All of the following are true statements in regards to reframing when a client is faced with a problematic situation EXCEPT:
a. reframing tends to reduce client defensiveness.
b. reframing helps to mobilize a client's resources and forces for change.
c. reframing can shift the focus from negative self-attributions of behavior to analyses of important contextualand situational influences.
d. reframing is associated with decreased self-efficacy.
Cognitive therapy approaches assume that clients' problematic emotions and behaviors stem from:
a. the manner in which clients perceive, experience, and interpret events.
b. a client's environmental context.
c. socio-political factors such as marginalization and oppression.
d. behaviors of persons in the client's social network.
Miller and Rollnick (1991) developed all of the following MI guidelines for offering advice or recommendations EXCEPT:
a. helpers should qualify any suggestions made and present advice in a deliberately non-personal way.
b. helpers should not be too eager to give advice.
c. helpers should not wait to receive permission from the client.
d. helpers should offer not one piece of advice but a cluster or a menu of options.
A client presents with symptoms of depression. The helper responds, I'm here to help you with your feelings of worthlessness.. According to MI, this would be considered a _______________ statement.
a. reflective
b. complex
c. reframing
d. supportive
Miller and Rollnick (2013) recommend that when practicing motivational interviewing, the helper should offer at least two reflections for every question asked.
a. true
b. false
Rosengren (2009) offered all of the following recommendations for affirmations EXCEPT:
a. focus on evaluations and not descriptions.
b. focus on specific behaviors.
c. avoid using I..
d. attend to non-problem areas rather than problem areas.
______________ reflections add substantial meaning or emphasis to what the client is saying.
a. Open-ended
b. Complex
c. Simple
d. Double-sided
In MI, a double-sided reflection:
a. mirrors the client's emotion or perception via repetition or rephrasing.
b. amplifies the emotion conveyed in the client's message.
c. challenges the evidence for the client's opinion or perception.
d. acknowledges the client's ambivalence as signaled by the use of but..
Which of the following statement is NOT a theme associated with MI?
a. Motivational interviewing espouses a humanistic, helper-centered style.
b. Motivational interviewing is designed to evoke and explore ambivalence.
c. Motivational interviewing adopts a directive approach.
d. Motivational interviewing focuses on client speech and assisting clients to voice arguments for change.
When client goals are formulated in terms of what is desired or preferred rather than what is to be avoided or eliminated, this demonstrates _______________.
a. honoring the client's preferences
b. exploring the client's instead
c. speaking the client's language
d. offering legitimate commendations
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