Deck 3: The Effective Counselor

Question 1

Everyone should have the same common ideas about what makes an effective counselor.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

There is a consensus among humanists, cognitive-behaviorists and psychodynamic theorists about what makes an effective counselor.

Answer 2

False

Question 3

Most counselor training programs require that counselors in training receive personal counseling to increase their effectiveness as counselors.

Answer 3

False

Question 4

It is essential for effective counselors to learn about the major counseling theories before specializing in one theory or using an eclectic approach.

Question 5

Social influencing skills are used to help clients change behaviors and attitudes.

Question 6

Counselors tend to use social influencing skills in similar ways regardless of their theoretical orientation.

Question 7

Countertransference refers to feelings clients develop toward counselors related to unresolved conflicts in their relationship.

Question 8

All counseling theorists tend to agree on the type of ideal person the effective counselor should emulate.

Question 9

The need for professional collaboration with other mental health professionals has decreased in recent years because counselors are more broadly trained in various theories and skills.

Question 10

Which one of the following was not one of the essential characteristics of counselors as proposed by Rogers

A) empathy
B) warmth
C) congruency
D) immediacy

Question 11

In considering expectancies of effective counselors in the past 10 years, which of the following is not true?

A) Use of standardized tests have decreased
B) Crises interventions have increased
C) The practice of brief counseling and therapy has increased in the community.
D) Intake interviewing has increased.

Question 12

Which one of the following interviewing skills is most likely to convey counselor feelings of understanding to the client?

A) Attending skills
B) Social influencing skills
C) Listening skills
D) They all do so equally.

Question 13

The interviewing skills used by counselors that help clients explore their problems and help them make behavioral changes are

A) Listening skills
B) Attending skills
C) Social influencing skills
D) They all do so equally.

Question 14

Which one of the following interviewing skills is intended to help clients change their self-defeating behaviors?

A) Self disclosure
B) Confrontation
C) Open ended questions
D) Focusing

Question 15

Regarding counselors' use of assessment skills, which one of the following is not true?

A) They must know how to assess individuals in crises intervention, intake interviewing and diagnostic evaluations.
B) They must develop competency skills in selecting and interpreting both standardized and non-standardized tests.
C) They must develop competency in administering and scoring tests.
D) They need to be critically aware of the increasing numbers of assessment tools available in the market.

Question 16

According to Kitchener one of the underlying moral principles underlying ethical judgments is beneficence. Which of the following describes beneficence?

A) Clients right to self-determination.
B) Counselor intent to foster client growth.
C) Counselor effort to not harm clients.
D) Counselor effort to treat clients equally regardless of age, race, gender or other social cultural differences.

Question 17

Discuss and differentiate how counselors use listening and attending skills and social influencing skills.

Question 18

What are the moral principles underlying counselor sound ethical judgment according to Kitchener?

Question 19

How do personal counseling and self-growth activities help counselors increase their effectiveness in counseling?

Question 20

What competencies should counselors develop to increase their effectiveness in multi-cultural counseling?

Question 21

Describe what is meant by counselor burnout. What factors contribute to burnout? What steps can counselors take to avoid burnout?

Question 22

What are the arguments pro and con of Internet counseling, particularly regarding the counselor's ability to establish an effective counseling relationship?