QUIZ ON THE COUNSELOR: PERSON AND PROFESSIONAL A Comprehension Check

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True/false items: Decide if the following statements are “more true” or “more false” as
they apply to The Counselor: Person and Professional.

T F 1. If counselors hide behind the safety of their professional role, their clients will likely keep
themselves hidden in therapy.

T F 2. Empirical research strongly and consistently supports the centrality of the therapeutic
relationship as a primary factor contributing to psychotherapy outcomes.

T F 3. Clients place more value on the specifi c techniques used rather than on the personality
of the therapist.

T F 4. Meta-analyses of studies on therapeutic effectiveness have shown that techniques have

T F 5. As a therapist, it is your function to persuade clients to accept or adopt your value

T F 6. It is impossible for human beings to maintain a sense of objectivity; thus, therapists who
attempt to maintain objectivity are fooling themselves.

T F 7. If clients express a desire for you to give them answers, you should do so.

T F 8. It is a professional obligation, not an ethical obligation, for counselors to develop a

T F 9. Most beginning counselors have ambivalent feelings when meeting their first clients.

T F 10. Judging the appropriate amount of self-disclosure is only a problem for new
counselors.
Multiple-choice items: Select the one best answer of those alternatives given.

11. Counselors who leave their reactions and selves out of their clinical work

a. are likely to be ineffective counselors and merely technical experts.

b. are most likely psychodynamic practitioners who are creating the analytic framework.

c. are definitely practicing in an unethical manner and might be violating laws depending on the
state in which they are practicing.

d. have mastered setting good boundaries in therapy.

12. Which of the following statements about effective counselors is NOT true?

a. Effective counselors have the courage to leave the security of the known if they are not
satisfied with the way they are.

b. Effective counselors feel adequate with others and allow others to feel powerful with them.

c. Effective counselors are certain that their knowledge about human nature is correct and feel
obligated to steer their clients away from making poor decisions.

d. Effective counselors are committed to living fully rather than settling for mere existence.

13. ______________________ refer to as pects such as the alliance, the relationship, the
personal and interpersonal skills of the therapist, client agency, and extra-therapeutic factors.

a. Technical factors

b. Contextual factors

c. Subjective factors

d. Phenomenological factors

14. There is considerable evidence indicating that the of the psychotherapist is inextricably
intertwined with the outcome of psychotherapy.

a. décor of the offi ce

b. socioeconomic status

c. person
d. genetic makeup

e. general attractiveness

15. Linda, a licensed therapist with strong negative opinions about homosexuality and gay
marriage, believes that her clients Joe and Robert should dissolve their relationship and give
heterosexuality a chance. Linda is

a. being true to her own values; thus, her advice to Joe and Robert is ethical.

b. behaving in an illegal manner.

c. not maintaining an objective stance and seems to be encapsulated by her worldview.

d. qualifi ed to assess whether or not Joe and Robert should remain a couple because she is
licensed.

16. Yi-Lung, a recent immigrant from Taiwan, has been encouraged by his American girlfriend
to join her in couples counseling. During the fi rst session, Yi-Lung seems reluctant to self-
disclose and admits that he does not believe counseling is the best way for them to address
their problems. The counselor should

a. try to understand how Yi-Lung perceives the value of formal helping.

b. realize that Yi-Lung may have different expectations about the helping process based on his
cultural background.

c. take Yi-Lung’s degree of acculturation into account when working with him and his girlfriend.

d. all of these.

17. Which of the following statements about therapeutic goals is true?

a. Setting goals is inextricably related to values.

b. Clients initially tend to have a clear sense of what they expect from therapy.

c. The exploration of what a client wants from therapy should rarely be discussed during the first
few sessions because it can feel overwhelming to him or her.

d. A client who lacks therapeutic goals does not belong in therapy.

18. A counselor trainee makes the fol lowing comment in class: “I would never work with a
counselor who has been a client in counseling! If they can’t handle their own problems, how
could they possibly be effective in helping others?” What would be an appropriate response
on the part of the instructor?

a. “Our own work as a client can teach us valuable lessons about how to creatively facilitate
deeper levels of self-exploration in clients. And it tends to increase our appreciation for the
courage our clients display in their therapeutic journeys.
b. “You’re right! Counselors who need counseling are probably unstable and should not interact
with clients.”

c. “I can’t believe we admitted you into this training program. You should be ashamed of
yourself for saying that.”

d. “Well, I have been in counseling. Are you suggesting that I am ineffective?”

19. Yolanda, a therapist specializing in working with adolescents, told a young pregnant client
to strongly consider giving her child up for adoption. In Yolanda’s words: “Certainly you don’t
want to eliminate the possibility of going to college and ruin your future by having a child at
such a young age, right?” Yolanda is

a. doing the client a favor by being

direct and offering her guidance.

b. exerting influence and imposing her values on the client.

c. merely exposing her own values, and thus, is behaving ethically.

d. surely projecting her own life story onto the client.

20. Understanding the sociopolitical system of which clients are a part is a. something that only
social work ers do.

b. a requirement only for those who want to specialize in social justice issues.

c. necessary in order to become multiculturally competent.

d. not important for therapists working in private practice.

21. Counselors must examine their expectations, attitudes, biases, and assumptions about the
counsel ing process and also about persons from diverse groups.

a. from all cultural groups

b. from oppressed cultural groups c. residing in affluent areas

d. who received their training from non-accredited programs

a. Learn more about how your own cultural background has influenced your thinking and
behaving. b. Learn to pay attention to the common ground that exists among people of diverse
backgrounds.

c. Use a one-size-fi ts-all approach in your clinical work.

d. Examine where you obtained your knowledge about culture.

23. In determining the appropriateness of self-disclosure, consider

a. what to reveal.

b. when to reveal.

c. how much to reveal.

d. all of these.

24. Tom plans to work with clients who are mandated by the courts to receive counseling.
Considering they will be involuntary clients, Tom should

a. not expect change to occur.

b. not be too concerned about the informed consent process, since confidentiality will not be
an issue.

c. make sure that he prepares them well for the process.

d. plan to counter their resistance with promises of dramatic change in order to instill hope in

them.

25. Students willing to risk making mistakes in supervised learning situations and willing to
reveal their self-doubts

a. will fi nd a direction that leads to growth.

b. will be perceived poorly by their clinical supervisor.

c. are probably too impulsive and should develop better boundaries.

d. will be stifl ed in the long run; thus, they should modify their

approach to learning.