Deck 3: Relationship: the Foundation for Change

Question 1

Abraham Maslow is famous for developing

A)modern theories of counselling
B)procedures for working with resistant clients
C)human stages of growth and development
D)the hierarchy of needs
E)theories on the nature of counselling relationships

Answer 1

D

Question 2

Describe the work of the ending phase and how it can benefit clients

Answer 2

review of goals,procedures for further contact,referral,relationship closure,including discussion of feelings and unfinished business.Handled properly,the ending phase presents an opportunity to help clients to deal with the pain of loss and ending as well as setting goals and plans for next steps in their lives.

Question 3

Describe Maslow's Hierarchy of needs.

Answer 3

Maslow's hierarchy of needs ranks orders needs in terms of priority.Maslow theorizes that lower order needs must be satisfied before pursuing higher order needs.Thus counsellors should address unmet needs as a first priority.(see Figure 3.2

Question 4

Which of the following might signal transference or countertransference?

A)strong feelings of attraction
B)addiction
C)learned helplessness
D)presence of a mental disorder
E)immediacy

Question 5

An anticipatory contract

A)measures client motivation
B)signals readiness to provide service
C)presents details on the services available at the agency
D)seeks agreement on how future events might addressed.
E)looks at how past experiences have impacted client expectations

Question 6

Which of the following are considered "core conditions?"

A)contracting unconditional positive regard
B)confrontation
C)active listening
D)self-disclosure
E)unconditional positive regard

Question 7

Counsellor self-disclosure

A)is unprofessional and should be avoided
B)should be routine and consistent with each client
C)is appropriate only after a trusting relationship is achieved
D)is best confined to the action stage as a way to model expected outcomes
E)has the potential to be an important part of counselling

Question 8

A dependent relationship is

A)asign that the client is overly reliant on the counsellor for decision making
B)a desirable outcome of effective counselling
C)part of the contract
D)inevitable in counselling
E)necessary for promoting client self-determination

Question 9

Which of the following is a task of the ending phase?

A)dealing with feelings about the ending
B)review of the extent that goals have been reached
C)referral
D)relationship closure
E)all of the above

Question 10

Immediacy involves

A)providing quick service in crisis situations
B)focusing on problem solving
C)relationship work
D)anticipatory contracting
E)all of the above

Question 11

A counselling contract is best described as

A)an intake interview
B)a requirement of all codes of ethics to act responsibly
C)a negotiated agreement between clients and counsellors
D)short-term counselling
E)legal issues that influence the helping relationship

Question 12

What are some important considerations for relationships with youth?

Question 13

List and define the different types of counselling contracts.

Question 14

Develop a sample list of statements and questions that you might use to initiate anticipatory contracting with different clients with different problems such as,anger management,compliance with medication,relapse from drug recovery,etc.

Question 15

Which of the following statements are true?

A)Developing an effective counselling relationship is critical to success
B)There is little difference between a counselling relationship and good friendship
C)The counselling relationship is critical to success in counselling during the beginning phase,but is less important thereafter
D)Counsellor attitudes are less important than skill
E)The initial focus of counselling should be on problem solving

Question 16

The counselling contract

A)should be strictly adhered to in order to maintain focus and purpose
B)may change over the life of the relationship or even in a single session
C)is prepared by the counsellor
D)should remain relatively intact as counselling progresses
E)none of the above

Question 17

Countertransference involves

A)strategies for dealing with transference
B)the tendency of counsellors to inappropriately shift feelings to clients
C)resistance to referral
D)intake bias
E)failure to utilize the strengths approach

Question 18

What is the difference between transference and countertransference.Give examples from your own life that illustrate each concept.

Question 19

Genuineness refers to

A)the extent that clients are open and honest
B)the extent that counsellor responses are real and authentic
C)the need to work from a recognized theory based model
D)a counsellor's ability to think objectively
E)whether client responses are concrete

Question 20

Transference is a term first introduced by

A)Abraham Maslow
B)Socrates
C)Freud
D)Bob Shebib
E)a Canadian social worker in 1950