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Principles of Counseling FinalDuring an initial session, an adolescent girl tells you that she is pregnant and is considering an
abortion. Which of the following would be the most ethical and professional course for you to
follow? - ANS-both (suggest a referral for her if your values might interfere with your objectivity)
and (helf her to clarify the range of her choices in light of her own values)
In becoming an ethical practitioner, a crucial task is to: - ANS-learn how to interpret and apply
ethical codes to an ethical dilemma.
In the text, all of the following are listed as characteristics of the counselor as a therapeutic
person except: - ANS-counselors no longer have to cope with personal problems
Effective psychotherapy is a practice in which: - ANS-the client and therapist collaborate in
co-constructing solutions to problems
In the text, the main reason given for having counseling students receive some form of
psychotherapy is to help them: - ANS-learn to deal with countertransference.
Personal therapy for therapists can be instrumental in assisting them: - ANS-all of these options
(heal psychological wounds, gain experiential sense of what it's like to be client, understand own
needs and motives, work through personal conflicts)
According to the text, research shows that counselor values influence: - ANS-all of these
options (therapy goals, assessment strategies, treatment outcome)
You are working with an ethnic minority client who is silent during the initial phase of counseling.
This silence is probably best interpreted as: - ANS-a response consistent with his or her cultural
context.
The role of the counselor's personal values in therapy is best described as: - ANS-counselors
avoid imposing their values, but they are likely to expose their values to clients
Research on personal therapy for therapists suggests therapy contributes to the counselor's
professional development by - ANS-all of these options (providing experiential modeling,
enhancing interpersonal skills, providing strategies for stress management)
Assessment is a useful method of - ANS-all these options (evaluating a client's current level of
functioning, forming a case conceptualization, involving the client as an active participant in
treatment, gaining insight into the client's subjective world)
Many ethical codes state that dual relationships - ANS-should be avoided whenever possible.
, According to the text, the challenge of providing informed consent consists of: - ANS-getting
clients to read the ethical codes of profession.
Regarding psychotherapy treatment outcome, research suggests - ANS-all of these options (the
therapists as a person is an integral part of successful treatment, the therapeutic relationship is
an essential component of effective treatment, both the therapy methods and the therapy
relationship make contributions to treatment outcome)
Confidentiality can be considered as: - ANS-all but an absolute that guarantees clients that their
disclosures will never be revealed
It is especially important for counselors who work with culturally diverse client populations to: -
ANS-all of these options (be aware of their own cultural heritage, have a broad base of
counseling techniques, consider cultural context of their clients, examine their own assumptions
about cultural values)
Under what circumstances should a therapist consult with colleagues or specialists? - ANS-all of
these options (client complains of physical symptoms, facing an ethical problem, working with a
client for an extended period of time and losing objectivity)
If a counselor is intent on directing your client toward his or her personal values, ethical practice
states that: - ANS-you inform potential clients of those values that will certainly influence your
intervention with them.
Clients have right to be informed about: - ANS-all of these options (their therapist's
qualifications, general goals of counseling, approximate length of therapeutic process)
Realistic tools for staying alive as a person and professional are: - ANS-all of these options
(become aware of factors that reduce your vitality, deal with those factors that drain energy, look
within yourself to determine what choices you are making to keep yourself alive, assume
personal responsibility for finding strategies for remaining vital as a person and professional)
Which is not true of Gestalt therapy? - ANS-The focus is on the why of behavior
The main focus of the ego is: - ANS-to mediate between the instincts and the surrounding
environment
In person centered therapy, transference is: - ANS-not an essential or significant factor in the
therapy process
A major characteristic of the psychoanalytic therapist is: - ANS-a sense of being anonymous
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