Deck 12: Termination and Follow-Up

Question 1

It is ethical to give the client a single referral source, provided you know the counselor is good.

Answer 1

False

Question 2

Skilled counselors sometimes resist termination inappropriately.

Answer 2

True

Question 3

It is ethical to require a client consent for release of confidential information before sharing
such information with another professional helper.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

It is ethical to explain to the terminating client how counseling might be resumed in the future.

Question 5

The non-behavioral theories provide the best guidelines for knowing when to terminate.

Question 6

In the Case of Alex, the counselor's goal was to:

A) Make Alex be responsible for himself.
B) Treat termination as a normal, developmental process.
C) Push Alex into a crisis.
D) Encourage Alex to set some new goals.

Question 7

Client resistance to termination usually means:

A) The client is not ready to end counseling.
B) The counselor has made a clinical misjudgement.
C) The client needs time to adapt to the idea.
D) None of the above.

Question 8

Perhaps the best way to view counseling termination is:

A) As a counseling success.
B) As a transition from one set of conditions to another. a
C) As a moment in time.
D) None of the above.

Question 9

Referral is another form of termination.

Question 10

All counseling terminations should be represented by

A) A termination report.
B) A mutual agreement to end counseling.
C) A locus on what counseling did not accomplish.
D) All of the above.

Question 11

A termination report usually can be summarized in one page.

Question 12

A written termination report should include a description of what happened in
counseling, including what interventions were effective.

Question 13

Some authors believe that termination offers client and counselor alike the opportunity to:

A) Evaluate their skills.
B) Measure the effectiveness of counseling.
C) Transform their relationship to incorporate client growth.
D) None of the above.

Question 14

Some theories hold that termination should be established in the first session.

Question 15

In practical terms. counseling ends when:

A) The client decides to end it.
B) The counselor decides to end it.
C) When the goals of counseling have been met.
D) All of the above

Question 16

It is best to discuss termination with the client several sessions prior to the event.

Question 17

One of the major challenges to counseling is when:

A) Clients decide to terminate prematurely.
B) Counselors decide to terminate prematurely.
C) Counselors and clients never decide to terminate.
D) All of the above.

Question 18

The counselor who practices ethical referrals may use:

A) Word-of-mouth recommendations by other counselors.
B) Personal contacts with potential referral sources.
C) The Yellow Pages©
D) All of the above.

Question 19

Client referral is often viewed as:

A) A special form of termination.
B) A sign that the counselor cannot be all things.
C) An ethical decision.
D) All of the above.

Question 20

Counselor resistance to termination usually means:

A) The counselor will experience a crisis.
B) The client is manipulating the counselor.
C) The counselor will experience some loss.
D) None of the above.