Deck 14: Postmodern and Feminist Counseling Approaches

Question 1

A monological conversation in collaborative counseling leads to a therapeutic __________, at which point the counseling discussion no longer generates useful meanings or understandings.

A) barrier
B) solution
C) resistance
D) impasse

Answer 1

D

Question 2

The role of the counselor in narrative counseling is often described as the ____________.

A) expert
B) coach
C) co-author
D) friend

Answer 2

C

Question 3

Goals in narrative counseling focus on clients enacting preferred narratives which involves increasing clients' sense of ______________, the sense that they influence in the direction of their lives.

A) happiness
B) independence
C) agency
D) responsibility

Answer 3

C

Question 4

Narrative counselors use _______________ and ________________ to help clients trace the effects of dominant discourses and to empower clients to make more conscious choices about which discourses they allow to affect their life.

A) externalizing listening; questions
B) mapping of problems; scaling
C) deconstructive listening; questions
D) mapping; reflecting

Question 5

Similarly to solution-based counselors, postmodern counselors focus on the client's ________________.

A) free will
B) emotions
C) problems
D) strengths

Question 6

The not-knowing in collaborative counseling refers to how counselors think about what they (think they) know and the intent with which they introduce this knowing (expertise, truths, etc) to the client. This is an attempt to avoid ______________________.

A) expertise
B) power
C) control
D) assuming

Question 7

In the broadest sense, the goal of narrative counseling is to help clients enact their preferred realities and identities. Which of the following is an example of a goal meeting this criteria?

A) Increase sense of responsibility for own problems and their resolution.
B) Increase ability to identify and separate own feelings from that of others and ability to act on these feelings.
C) Increase ability to set realistic expectations for self and other to increase acceptance.
D) Solidify a sense of personal identity that derives self worth from meaningful activities, relationship, and values rather than body size.

Question 8

The process that collaborative counselors use to invite their client to join them in becoming curious about their lives in new ways is referred to as:

A) re-configuration
B) re-alignment
C) meaning making
D) mutual puzzling

Question 9

Collaborative counselors believe that __________________________________.

A) The best way to provide counseling is in pairs.
B) The process of mutual exploring and wondering provides an opportunity for clients to see their situation differently.
C) It is important for the counselor to direct the content of the meaning-making process.
D) A collaboration between client and immediate family members is a necessary condition to successful outcomes in counseling.

Question 10

___________________ are broad societal stories, sociocultural practices, assumptions, and expectations about how we should live.

A) Dominant voices
B) Dominant choices
C) Dominant discourses
D) Dominant groups

Question 11

In narrative counseling, the counselor helps clients create more balanced descriptions of the events of their lives to enable clients to build more accurate and appreciative descriptions of themselves and others. This process is referred to as:

A) enacting preferred narratives
B) meeting the person
C) thickening descriptions
D) separating persons from problems

Question 12

According to narrative counselors, the following statement: "A 'happy' and 'good' person, should get married, get a stable, high-paying job, have kids, get a nice car, buy a house, volunteer at your child's school, and build a white-picket fence," is an example of:

A) a unique outcome
B) a problem-saturated story
C) an alternative discourse
D) a dominant discourse

Question 13

__________________ is the term used to describe when stories or subplots in which the problem-saturated story do not play out in its typical way with no dramatic ending or particularly notable outcome.

A) Problem narrative
B) Happy ending
C) Dull story
D) Unique outcome

Question 14

Asking questions such as: "What do you do for fun? What do you like about living here?" allows the narrative counselor to ________________________________________.

A) identify the problem
B) meet the person apart from their problem
C) ask a miracle question
D) schedule meaningful family time

Question 15

Narrative counseling is based on the premise that we "story" and __________________ using available dominant discourses-broad societal stories, socio-cultural practices, assumptions, expectations about how we should live.

A) celebrate
B) make excuses
C) create meaning of life events
D) engage in fantasy

Question 16

When a narrative counselor wants to separate the problem, such as depression, from the person, they might ask a question such as:

A) What is it like for you to be a depressed person?
B) How has Depression affected your life?
C) In what ways are you depressed?
D) How often are you depressed?

Question 17

Which of the following statement regarding narrative counseling approaches is most accurate?

A) The problem is separate from the person.
B) People cause their problems.
C) People become their problems.
D) Problems are intrinsic in the person.

Question 18

In narrative counseling, ___________________ refers to separating people from their problems to create space for new identities and life stories to emerge.

A) listening
B) externalizing
C) enacting
D) solidifying

Question 19

Which of the following is an example of an externalizing question?

A) If by some miracle you woke up some morning and were not anxious anymore, how, specifically, would your life be different?
B) Have there been times when you have been able to get the best of the anxiety?
C) What are the consequences for your life and relationships of being anxious?
D) What are you most anxious about?

Question 20

_______________ questions are used to gently move a client from one exception of the problem to developing concrete and motivating action plans to manage the problem.

A) Exception
B) Permission
C) Probing
D) Scaffolding

Question 21

Collaborative counselors work from a social constructionist, postmodern perspective, which maintains that our realities are constructed in _______________ and through relationships.

A) systems
B) language
C) existential realities
D) childhood

Question 22

When considering DSM diagnosis, feminist counselors __________________________.

A) refuse to utilize such classification systems
B) use diagnostic labels in ways that are normalizing
C) find diagnostic labels unhelpful at all times
D) do not consider the impact of labels in a client's view of him or her self

Question 23

The principle of authenticity as it relates to counselor-client relationships in feminist counseling is best explained as the counselor _______________________________.

A) using unfiltered self-disclosure
B) expressing responsiveness keeping the wellbeing of client's in mind
C) putting counselor reactiveness before the client's needs
D) not taking responsibility for relational disconnection

Question 24

Feminist counselors do not take on male clients.

Question 25

The experience a client has, in which he or she rejects parts of self, becoming disconnected from the self as well as others, is referred to as __________________.

A) internalized oppression
B) disempowerment
C) shame
D) self-control

Question 26

Feminist approaches are based on the premise that ____________________________.

A) men have oppressed women, causing women to have irreparable emotional damage
B) humans seek and growth through connection with others across the life span
C) only female counselors are effective feminist counselors
D) women and men do not have distinctly different experiences

Question 27

Which of the following is a major principle in the feminist counseling process?

A) Clients rely on the therapist to define and shape the therapy process.
B) Clients ignore that ways in which disconnection fuels their presenting problems.
C) Clients find ways to avoid oppressive experiences in their communities.
D) Clients experience the counseling relationship as empathic and authentic.

Question 28

Which of the following is the best example of gender role expectations?

A) Haley feels depressed because she frequently puts the needs of others before her own.
B) Samantha does not want to attend counseling with a male therapist.
C) Alicia feels anxious when flying on an airplane.
D) Maria is working through PTSD after losing her home to hurricane Katrina.

Question 29

Feminist counselors see women as developing the self ______________________.

A) in isolation
B) in and through relationships
C) autonomously
D) separate from others

Question 30

Each of the following are in line with the purpose of collaborative reflecting teams EXCEPT: ___________________________________________.

A) to develop diverse strands of conversation
B) to offer comments that evaluate or judge the client in any way, positive or negative
C) to avoid coming to agreement on any one description of what is going on with the client
D) to allow for multiple, contradictory perspectives to linger

Question 31

According to feminist counselors, when conceptualizing cases, it is important to consider how marginalization ________________________________________________.

A) contributes to a person feeling connected
B) is only a women's issue
C) contributes to a person feeling rejected for one's "otherness"
D) allows individuals to be accepted by others

Question 32

Feminists maintain that humans are primarily ________________; the desire for ____________ is the primary motivating force.

A) focused on themselves; independence
B) autonomous; control
C) relational; connection
D) selfish; autonomy

Question 33

Feminist counseling relationships should not be misinterpreted as conflict free. "Good conflict" in a counseling relationship involves all EXCEPT: ______________________.

A) each person feeling heard and understood
B) each person remaining present and responsive
C) each person feeling a sense of safety and trust
D) each person never feeling disconnected

Question 34

Relational resilience refers to feminist counselors ______________________________.

A) discouraging clients from being vulnerable and opening up relationally in session
B) pushing the agenda for clients to work through previous problematic relational disconnections
C) glorifying individual accomplishment and dominant characteristics of the client in session to build strength
D) modeling that safety and wellbeing of a relationship is more important than being right in a relationship

Question 35

One of the foundational assumptions of feminist counseling is that the personal is political. This refers to the idea that _________________________________________.

A) clients have difficulty making decisions because their perspectives are skewed by their emotions
B) counseling is a political process whereby the counselor and client are frequently at odds
C) a person's internal reality is inherently connected with political issues from the broader social context
D) the broader social context is affected by individual's internal reality

Question 36

In general, most schools of feminist and multicultural counseling will consider all of the following aspects of a person's experience EXCEPT: __________________________.

A) effect of gender
B) effect of irrational emotion
C) effect of culture
D) effect of relationship

Question 37

Similar to feminists, collaborative counselors maintain that the process counseling is inescapably ________________, and the counselor will likely be changed themselves because the same dialogical process that allows clients to change creates a context in which the counselor will also be changed.

A) exclusive
B) interactive
C) dependent
D) mutual

Question 38

The experience in feminist counseling, in which both the client and the counselor see, know, and experience responsiveness from each other is known as ____________________.

A) joining
B) mutual empathy
C) kismet
D) intuition

Question 39

An egalitarian relationship is a critical aspect to feminist counseling and involves _________________________________________.

A) counselors and clients discussing power dynamics inherent in the therapy process
B) clients suppressing their opinions and ignoring questions about the counseling process
C) counselors sharing their expertise with their clients about how best to address clients' problems
D) the counselor ignoring power dynamics inherent in the therapy process because they detract from the real work of therapy

Question 40

The counseling relationship in collaborative language systems is best described as a ________________; a process of being with the client, respecting the client's knowledge and expertise, and responding in a collaborative and dialogical mode.

A) hierarchical relationship
B) egalitarian relationship
C) mutually congruent relationship
D) conversational partnership

Question 41

Feminist counselors who work with women with low self-esteem may focus counseling on self-esteem training which involves ______________________________________.

A) discouraging feelings of guilt and resentment
B) encouraging denial of what wants and not making requests on one's own behalf
C) keeping feelings safe inside and expressing feelings rarely to others
D) increasing a client's self-awareness and confidence

Question 42

Gender-role analysis, a defining intervention used by feminist counselors, involves _____ ___________________________________.

A) asking only female clients about how the rules regrading male and female behavior may affect the client's current problem
B) focusing on the problem as inherent in the client
C) blaming different contexts (religion, work, family, etc.) in the client's life for the current problem
D) asking questions of clients to help identify cultural rules from multiple contexts that may be interacting with the current problem

Question 43

Feminist counselors use assertiveness training to help empower clients. The goal of assertiveness training is for clients to ___________________________________.

A) attend only to the needs of self
B) attend only to the needs of others
C) defend themselves from attackers
D) attend to both the needs of self and others with balance

Question 44

Define and describe the egalitarian relationship.

Question 45

How do feminist counselors view diagnosis?

Question 46

In what ways is collaborative counseling ideal for working with diverse populations?

Question 47

Feminist and cultural counselors place high value in the client's ability to be authentically themselves in relationship with others. This can best be explained as the client __________
______________________________.

A) altering the self to fit the wishes of others at the expense of the client's own personal goals
B) remaining disconnected from all previous relationships prior to beginning counseling
C) reconnecting with others while avoiding sharing any parts of the client's self
D) having a sense of identity from developing a full awareness of the client's own personal values and wishes

Question 48

What is the nature of the relationship between counselor and client in narrative counseling?

Question 49

What is externalizing and how is it used in narrative counseling?

Question 50

What is the philosophic stance of a collaborative counselor and how does it affect the therapeutic relationship?