationships.

Answer 3

B

Question 4

Which of the following is NOT a type of counselor self-disclosure?

A) personal self-disclosure
B) immediacy
C) feedback-giving
D) resiliency

Question 5

Immediacy is

A) counselor disclosure about her state of health.
B) counselor disclosure about something that happened in the past.
C) counselor disclosure about what is happening in the session.
D) counselor needs to leave early.

Question 6

Counselor: "I want to let you know that I am not feeling well today. I was up last night with the flu and I'm sleepy. So, if I seem kind of 'out of it,' that's the reason why." This is an example of the influencing skills of

A) immediacy.
B) personal disclosure.
C) feedback-giving.
D) recognizing the common theme.

Question 7

Counselor: "Frank, I'm glad to hear you say that it is time to stop blaming other people and to start taking charge of your life." This is an example of the influencing skills of

A) triangles of insight.
B) challenging confrontation.
C) giving positive feedback.
D) recognizing the common theme.

Question 8

Counselor: "Morgan, you have told me that in the past you have not been able to trust your sister. Now you don't trust your roommate. I sometimes feel like you don't trust me. Is that accurate?" This is an example to the influencing skill of

A) triangles of insight.
B) challenging confrontation.
C) giving positive feedback.
D) recognizing the common theme.

Question 9

According to Meier and Davis (2000), a counselor can challenge clients

A) in the first session.
B) without concern for their cultural background.
C) as much as the counselor has supported them.
D) only in the middle of the session.

Question 10

To gain a sense of self-worth by dominating others, to help by taking over others' responsibilities, and to get needs known by complaining are examples of

A) interconnectedness.
B) patterns of minimizing others.
C) conscious choices.
D) unconscious choices.