Deck 15: Toward Closure: Advice for the Passionately Committed Counseling Student

Question 1

One of the best ways to avoid "burnout" is to:

A) develop a strong sense of commitment to the profession, colleagues, and clients.
B) change jobs often.
C) develop a flexible specialty.
D) participate in counseling as a client.

Answer 1

A

Question 2

All of the following are recommended ways to develop a flexible specialty EXCEPT:

A) reading required texts and following a generic study plan.
B) using elective courses, workshops, and internships to develop expertise in some selected areas.
C) discovering some particular settings, client populations, or skill areas in which you are especially interested.
D) talking to employers and counselors working in the field about what is required for various positions.

Answer 2

A

Question 3

One characteristic of the self-directed student is:

A) turning in all assignments in a timely manner.
B) reading and studying only those aspects of a course which seem interesting and relevant.
C) viewing course work and assignments as providing a stimulus rather than an answer.
D) complaining to a professor when he or she gets a poor grade.

Answer 3

C

Question 4

All of the following are ways mentors can be useful to beginning students EXCEPT:

A) providing guidance about the often-confusing field.
B) using your energy and talents to further their own careers.
C) serving as a role model, advocate, and support system.
D) helping you find a job and supervising your entry into the field.

Question 5

Research opportunities provide you with:

A) practical experience in exploring issues in the profession.
B) an understanding of the methodologies in the profession.
C) increased marketability.
D) all of the above.

Question 6

Participating in individual counseling while a student is generally:

A) discouraged, because only mentally healthy persons have the potential to become effective counselors.
B) viewed with suspicion, and as proof of mental or emotional instability.
C) encouraged, and seen as a positive learning opportunity.
D) considered to be a distraction from academic studies that is better delayed until after graduation.

Question 7

Developing a flexible specialty is viewed as:

A) premature for students.
B) an important first step toward eventual employment.
C) inconsistent with generic counseling training.
D) dependent on volunteer experiences.

Question 8

The most difficult task of a student is to:

A) sort through the bewildering array of professional opportunities.
B) balance the need to study with the need to accumulate practical experience.
C) balance openness to new ideas with retention of a critical perspective.
D) personalize ideas and learning obtained from a variety of sources.

Question 9

One of the best ways to effectively cope with the doubts that can assail developing professional counselors is to:

A) read self-help books and study counseling theories about self-doubt.
B) network with supportive peers in whom you may confide.
C) stay in therapy yourself until you have worked through all of them.
D) all of the above.

Question 10

Travel was noted in the text as one of the best ways that you can:

A) stretch your worldview.
B) discover the worlds of uniquely different others.
C) learn to take life- and perspective-stretching risks.
D) all of the above.

Question 11

Advantages of becoming involved in research as a student include all of the following EXCEPT:

A) chances to curry favor with professors.
B) opportunities to gain practical experience exploring the issues, trends, problems, and methodology of the profession.
C) opportunities to form mentoring relationships.
D) improving your chances for gaining entry into an advanced degree program.

Question 12

The best way to become passionate about learning is to:

A) attach yourself closely to a favorite professor.
B) follow your own natural curiosity.
C) take a speed reading course and read voraciously.
D) always function at the apex of Bloom's Learning Taxonomy.

Question 13

Wisdom and competence will evolve within you if you:

A) learn from your mistakes, and personalize all that you are learning.
B) passionately pursue mastery of personal and professional skills.
C) keep asking questions that have no easy answers.
D) all of the above.

Question 14

Burnout is caused primarily by which of the following?

A) An excessive workload, necessitating long hours
B) Isolation in the work setting and job duties
C) Monotonous work over which you lack a sense of control
D) All of the above

Question 15

All of the following are symptoms of burnout EXCEPT:

A) fatigue, reduced work performance, and negative attitudes.
B) feeling dispirited and disillusioned.
C) apathy and boredom.
D) recognition of unavoidable intrapsychic conflicts.