Deck 6: The Domain of Establishing and Maintaining the Therapeutic Relationship and the Therapeutic Alliance: Relationship Building

Question 1

Empathy is defined as the "intrapersonal sharing of affect."

Answer 1

False

Question 2

What kind of jokes can be a helpful use of humor in establishing and maintaining the therapeutic relationship, as well as repairing it if necessary?

A) self-deprecating jokes
B) self-elevating jokes
C) puns
D) inside jokes

Answer 2

D

Question 3

True therapeutic humor does not contain which of the following?

A) racism
B) sexism
C) deformations
D) put-downs
E) 0

Answer 3

E

Question 4

In combining humor with energizing paradoxical interventions, therapists endeavor to bring clients to a place where they can ___________________.

A) smile/laugh at the problem to avoid it
B) become more independent from the therapist in solving their problems
C) smile/laugh at the problem in order to confront it
D) become more enmeshed with the therapist as they solve their problems

Question 5

Irony is often the product of a person's ___________, especially if they are too rigidly and unrealistically applied.

A) schema dynamics
B) birth order dynamics
C) cultural development
D) rules for relationships

Question 6

Humor can help a person who feels trapped by their circumstances and schema dynamics to do what?

A) discover creative solutions
B) re-evaluate the logic of their problem
C) discard faulty logic
D) rise above the emotional toll of their problem

Question 7

Combining __________ with humor or irony can help clients to see the silliness of some of their ideas.

A) challengers
B) neutralizers
C) socratic questioning
D) metaphors and inductive reasoning by analogy

Question 8

What kind of humor is effective in deepening the therapeutic relationship because it communicates to the client that the therapist doesn't take him/herself too seriously?

A) puns
B) story jokes
C) slapstick
D) self-deprecating

Question 9

Humor can be used to uncover hidden _______ or ________.

A) strengths; untapped resources
B) motivations; expectations
C) cognitions; schema dynamics
D) potential; existing resources

Question 10

One theory of humor suggests that for it to work, there must be a required build up of _______.

A) expectancy
B) tension
C) conflict
D) cues

Question 11

Humor is effective for helping clients to relax and get new perspectives, but is not really effective in moving a client from one stage of change to the next.

Question 12

Therapists should always feel comfortable using humor in early stages of treatment so that clients feel better at ease and relaxed.

Question 13

Therapists should take caution or avoid using humor in all of the following situations except:

A) early stages of therapy
B) loss or uncertainty
C) mandated or belligerent clients
D) possibility of self-injury/violence