Deck 13: Narrative and Collaborative Approaches

Question 1

Which of the following is an example of an externalizing question?

A) If by some miracle you woke up some morning and were not anxious anymore, how, specifically, would your life be different?
B) Have there been times when you have been able to get the best of the anxiety?
C) What are the consequences for your life and relationships of being anxious?
D) What are you most anxious about?

Answer 1

B

Question 2

Collaborative counselors believe that:

A) The best way to provide counseling is in pairs.
B) The process of mutual exploring and wondering provides an opportunity for clients to see their situation differently.
C) It is important for the counselor to direct the content of the meaning-making process.
D) A collaboration between client and immediate family members is a necessary condition to successful outcomes in counseling.

Answer 2

B

Question 3

The process that Collaborative counselors use to invite their client to join them in becoming curious about their lives in new ways is referred to as:

A) Re-configuration
B) Re-alignment
C) Meaning making
D) Mutual puzzling

Answer 3

D

Question 4

According to narrative counselors,the following statement: "A 'happy' and 'good' person,should get married,get a stable,high-paying job,have kids,get a nice car,buy a house,volunteer at your child's school,and build a white-picket fence," is an example of:

A) A unique outcome
B) A problem-saturated story
C) An alternative discourse
D) A dominant discourse

Question 5

The role of the counselor in narrative counseling is often described as the ____________.

A) expert
B) coach
C) co-author
D) commiserator

Question 6

Narrative counseling is based on the premise that we "story" and ____________________________ using available dominant discourses-broad societal stories,socio-cultural practices,assumptions,expectations about how we should live.

A) celebrate
B) make excuses
C) create meaning of life events
D) engage in fantasy

Question 7

Narrative counselors use _______________ and ________________ to help clients trace the effects of dominant discourses and to empower clients to make more conscious choices about which discourses they allow to affect their life.

A) externalizing listening; questions
B) mapping of problems; scaling
C) deconstructive listening; questions
D) mapping; reflecting

Question 8

_______________ questions are used to gently move a client from one exception of the problem to developing concrete and motivating action plans to manage the problem.

A) Exception
B) Permission
C) Probing
D) Scaffolding

Question 9

The not-knowing in collaborative counseling refers to how counselors think about what they (think they)know and the intent with which they introduce this knowing (expertise,truths,etc)to the client.This is an attempt to avoid ______________________.

A) expertise
B) power
C) control
D) assuming

Question 10

Similarly to solution-based counselors,postmodern counselors focus on the client's ________________.

A) free will
B) emotions
C) problems
D) strengths

Question 11

In the broadest sense,the goal of Narrative Counseling is to help clients enact their preferred realities and identities.Which of the following is an example of a goal meeting this criteria?

A) Increase sense of responsibility for own problems and their resolution.
B) Increase ability to identify and separate own feelings from that of others and ability to act on these feelings.
C) Increase ability to set realistic expectations for self and other to increase acceptance.
D) Solidify a sense of personal identity that derives self worth from meaningful activities, relationship, and values rather than body size.

Question 12

Which of the following statement regarding narrative counseling approaches is most accurate?

A) The problem is separate from the person
B) People cause their problems.
C) People become their problems
D) Problems are intrinsic in the person

Question 13

Goals in narrative counseling focus on clients enacting preferred narratives which involves increasing clients' sense of ______________,the sense that they influence in the direction of their lives.

A) happiness
B) independence
C) agency
D) responsibility

Question 14

When a narrative counselor wants to separate the problem,such as depression,from the person,they might ask a question such as:

A) What is it like for you to be a depressed person?
B) How has Depression affected your life?
C) In what ways are you depressed?
D) How often are you depressed?

Question 15

Couples who choose not to have children; same-sex relationships; immigrant families wanting to preserve their roots are all examples of _________________________.

A) unique outcomes
B) alternative discourses
C) dominant discourses
D) problem-saturated stories
B (The Viewing: Case Conceptualization)

Question 16

Asking questions such as: "What do you do for fun? What do you like about living here?" allows the narrative counselor to ________________________________________.

A) Identify the problem
B) meet the person apart from their problem
C) ask a miracle question
D) schedule meaningful family time

Question 17

___________________ are broad societal stories,sociocultural practices,assumptions,and expectations about how we should live.

A) Dominant voices
B) Dominant choices
C) Dominant discourses
D) Dominant groups

Question 18

__________________ is the term used to describe when stories or subplots in which the problem-saturated story do not play out in its typical way with no dramatic ending or particularly notable outcome.

A) Problem narrative
B) Happy ending
C) Dull story
D) Unique outcome

Question 19

In narrative counseling,___________________ refers to separating people from their problems to create space for new identities and life stories to emerge.

A) listening
B) externalizing
C) enacting
D) solidifying

Question 20

In Narrative Counseling,the counselor helps clients create more balanced descriptions of the events of their lives to enable clients to build more accurate and appreciative descriptions of themselves and others.This process is referred to as:

A) Enacting Preferred Narratives
B) Meeting the Person
C) Thickening Descriptions
D) Separating Persons from Problems

Question 21

What role does curiosity play in collaborative counseling?

Question 22

What is the nature of the relationship between counselor and client in narrative counseling?

Question 23

Collaborative counselors work from a social constructionist,postmodern perspective,which maintains that our realities are constructed in _______________ and through relationships.

A) systems
B) language
C) existential realities
D) childhood

Question 24

The counseling relationship in Collaborative language systems is best described as a ________________; a process of being with the client,respecting the client's knowledge and expertise,and responding in a collaborative and dialogical mode.

A) hierarchical relationship
B) egalitarian relationship
C) mutually congruent relationship
D) conversational partnership

Question 25

In what ways is collaborative counseling ideal for working with diverse populations?

Question 26

What is externalizing and how is it used in narrative counseling?

Question 27

What is the philosophic stance of a collaborative counselor and how does it affect the therapeutic relationship?

Question 28

A monological conversation in collaborative counseling leads to a therapeutic __________,at which point the counseling discussion no longer generates useful meanings or understandings.

A) barrier
B) solution
C) resistance
D) impasse

Question 29

Each of the following are in line with the purpose of collaborative reflecting teams EXCEPT:

A) to develop diverse strands of conversation.
B) to offer comments that evaluate or judge the client in any way, positive or negative.
C) to avoid coming to agreement on any one description of what is going on with the client.
D) to allow for multiple, contradictory perspectives to linger.

Question 30

Elan is a 19-year-old Native American who recently lost his best friend in a drunk-driving accident.His friend was driving while under the influence on his way home from Elan's house when he hit a tree and was killed upon impact.Due to his extreme guilt,Elan did not initially drink for several months following the accident.Now that he has resumed drinking,he is drinking more than ever before,although he does not drink on days he has to go into work.He says that his friend's spirit is haunting him and he is considering contacting a medicine man whom his mother knows to help deal with the spirit.As a narrative counselor,what is a unique outcome you might help Elan to see?

A) The guilt that he experiences as a result of his friend's death
B) The fact that he chooses to not drink on days he has to work
C) His statement that his friend's spirit is haunting him
D) His unique cultural heritage

Question 31

Similar to feminists,collaborative counselors maintain that the process counseling is inescapably ________________,and the counselor will likely be changed themselves because the same dialogical process that allows clients to change creates a context in which the counselor will also be changed.

A) exclusive
B) interactive
C) dependent
D) mutual