Question 1

What type of client is MOST likely to benefit from a community genogram?

Accepted Answer

A)  Clients from nuclear families
B)  Clients who can trace their family over time
C)  Adopted clients
D)  All of the above D

Question 2

Which of the following is a reason to focus client conversation?

Accepted Answer

A)  The client gives you three full minutes of problematic stories.
B)  The client insists that you start solving issues immediately.
C)  You and the client are overwhelmed by the number of client issues.
D)  All of the above. D

Question 3

In which scenario will talking with clients about their issues NOT be enough, and the interviewer may need to consider advocacy or an approach to resolve a social justice issue?

Accepted Answer

A)  As an elementary school counselor, you are helping a student who feels overwhelmed with her homework assignments.
B)  As a personal counselor, you are working with a woman facing divorce.
C)  As a personnel officer, you discover systematic bias against promotion for women and minorities.
D)  As a high-school guidance counselor, you are helping graduating Seniors prepare their paperwork for college. C

Question 4

"So you learned in your family that trying harder helped work things out?" By using this question, how is the interviewer trying to focus the client?

Accepted Answer

A)  Client focus
B)  Theme or issue focus
C)  Significant others
D)  Mutuality, immediacy, interviewer

Question 5

"Sounds like you are punishing yourself when you are trying so hard to be responsible." By using this response, how is the interviewer trying to focus the client?

Accepted Answer

A)  Client focus
B)  Theme or issue focus
C)  Significant others
D)  Mutuality, immediacy, interviewer

Question 6

Advocacy is ____.

Accepted Answer

A)  speaking out for your clients
B)  working in the school or community
C)  working for social change
D)  all of the above

Question 7

What type of client is likely to benefit from a family genogram?

Accepted Answer

A)  Adopted clients
B)  First generation Americans
C)  Clients from nuclear families
D)  All of the above

Question 8

The community genogram provides:

Accepted Answer

A)  an opportunity for the client to present her or his family in an individually-unique way.
B)  a chance to see the client's community of origin and how it might represent the unique client's culture.
C)  an opportunity to compare the community of origin with one's present community setting.
D)  all of the above.

Question 9

According to Ivey, consciousness represents the psychological present.What is the typical length of the psychological present?

Accepted Answer

A)  10 to 75 milliseconds
B)  100 to 750 milliseconds
C)  1 to 3 seconds
D)  None of the above

Question 10

Your client says to you: "The job situation in Puerto Rico is tough right now.So I've been thinking of moving to the mainland.Whether I should or not isn't clear to me."
Write seven alternative focus statements in the form of open questions, which might be used to respond to this client.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Your client says to you: "The job...

Question 11

Instructions: The questions below require you to identify what type of focus the responder is using in the reply to the following statement."I'd like to buy a new car, but I'm not sure if I can afford it.The ones I have been looking at seem terribly expensive.But then, I have a large family and could use the space.But will they be dependable? And what about gas mileage? What do you think I should do?"
Identify the kind of focus by its letter.
a.Person focus
e.Mutual issues or group focus
b.Problem / main theme focus
f.Interviewer focus
c.Others focus
g.Cultural / environmental / contextual focus
d.Family focus
-____ "Your family wants space.What kind of car have they got in mind?"

Accepted Answer

The answer of Instructions: The questions below require you to...

Question 12

Which one of the following statements is NOT true of cultural - environmental focus?

Accepted Answer

A)  Environmental context is not a legitimate focus area.
B)  Environmental context is person-as-community.
C)  Environmental context is the impact of how the client grew up in community.
D)  Environmental context includes cultural, gender, and race impacts on client development.

Question 13

Instructions: The question(s) below require you to identify what type of focus the responder is using in the reply to the following statement:
"I just can't believe how much fun I'm having right now.They call this an exam, but I feel more like I'm at a party.And not only that, but I'm learning so much at the same time.I just feel so smart and competent as I answer these questions I could just jump up and down.My parents never told me how much fun college was going to be.The only problem is the professor's sense of humor.Sometimes I think he got into teaching because it was the only way he could get away with such bad jokes without having people leave the room."
Identify the kind of focus by its letter.
a.Person focus
e.Mutual issues or group focus
b.Problem / main theme focus
f.Interviewer focus
c.Others focus
g.Cultural / environmental / contextual focus
d.Family focus
-____ "Apparently there is a university rule prohibiting excessive jumping up and down with happiness during an exam."

Accepted Answer

The answer of Instructions: The question(s) below require you to...

Question 14

Instructions: The question(s) below require you to identify what type of focus the responder is using in the reply to the following statement:
"I just can't believe how much fun I'm having right now.They call this an exam, but I feel more like I'm at a party.And not only that, but I'm learning so much at the same time.I just feel so smart and competent as I answer these questions I could just jump up and down.My parents never told me how much fun college was going to be.The only problem is the professor's sense of humor.Sometimes I think he got into teaching because it was the only way he could get away with such bad jokes without having people leave the room."
Identify the kind of focus by its letter.
a.Person focus
e.Mutual issues or group focus
b.Problem / main theme focus
f.Interviewer focus
c.Others focus
g.Cultural / environmental / contextual focus
d.Family focus
-____ "Steps need to be taken to improve the humor or eliminate it completely."

Accepted Answer

The answer of Instructions: The question(s) below require you to...

Question 15

Discuss the value of a genogram and how listening skills and focusing might be used to help an individual understand how family issues relate to current concerns.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Discuss the value of a genogram and...

Question 16

Instructions: The question(s) below require you to identify what type of focus the responder is using in the reply to the following statement."I really don't know.It seems clear that my not getting the raise was really unfair ...just because I'm a woman.It really hurts!"
Identify the kind of focus by its letter.
a.Person focus
e.Mutual issues or group focus
b.Problem / main theme focus
f.Interviewer focus
c.Others focus
g.Cultural / environmental / contextual focus
d.Family focus
-____ "As I listen to you, I get very angry with the situation."

Accepted Answer

The answer of Instructions: The question(s) below require you to...

Question 17

There are many ways to focus attention in the counseling session.What are other focus possibilities besides individual client focus, problem focus, and interviewer focus?

Accepted Answer

A)  Other, family, mutuality, and environmental context
B)  Other, significant relationships, community, and culture
C)  Culture, family, environment, and context
D)  Mutuality, family culture, community and context

Question 18

"We will work this out together." What is the focus of the statement?

Accepted Answer

A)  Focus on the client
B)  Focus on the main theme or problem
C)  Focus on mutuality
D)  Focus on the interviewer

Question 19

The word problem:

Accepted Answer

A)  is useful to label clients issues.
B)  is in itself a problem.
C)  offers immediate insight.
D)  identifies in itself solutions.

Question 20

Focusing often results in ____.

Accepted Answer

A)  increased cognitive complexity
B)  broadening understanding through looking at different points of view
C)  increased ability to direct client talk (or not direct due to your awareness) 
D)  all of the above

Exam 9: Focusing the Counseling Session: Exploring the Story From Multiple Perspectives

What type of client is MOST likely to benefit from a community genogram?

Which of the following is a reason to focus client conversation?

In which scenario will talking with clients about their issues NOT be enough, and the interviewer may need to consider advocacy or an approach to resolve a social justice issue?

"So you learned in your family that trying harder helped work things out?" By using this question, how is the interviewer trying to focus the client?

"Sounds like you are punishing yourself when you are trying so hard to be responsible." By using this response, how is the interviewer trying to focus the client?

Advocacy is ____.

What type of client is likely to benefit from a family genogram?

The community genogram provides:

According to Ivey, consciousness represents the psychological present.What is the typical length of the psychological present?

Your client says to you: "The job situation in Puerto Rico is tough right now.So I've been thinking of moving to the mainland.Whether I should or not isn't clear to me." Write seven alternative focus statements in the form of open questions, which might be used to respond to this client.

Which one of the following statements is NOT true of cultural - environmental focus?

Discuss the value of a genogram and how listening skills and focusing might be used to help an individual understand how family issues relate to current concerns.

There are many ways to focus attention in the counseling session.What are other focus possibilities besides individual client focus, problem focus, and interviewer focus?

"We will work this out together." What is the focus of the statement?

The word problem:

Focusing often results in ____.