Question 1

Systems strategies may include all of the following except:
A) prescribing the symptom
B) focus on intrapsychic processes
C) using a genogram
D) circular questioning

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Focus on intrapsychic processes is not a systems strategy. Systems strategies typically involve understanding and intervening in patterns of interaction among system members (e.g., family members), rather than focusing on the internal psychological processes of individuals.

Question 2

In the ecological/systems perspective:
A) environmental variables are examined
B) the helper is the expert
C) the helpee's behavior and cognition are targeted for change
D) larger social systems (larger than the family level) are targeted for change

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The ecological/systems perspective focuses on understanding individuals within the context of their environment, examining how environmental variables influence behavior and interactions.

Question 3

What are three factors influencing the helper's choice of strategies?

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Question 4

Compare and contrast how a Freudian therapist and a Gestalt therapist would work with dreams.

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Question 5

How might a Gestalt therapist use the empty chair or the dialoguing technique? Give an example of a hypothetical counseling situation.

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Question 6

How is taking responsibility stressed in Gestalt therapy?

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Question 7

How might the type of transference pattern developed in the counseling relationship affect the client's attitudes and behaviors in counseling?

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Question 8

Give an example of one of the irrational ideas identified by Ellis.

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Question 9

Describe and define the A-B-C-D-E system developed by Ellis (rational- emotive behavior therapy).

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Question 10

How is homework used by rational-emotive behavior therapists to help clients change their faulty belief systems?

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Question 11

How do reality therapists confront their helpees with reality?

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Question 12

Suppose a client said "I can't take the promotion because I will fail. I will be embarrassed when everyone sees that I can't handle it." Use either techniques from Ellis or Beck to work with this client.

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Question 13

How is modeling used in counseling?

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Question 14

Create a situation between an adolescent boy and his parents where you might decide to use a contract (his grades are low, he is staying out past curfew, he does not do his chores).

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Question 15

How would you use systematic desensitization to work with a client with anxiety about flying?

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Question 16

Give an example of reframing the problem from a systems perspective.

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Question 17

Write a six-eight line dialogue that could take place between a helpee and a helper using the techniques of one of the following models of therapy. Choose from: Gestalt, person-centered, REBT, reality, or behavioral.

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Quiz 7: Introduction to Strategies

Systems strategies may include all of the following except:

In the ecological/systems perspective: