In reality therapy, the therapist must first
a. perform a functional analysis of behavior.
b. asses the client's unconscious motivations for therapy.
c. assess contact boundary disturbances.
d. build a relationship with the client.
Q. 2The interpretations done by Adlerian therapists in raising consciousness help to make clients:
a. acutely conscious of their many defensive maneuvers.
b. aware of the catastrophic expectations that they use as excuses to run.
c. aware of how their lives are following self-selected scripts.
d. aware of how the past and present is connected with the future.
Q. 3If Jack says I am so angry, because I saw my girlfriend talking to Sam, a reply most consistent with reality therapy would be
a. You are choosing to be angry at your girlfriend because you saw her talking to someone else.
b. You're really angry and maybe jealous because your girlfriend seems to show interest in someone else.
c. You seem to believe that it would be terrible for your girlfriend to talk to Sam.
d. Why do you think that you're girlfriend was talking to Sam?
Q. 4Adlerian theory believes all of the following about basic mistakes patients make in constructing a view of the nature of the world EXCEPT:
a. distortions of life demands.
b. faulty values.
c. maximization of one's worth.
d. overgeneralizations.
Q. 5In assessing client behaviors, reality therapists attend to
a. information derived from objective tests.
b. information derived from projective tests.
c. who clients feel they need to control.
d. what clients really want.
Q. 6By encouraging clients to actively participate in the analysis of their lifestyles and the goals to which those styles are directed, Adlerian therapists are working with which of the following processes?
a. Catharsis
b. Consciousness raising
c. Contingency control
d. Counterconditioning
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