Question 1

Your client has told you how much his good reputation in the community means to him. Now he reveals that he has been cheating his business partners. Which of the following would be the best response to this discrepancy?

Accepted Answer

"I'm wondering how cheating your business partners fits in with the importance you hold to having a good reputation in the community?"

Question 2

Self-disclosure on the part of the clinician is used for all but which of the following reasons?

Accepted Answer

As a mea ns for mimicking early attachment issues

Question 3

Modeling that occurs as a by-product of the helping relationship is called:

Accepted Answer

inadvertent modeling.

Question 4

For years, client affirmations were viewed negatively by traditional psychotherapeutic approaches because it was seen as fostering an external locus of control.

Accepted Answer

Traditional psychotherapeutic approaches often emphasized internal locus of control, where individuals take responsibility for their actions and feelings, and viewed external affirmations as potentially undermining this by placing validation outside the self.

Question 5

After successfully being able to try out some difficult communication skills with her husband, a clinician looks at his client and says to her, "Excellent." This is an example of:

Accepted Answer

Affirmation

Question 6

Clinicians will act as models for their clients, regardless of whether or not they want to be.

Accepted Answer

Clinicians often serve as role models for their clients through their behavior, attitudes, and interactions, influencing clients even if unintentionally.

Question 7

Challenging a client to view his or her situation differently by offering an alternative reality is what kind of technique?

Accepted Answer

Reframing

Question 8

Meichenbaum as cited in Kleinke, 1994 notes that when the helping relationship is at its optimal, the timing of a problem-focused response should be such that:

Accepted Answer

the client is "one step ahead" of the solution being offered.

Question 9

Self-disclosure should be practiced frequently so that clients can feel as if the helper is his or her friend.

Accepted Answer

Self-disclosure should be used judiciously in a therapeutic setting to maintain professional boundaries and focus on the client's needs, not to create a friendship.

Question 10

In reference to confrontation, Hackney and Cormier 2005 and Neukrug 2003 have highlighted all but which of the following client discrepancies?

Accepted Answer

Id self and ego self

Question 11

A therapist decides to use a sticker chart with a parent who is compulsively late to show him how such charts can be used with children. Every time the parent comes in on time for a session, he gets a star. And, every time the parent describes behaviors that he has worked to change, he gets a star. He can hand in ten stars for a book on parenting skills. This is an example of:

Accepted Answer

intentional modeling.

Question 12

A clinician says to her client, "You can do it. I know you have it in you." This is an example of:

Accepted Answer

Encouragement

Question 13

Modeling that is a deliberate effort on the part of the helper to teach the client something new is called:

Accepted Answer

intentional modeling.

Question 14

Content self-disclosure is which of the following?

Accepted Answer

Revealing something about yourself that relates to the topic the client is talking about in an effort to model behaviors and show the client you are real

Question 15

Which is the best definition of confrontation within a helping relationship?

Accepted Answer

The building of a trusting relationship followed by gentle prodding to get the client to change

Question 16

A client describes his intense anger toward his wife, but the clinician senses some deep pain revolving around the client's fear of an intimate relationship. The clinician therefore responds to the client by saying, "I hear your anger, but I also sense some sadness regarding the inability of you and your wife to be closer." The client sobs. This is an example of what kind of confrontation?

Accepted Answer

Higher level empathy

Question 17

Which of the following is not a drawback of using problem-focused skills?

Accepted Answer

None of the above all are drawbacks )

Question 18

In which of the following is collaboration least likely to occur?

Accepted Answer

During the rapport and trust building stage

Question 19

Encouragement and affirmations are important because they can help raise an individual's self-esteem.

Accepted Answer

Encouragement and affirmations can positively influence an individual's self-perception and confidence, contributing to higher self-esteem.

Question 20

Your client tells you that he believes in never hitting children, and then he reveals that he periodically loses control and slaps his daughter. You say to him, "Tell me how you make sense of this behavior as it seems it is contrary to what you believe." This is an example of what kind of confrontation?

Accepted Answer

Asking the client to justify the discrepancy

Quiz 7: Commonly Used Skills: Affirmation Giving, Encouragement, Modeling, Self-Disclosure, Confrontation, Offering Alternatives, Information Giving, Advice Giving, and Collaboration