Question 1

Reframing a client's narrative helps them to see their struggle or situation from a different and positive, but equally valid, perspective .

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  True

Question 2

When a therapist is engaging in a reframing intervention, it is important for him/her to "sell" the perspective to a client, telling them what they have done right/wrong, and fighting/confronting them when necessary.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  False

Question 3

_________________ are paradoxical interventions consisting of a simple, unexpected, ironic therapist response to certain disagreeable client verbalizations or behaviors.

Accepted Answer

A)   Neutralizers
B)   Reframers
C)   Energizers
D)   Challengers C

Question 4

Which paradoxical intervention provides new meaning or perspective for a problematic concern?

Accepted Answer

A)   Neutralizing
B)   Reframing
C)   Energizing
D)   Challenging

Question 5

_______________ is the process of contrasting a thing with its opposite in order to create new meaning, and is inherent to effective reframing.

Accepted Answer

A)   Diapractics
B)   Diaphragmatics
C)   Diagnostics
D)   Dialectics

Question 6

When a therapist advocates (benignly) for the status quo, they suggest or instruct a client to ________________, but for benevolent reasons.

Accepted Answer

A)   terminate therapy early
B)   engage in different symptoms or behaviors
C)   continue with certain symptoms or behaviors
D)   maintain double-bind based relationships

Question 7

Allowing a client to make negativistic, inflammatory comments about the therapist or the therapy can help to maintain a sense of equality in the therapeutic relationship, thereby preventing the therapist from being elevated above the client.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

A therapist must endeavor to see a client's point of view in order to uncover the __________ in their perspective.

Accepted Answer

A)   fallacy
B)   emotional context
C)   element of truth
D)   quality of narrative

Question 9

A paradox is defined as&#44; &#34;a statement or proposition seemingly _____________&#44; and yet explicable as _______________.&#34;

Accepted Answer

A)   contradictory or absurd&#44; expressing a truth
B)   unintelligible&#44; simultaneously meaningful
C)   simple&#44; poignant
D)   lofty or unreachable&#44; appealing to the lowest denominator

Question 10

A paradoxical intervention is safe to use when a therapist is trying to understand a client's perspective.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

A paradoxical intervention, in its ____________, allows clients to _____________________.

Accepted Answer

A)   seeming absurdity, relieve emotional tension
B)   poignancy, think more deeply about change
C)   inherent challenge, confront previous values
D)   seeming absurdity, broaden their perspective regarding the problem.

Question 12

Accepting praise or elevation from a client can place the therapist on a pedestal, and can result in the therapist being blamed responsible for treatment failure or a client's sabotage of the therapy.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

One way to determine an appropriate reframe intervention is to look for what ______________ can be derived from a client's symptom.

Accepted Answer

A)   new meaning
B)   context
C)   truths
D)   false-logic

Question 14

One effective way to neutralize a sincere complement from a client is to:

Accepted Answer

A)   express humble gratitude but give the client credit for progress made
B)   not respond to them
C)   paradoxically claim more praise than is offered
D)   use Socratic questioning to help them understand their role in progress made

Question 15

When is it important or beneficial to implement the use of a Neutralizer paradoxical intervention in therapy?

Accepted Answer

A)   When clients make inflammatory, or disparaging remarks directed at the therapy or clinician
B)   When clients become emotionally overwhelmed by their struggle
C)   When clients make aggrandizing, elevating comments that put the therapist on a pedestal
D)   A & C
E)   B & C

Exam 2: The Domain of Connecting With and Engaging the Client: Listening

Reframing a client's narrative helps them to see their struggle or situation from a different and positive, but equally valid, perspective .

When a therapist is engaging in a reframing intervention, it is important for him/her to "sell" the perspective to a client, telling them what they have done right/wrong, and fighting/confronting them when necessary.

_________________ are paradoxical interventions consisting of a simple, unexpected, ironic therapist response to certain disagreeable client verbalizations or behaviors.

Which paradoxical intervention provides new meaning or perspective for a problematic concern?

_______________ is the process of contrasting a thing with its opposite in order to create new meaning, and is inherent to effective reframing.

When a therapist advocates (benignly) for the status quo, they suggest or instruct a client to ________________, but for benevolent reasons.

Allowing a client to make negativistic, inflammatory comments about the therapist or the therapy can help to maintain a sense of equality in the therapeutic relationship, thereby preventing the therapist from being elevated above the client.

A therapist must endeavor to see a client's point of view in order to uncover the __________ in their perspective.

A paradox is defined as, "a statement or proposition seemingly _, and yet explicable as ___."

A paradoxical intervention is safe to use when a therapist is trying to understand a client's perspective.

A paradoxical intervention, in its , allows clients to _________.

Accepting praise or elevation from a client can place the therapist on a pedestal, and can result in the therapist being blamed responsible for treatment failure or a client's sabotage of the therapy.

One way to determine an appropriate reframe intervention is to look for what ______________ can be derived from a client's symptom.

One effective way to neutralize a sincere complement from a client is to:

When is it important or beneficial to implement the use of a Neutralizer paradoxical intervention in therapy?