In the beginning of therapy, what is the key to change for clients?

In the beginning of therapy, what is the key to change for clients?
 
  a. Doing something different every day
  b. Planning for long term change
  c. Doing one small thing differently
  d. Setting goals that instill faith

Q. 2

When using scaling questions, it is up to the therapist and the client to identify realistic expectations and to develop specific homework tasks to move the client toward goals.
 
  a. True
  b. False

Q. 3

Counselors can use ______________ to assess strengths and solutions, set goals, design homework tasks, measure progress, and manage crises with safety plans.
 
  a. miracle questions
  b. scaling questions
  c. crystal ball questions
  d. time machine questions

Q. 4

When successfully delivered, the miracle question allows clients to do all of the following EXCEPT:
 
  a. generate hope and motivation.
  b. envision the future without the problem.
  c. generate resolutions for their problem.
  d. reconnect with their spirituality.

Q. 5

Solution-based goals should have the following qualities EXCEPT:
 
  a. be meaningful to clients.
  b. be interactional.
  c. be situational.
  d. take large steps.

Q. 6

Client will increase periods of enjoyable activity, social interaction, and hope for the future is an example of a _____________________________ __.
 
  a. symptom-reducing goal
  b. positive, observable goal
  c. nonobservable goal
  d. negative goal

Q. 7

Sara is a solution-based therapist who is working with Tim and Tania (parents) and their two children, Jake (age 15) and Madison (age 9). The parents state that Jake is increasingly hostile, that he wont listen to them, and that they feel like their family is falling apart. Jake refuses to participate in therapy, stating that his parents are the ones with the problem and that he doesnt think anything is wrong. Bill and Gina want Sarah to have some individual sessions with Jake, stating that they just cant make a difference and that she needs to fix him. What category describes Tim and Tanias motivation for change?
 
  a. Customers
  b. Complainants
  c. Visionaries
  d. Visitors

Q. 8

Steve de Shazer assessed client motivation for change using which three categories?
 
  a. visitors, complainants, and customers
  b. visitors, rejecters, and customers
  c. travelers, complainants, and customers
  d. visitors, complainants, and regulars

Q. 9

The question Are there any times when the problem is less likely to occur or be less severe? is an example of _______________________.
 
  a. assessing strengths
  b. exception questions
  c. assumption of solution and possibilities
  d. optimism and hope