Question 1

For each item below, identify what aspect of the mental status it belongs to:
A. Appearance and behavior
B. Emotional state
C. Thought Components
D. Cognition
-A clinician says to her client, "You can do it. I know you have it in you." This is an example of:

Accepted Answer

A)  Encouragement 
B)  Empathy 
C)  Advice giving 
D)  Affirmation 
E)  Positive reinforcement

Question 2

A client describes his intense anger toward his wife, but the clinician senses some deep pain revolving around the client's fear of an intimate relationship. The clinician therefore responds to the client by saying, "I hear your anger, but I also sense some sadness regarding the inability of you and your wife to be closer." The client sobs. This is an example of what kind of confrontation?

Accepted Answer

A)  Higher level empathy 
B)  Use of satire and irony 
C)  "You/but" statements 
D)  Asking the client to justify the discrepancy 
E)  Reframing

Question 3

Your client tells you that he believes in never hitting children, and then he reveals that he periodically loses control and slaps his daughter. You say to him, "Tell me how you make sense of this behavior as it seems it is contrary to what you believe." This is an example of what kind of confrontation?

Accepted Answer

A)  Higher level empathy 
B)  Use of satire and irony 
C)  "You/but" statements 
D)  Asking the client to justify the discrepancy 
E)  Reframing

Question 4

Content self-disclosure is which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A)  The reflection of content beyond what the client is disclosing 
B)  The reflection of feelings beyond what the client is disclosing 
C)  Revealing something about yourself that relates to the topic the client is talking about in an effort to model behaviors and show the client you are real 
D)  All of the above

Question 5

Clinicians will act as models for their clients, regardless of whether or not they want to be.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

For each item below, identify what aspect of the mental status it belongs to:
A. Appearance and behavior
B. Emotional state
C. Thought Components
D. Cognition
-Self-disclosure on the part of the clinician is used for all but which of the following reasons?

Accepted Answer

A)  To reveal parts of oneself in an effort to strengthen the counseling relationship 
B)  As a means for mimicking early attachment issues 
C)  As a mechanism to help the client feel comfortable with self-disclosure 
D)  As an example of how to be in relationships

Question 7

In relation to the natural helper, the professional counselor probably uses self-disclosure and solution-focused skills more.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

Encouragement and affirmations are important because they can help raise an individual's self-esteem.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

Self-disclosure should be practiced frequently so that clients can feel as if the helper is his or her friend.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

For each item below, identify what aspect of the mental status it belongs to:
A. Appearance and behavior
B. Emotional state
C. Thought Components
D. Cognition
-Modeling that occurs as a by-product of the helping relationship is called:

Accepted Answer

A)  innocuous modeling. 
B)  inadvertent modeling. 
C)  intentional modeling. 
D)  forced modeling.

Question 11

Which of the following is not generally the format followed when collaborating with a client?

Accepted Answer

A)  The use of one's foundational skills to offer a summary of what has been discussed thus far 
B)  Asking the client, through the use of questions, how he or she feels about the course of treatment thus far 
C)  Asking the client, through the use of questions, about the direction he or she would like to take in treatment 
D)  Sharing with the client one's own thoughts about which areas might be important to focus upon (advice giving) 
E)  Having an honest discussion concerning any discrepancies found between the client's and clinician's thoughts about what to focus upon
F) Strongly suggesting the course of treatment based on the discussion

Question 12

For each item below, identify what aspect of the mental status it belongs to:
A. Appearance and behavior
B. Emotional state
C. Thought Components
D. Cognition
-A therapist decides to use a sticker chart with a parent who is compulsively late to show him how such charts can be used with children. Every time the parent comes in on time for a session, he gets a star. And, every time the parent describes behaviors that he has worked to change, he gets a star. He can hand in ten stars for a book on parenting skills. This is an example of:

Accepted Answer

A)  innocuous modeling. 
B)  inadvertent modeling. 
C)  intentional modeling. 
D)  forced modeling. 
E)  being empathic.

Question 13

Research on solution-focused skills has not shown them to be efficacious.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

A counselor at a problem pregnancy clinic describes a number of birth control methods to a sexually active teenager, and then states, "If you're going to remain sexually active, I strongly urge you to use one of these methods." The counselor then goes on to describe the various methods. This is an example of what kind of problem-focused skill?

Accepted Answer

A)  Advice giving 
B)  Offering alternatives 
C)  Information giving 
D)  Two of the above 
E)  Three of the above
F) All of the above

Question 15

Collaboration generally occurs at transitional points in the relationships (e.g., between stages).

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Exam 7: Commonly Used Skills: Affirmation Giving, Encouragement, Modeling, Self-Disclosure, Confrontation, Offering Alternatives, Information Giving, Advice Giving, and Collaboration

For each item below, identify what aspect of the mental status it belongs to: A. Appearance and behavior B. Emotional state C. Thought Components D. Cognition -A clinician says to her client, "You can do it. I know you have it in you." This is an example of:

Content self-disclosure is which of the following?

Clinicians will act as models for their clients, regardless of whether or not they want to be.

For each item below, identify what aspect of the mental status it belongs to: A. Appearance and behavior B. Emotional state C. Thought Components D. Cognition -Self-disclosure on the part of the clinician is used for all but which of the following reasons?

In relation to the natural helper, the professional counselor probably uses self-disclosure and solution-focused skills more.

Encouragement and affirmations are important because they can help raise an individual's self-esteem.

Self-disclosure should be practiced frequently so that clients can feel as if the helper is his or her friend.

For each item below, identify what aspect of the mental status it belongs to: A. Appearance and behavior B. Emotional state C. Thought Components D. Cognition -Modeling that occurs as a by-product of the helping relationship is called:

Which of the following is not generally the format followed when collaborating with a client?

Research on solution-focused skills has not shown them to be efficacious.

Collaboration generally occurs at transitional points in the relationships (e.g., between stages).