Question 1

Which of these element words would not be dealt with in Gestalt therapy?

Accepted Answer

A) Rage 
B) Unresolved grief 
C) Resentments 
D) Childhood issues 
A) Rage 
B) Unresolved grief 
C) Resentments 
D) Childhood issues D

Question 2

What of the following reasons some counselors feel it is not necessary to be familiar with the DSM-5?

Accepted Answer

A) Counselors use these codes of psychiatric descriptions as it quickly provides information needed to outline a required diagnostic client impression. 
B) LCDC counselors sometimes find it necessary to update their copy of this psychiatric code as it is revised periodically. 
C) Experienced counselors may have accrued enough knowledge while working with clients to be able to establish the extent of the client's substance abuse relapse potential and do not need to consult this text. . 
D) Counselors need to be able to identify disorders in this assessment to better plan for successful long term recovery. 
A) Counselors use these codes of psychiatric descriptions as it quickly provides information needed to outline a required diagnostic client impression. 
B) LCDC counselors sometimes find it necessary to update their copy of this psychiatric code as it is revised periodically. 
C) Experienced counselors may have accrued enough knowledge while working with clients to be able to establish the extent of the client's substance abuse relapse potential and do not need to consult this text. . 
D) Counselors need to be able to identify disorders in this assessment to better plan for successful long term recovery. C

Question 3

The A-B-C approach is used in which of the following therapy approaches?

Accepted Answer

A) Rational Emotive Behavioral Therapy. 
B) Person Centered Therapy. 
C) Cognitive Behavioral Therapy. 
D) Existential therapy. 
A) Rational Emotive Behavioral Therapy. 
B) Person Centered Therapy. 
C) Cognitive Behavioral Therapy. 
D) Existential therapy. A

Question 4

In the stages of crisis intervention assessment which stage is least important?

Accepted Answer

A) Discover what led to the crisis. 
B) Look at precipitating events. 
C) Assess the client's present psychosocial state. 
D) Collaboratively define the problem with the client. 
A) Discover what led to the crisis. 
B) Look at precipitating events. 
C) Assess the client's present psychosocial state. 
D) Collaboratively define the problem with the client.

Question 5

In deciding how best to determine the level of a client's depression as the symptoms vary, what would be the best instrument to use?

Accepted Answer

A) The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator. 
B) The Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory. 
C) The Beck Depression inventory 11. 
A) The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator. 
B) The Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory. 
C) The Beck Depression inventory 11.

Question 6

Which does not describe Reality Therapy?

Accepted Answer

A) The focus is to help clients change in the here and now. 
B) The major goal is to hold people accountable for their behavior and to teach them better and more effective ways of getting their needs met. 
C) One focus of this therapy is to help clients see how issues from their past continue to influence them and to help them with it. 
A) The focus is to help clients change in the here and now. 
B) The major goal is to hold people accountable for their behavior and to teach them better and more effective ways of getting their needs met. 
C) One focus of this therapy is to help clients see how issues from their past continue to influence them and to help them with it.

Question 7

What therapy approach is characteristic by unconditional positive regard, genuineness and accurate empathy?

Accepted Answer

A) Reality Therapy 
B) Analytic-oriented Therapy 
C) Existential Therapy 
D) Person-centered Therapy 
A) Reality Therapy 
B) Analytic-oriented Therapy 
C) Existential Therapy 
D) Person-centered Therapy

Question 8

A patient currently in treatment for thirty year span of alcohol abuse and three treatment stays is arguing that he should not need to go to group therapy. What would be the best argument for the counselor to use for him to attend group?

Accepted Answer

A) Interpersonal learning. 
B) Increased social skills. 
C) A group is not appropriate for this client. 
D) Identification of plans needed to change behavior. 
A) Interpersonal learning. 
B) Increased social skills. 
C) A group is not appropriate for this client. 
D) Identification of plans needed to change behavior.

Question 9

Of these steps in crisis intervention which is or are considered the most important? Choose those that apply.

Accepted Answer

A) Give support. 
B) Assist with action plans. 
C) Arrange for follow-up. 
D) Intervene right away. 
A) Give support. 
B) Assist with action plans. 
C) Arrange for follow-up. 
D) Intervene right away.

Question 10

What is storming?

Accepted Answer

A) Pecking group order. 
B) A method of controlling the group. 
C) The determination of power with in the group. 
D) The attempt to take power from the leader. 
A) Pecking group order. 
B) A method of controlling the group. 
C) The determination of power with in the group. 
D) The attempt to take power from the leader.

Question 11

A woman enters treatment directly from jail after being convicted of killing her husband, which she said shedid to stop him from physically assaulting her. When she enters the program she is addicted to heroin, but completes her treatment, obtains a sponsor, and finds new employment removed from her old neighborhood and job. She also plans to return to the area where she lived before. Which of the following will not be conducive to her continued recovery?

Accepted Answer

A) Obtaining a sponsor 
B) Moving back to her old neighborhood 
C) Obtaining new employment 
D) Obtaining employment away from her old neighborhood 
A) Obtaining a sponsor 
B) Moving back to her old neighborhood 
C) Obtaining new employment 
D) Obtaining employment away from her old neighborhood

Question 12

A 33 year old nurse visits a bar alone. That is something she has a habit of doing. While there she is persuaded by three men to go outside with them. She is raped by the men while outside and left outside the bar. The police are called by a bar visitor when discovering her on the ground. She is taken to a clinic designed to provide rape assessment and chemical abuse treatment. After agreement to admission what steps would be appropriate for the counselor to take?

Accepted Answer

A) Request STD screening and inform client of the need for a several week wait for results. 
B) Contact parents or friends immediately to enlist their support. 
C) Discharge after medical staff deems a physical assessment shows it is appropriate. 
D) Refer her to AA and advise that she get a woman sponsor to work the steps to address her alcoholism and process the rape incident. 
A) Request STD screening and inform client of the need for a several week wait for results. 
B) Contact parents or friends immediately to enlist their support. 
C) Discharge after medical staff deems a physical assessment shows it is appropriate. 
D) Refer her to AA and advise that she get a woman sponsor to work the steps to address her alcoholism and process the rape incident.

Question 13

What should a counselor advise clients to tell their children about the client's disease?

Accepted Answer

A) Children have a fifty perhaps chance of developing the disease of addiction if one of their parents has had it 
B) There is no need to mention it, as it is not contagious 
C) Never drink, because you never know when you could catch it 
D) Drink with caution and be aware that you are more likely than others to develop the disease 
A) Children have a fifty perhaps chance of developing the disease of addiction if one of their parents has had it 
B) There is no need to mention it, as it is not contagious 
C) Never drink, because you never know when you could catch it 
D) Drink with caution and be aware that you are more likely than others to develop the disease

Question 14

Which is the correct statement?

Accepted Answer

A) Storming occurs as an establishment within the group occurs. 
B) Performing is another name for fragmentation. 
C) Performing is another way to confront in a group. 
D) In a cohesive group they work together; they perform as a unit. 
A) Storming occurs as an establishment within the group occurs. 
B) Performing is another name for fragmentation. 
C) Performing is another way to confront in a group. 
D) In a cohesive group they work together; they perform as a unit.

Question 15

What state would the group process be in if there were lapses of talk and members appear uncomfortable with each other?

Accepted Answer

A) The group is going through a fragmentation stage. 
B) The trust of the group is being threatened. 
C) The intimacies of the group is building. 
A) The group is going through a fragmentation stage. 
B) The trust of the group is being threatened. 
C) The intimacies of the group is building.

Question 16

What is a counselor's most important task of a group leader?

Accepted Answer

A) Help build group cohesion. 
B) Dismantle subgroups. 
C) Deal with relapse. 
D) Manage conflicts. 
A) Help build group cohesion. 
B) Dismantle subgroups. 
C) Deal with relapse. 
D) Manage conflicts.

Question 17

One of the hyperactive adolescence clients threatens to try to overdose. It is suspected it is a ploy to get sympathy. How should the suicide threat be handled? What two options would you take?

Accepted Answer

A) Check his records, social history and see if there were other suicide threats 
B) Interview the client. if he reveals he has attempted or had thoughts of suicide find out how; search the room. 
C) Discharge him immediately; threatening suicide is counterproductive for him and the other clients. 
D) Ignore the threat; he is faking, but keep a watch. 
A) Check his records, social history and see if there were other suicide threats 
B) Interview the client. if he reveals he has attempted or had thoughts of suicide find out how; search the room. 
C) Discharge him immediately; threatening suicide is counterproductive for him and the other clients. 
D) Ignore the threat; he is faking, but keep a watch.

Question 18

Which of these group development stages is the least demanding stage for the councilor in the development of a effective group?

Accepted Answer

A) Forming. 
B) Discussing. 
C) Reflecting. 
D) Performing. 
A) Forming. 
B) Discussing. 
C) Reflecting. 
D) Performing.

Question 19

What is the advantage of the empathetic counseling approach?

Accepted Answer

A) There is no advantage. 
B) It discourages self rationalization 
C) It enhances another person's experience by mirroring it back to them. 
D) It provides through sympathy and understanding. 
A) There is no advantage. 
B) It discourages self rationalization 
C) It enhances another person's experience by mirroring it back to them. 
D) It provides through sympathy and understanding.

Question 20

What is the advantage of the Empathic Counseling Approach?

Accepted Answer

A) There is no advantage. 
B) It discourages self rationalization. 
C) It enhances another person's experience by mirroring it back to them. 
D) It promotes the trust of interactions with others. 
A) There is no advantage. 
B) It discourages self rationalization. 
C) It enhances another person's experience by mirroring it back to them. 
D) It promotes the trust of interactions with others.

Which of these element words would not be dealt with in Gestalt therapy?

What of the following reasons some counselors feel it is not necessary to be familiar with the DSM-5?

The A-B-C approach is used in which of the following therapy approaches?

In the stages of crisis intervention assessment which stage is least important?

In deciding how best to determine the level of a client's depression as the symptoms vary, what would be the best instrument to use?

Which does not describe Reality Therapy?

What therapy approach is characteristic by unconditional positive regard, genuineness and accurate empathy?

A patient currently in treatment for thirty year span of alcohol abuse and three treatment stays is arguing that he should not need to go to group therapy. What would be the best argument for the counselor to use for him to attend group?

Of these steps in crisis intervention which is or are considered the most important? Choose those that apply.

What is storming?

What should a counselor advise clients to tell their children about the client's disease?

Which is the correct statement?

What state would the group process be in if there were lapses of talk and members appear uncomfortable with each other?

What is a counselor's most important task of a group leader?

One of the hyperactive adolescence clients threatens to try to overdose. It is suspected it is a ploy to get sympathy. How should the suicide threat be handled? What two options would you take?

Which of these group development stages is the least demanding stage for the councilor in the development of a effective group?

What is the advantage of the empathetic counseling approach?

What is the advantage of the Empathic Counseling Approach?

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Which of these element words would not be dealt with in Gestalt therapy?

What of the following reasons some counselors feel it is not necessary to be familiar with the DSM-5?

The A-B-C approach is used in which of the following therapy approaches?

In the stages of crisis intervention assessment which stage is least important?

In deciding how best to determine the level of a client's depression as the symptoms vary, what would be the best instrument to use?

Which does not describe Reality Therapy?

What therapy approach is characteristic by unconditional positive regard, genuineness and accurate empathy?

A patient currently in treatment for thirty year span of alcohol abuse and three treatment stays is arguing that he should not need to go to group therapy. What would be the best argument for the counselor to use for him to attend group?

Of these steps in crisis intervention which is or are considered the most important? Choose those that apply.

What is storming?

What should a counselor advise clients to tell their children about the client's disease?

Which is the correct statement?

What state would the group process be in if there were lapses of talk and members appear uncomfortable with each other?

What is a counselor's most important task of a group leader?

One of the hyperactive adolescence clients threatens to try to overdose. It is suspected it is a ploy to get sympathy. How should the suicide threat be handled? What two options would you take?

Which of these group development stages is the least demanding stage for the councilor in the development of a effective group?

What is the advantage of the empathetic counseling approach?

What is the advantage of the Empathic Counseling Approach?

Assessment

Case Management

Treatment Plan

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