Deck 9: Using Integrative Helping Strategies and Interventions

Question 1

The benefits of mindfulness include all of the following EXCEPT

A)it is most effective when used independent of other counseling.
B)it provides health benefits such as increased immune function
C)it improves brain function and plasticity
D)it can help clients with a variety of psychological conditions

Answer 1

A

Question 2

Narrative therapy

A)values the thinking process like CBT.
B)works to help a client restory their experiences so that they are more accurate.
C)uses externalizing questions to help the client identify with their problem.
D)requires the helper to be an expert and revise the story for the client.

Answer 2

B

Question 3

An adaptive approach that will assist clients in containing difficult feelings and to avoid becoming overwhelmed is to

A)regulate affect using self-soothing strategies.
B)self-medicate with over-the-counter or prescription medication.
C)shut the feelings down.
D)release or numb the feelings by cutting.

Answer 3

A

Question 4

Social modeling,rehearsal,feedback,shaping,successive approximation,and in vivo tasks are elements of __________.

A)cognitive restructuring.
B)affective deepening.
C)behavioral skills training.
D)somatic sensing.

Question 5

According to Horney (1970),a client who presents as accommodating and cooperative,and who finds it difficult to be assertive and to express anger,is likely to be displaying a _________ interactional pattern.

A)stationary
B)moving against
C)moving away
D)moving toward

Question 6

Which of the following helper questions provides an example of a verbal lead?

A)"Is there a particular place in your body where you experience that feeling?"
B)"Is there a particular image that captures the essence of the feeling?"
C)"Can you bring that feeling to life for me to help me understand your experience?"
D)Each of the above is an example of a verbal lead.

Question 7

Hanna and Cardona (2013)consider the following precursors for client liberation from oppression EXCEPT

A)hope.
B)social support for change.
C)awareness of the issue.
D)ability to self-advocate.

Question 8

Greenberg (2002)contends that clients will not be able to change their emotions unless they

A)talk intellectually about their cognitions.
B)talk intellectually about their emotions.
C)experience their emotions viscerally.
D)act out their emotions.

Question 9

Exposure therapy is used with clients who

A)don't have time for lengthy therapy.
B)need to change maladaptive behaviors immediately.
C)have a phobia or panic they need to become habituated to.
D)are not interested in in vivo therapies.

Question 10

Which of the following does NOT apply to the self-management strategy of self-monitoring?

A)Monitoring the process is less important than monitoring the outcomes of behavior change.
B)Clients may count the frequency,intensity,and/or duration of a target behavior.
C)Clients should balance self-monitoring of both positive and negative responses,particularly when addressing unhealthy behaviors.
D)Self-monitoring promotes the rupture of the stimulus-response association.

Question 11

When using incomplete sentences to aid in eliciting and expressing feelings,a client completes a sentence stem such as,"If I felt angry,…" by

A)responding the way a parent or significant other would have responded during the client's childhood.
B)responding spontaneously with different completions until the client feels that s/he has finished.
C)practicing the way that the client would like to be able to respond to emotional triggers.
D)reflecting on the sentence stem and offering a response in the subsequent helping session.

Question 12

Successful cognitive restructuring is LEAST likely to occur when clients

A)engage in discrimination training in which they identify self-defeating thoughts.
B)substitute mastery thoughts for obsessive,illogical,or negative thoughts.
C)practice for at least 6 weeks through overt (role-play)and covert (imaginary)rehearsal.
D)engage in in vivo practice to promote confidence.

Question 13

To determine the personal meaning of a "slip of the body",Perls (1973),a Gestalt therapist,suggested that the client

A)monitor the body for tension.
B)monitor the body for hot or cold spots.
C)exaggerate a particular movement of the body.
D)use word mantras with breath work.

Question 14

The third wave of behavior therapy includes Acceptance and Commitment Therapy,or ACT,which focuses on

A)literalization,evaluation,and comparison as contributors to mental wellbeing.
B)helping clients fuse with the beliefs and schemas with which they identify.
C)defusion techniques to help clients look at their thoughts rather than from their thoughts.
D)modifying the form or frequency of cognitions through challenge and disputation.

Question 15

In order for a client to obtain therapeutic benefit from a helping session,the eliciting and expression of feelings needs to be accompanied by

A)reflection on the experience of those feelings.
B)making sense of or attaching meaning to the feelings.
C)learning how to integrate the feelings effectively into daily life and relationships with self and others.
D)all of the above.

Question 16

The promotion of emotional intelligence or EQ in clients focuses on all EXCEPT which of the following?

A)identifying and assessing feelings
B)controlling and suppressing feelings
C)eliciting and expressing feelings
D)understanding and regulating feelings

Question 17

When a helper includes extended family,community elders,and/or spiritual leaders in the treatment of the client,this complementary extension of the role of traditional helper is referred to as

A)facilitator of indigenous support systems and practices.
B)change agent.
C)adviser.
D)advocate.

Question 18

The phenomenon of behavioral change resulting solely from observation by self or others is known as __________.

A)impressionability
B)suggestibility
C)reactivity
D)vicissitude

Question 19

In a helping session with a cognitively oriented helper,the client's irrational or illogical beliefs are questioned.This would take place during the __________ phase of A-B-C-D-E Analysis.

A)activating event (A)
B)specific thoughts or beliefs (B)
C)emotional and behavioral consequences (C)
D)disputation and challenging irrational beliefs (D)

Question 20

According to Lowen (1965),a bioenergetics therapist,__________ emotional problems are manifested in a disturbance in breathing.

A)all
B)most
C)some
D)few

Question 21

Define the construct of emotional intelligence and explain its importance in enabling clients to lead fully actualized lives.Outline helping interventions aimed at enhancing the development of emotional intelligence through identification,assessment,eliciting,expressing,understanding,and regulating feelings.

Question 22

Briefly describe five possible between-session assignments (one paragraph each)for clients whose goal it is to increase awareness of and ability to regulate feelings.

Question 23

Illustrate the application of A-B-C-D-E analysis with a hypothetical client.Identify the client's presenting concern and the manner in which you would assist the client through the analysis process.

Question 24

Illustrate the application of the following elements of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy: 1)defusion,2)experiential avoidance,3)mindfulness,and 4)values and commitment.What is the helper's role in addressing these elements?

Question 25

Compare and contrast imaginal and in vivo exposure strategies,and brief and prolonged exposure strategies.Describe the processes associated with each.How would you discern the suitability of a particular approach?

Question 26

Prepare a chart summarizing cognitive,affective,behavioral,language-focused,and systemic approaches to assisting clients with their presenting concerns.Under each of these five headings,in point form,identify corresponding theoretical orientations,treatment strategies,and manifestations of client problems.

Question 27

Summarize the tenets of narrative therapy.Provide a rationale for the use of externalizing questions and questions of unique outcomes.

Question 28

Outline the approach you would employ in engaging a client in cognitive restructuring,basing your response on the work of Beck and Meichenbaum.

Question 29

Imagine that a client has approached you for help with smoking cessation.Outline a self-monitoring program that you and the client might develop and employ,with consideration of what,how,and when to monitor.