Utilizing the previous case example, how might a solution-based counselor assess the client's description of solutions and motivate the client to change?
a. Use the miracle question.
b. Increase Marcella's emotional awareness.
c. Identify Marcella's unconscious feelings about her brother.
d. Have Marcella speak to her brother using the empty chair method.
Q. 2Salma, the 18-year-old daughter of Iranian immigrant parents, comes to counseling soon after graduating from high school. Salma has lived in the United States since the age of seven and considers herself acculturated.. Salma is struggling currently with her sense of identity as a young adult, reporting some symptoms of depression. She is ready to embrace the world and venture out on her own, but is coming up against her parents' wishes that she remain living at home, work to contribute to the family, and attend the local university. Which of the following goals would be LEAST appropriate for an existential counselor to suggest for Salma in the early phase of therapy?
a. Increasing Salma's sense of meaning and purpose in her life with her family to decrease symptoms of depression.
b. Developing Salma's sense of identity so it is less dependent on her parent's expectations.
c. Increasing Salma's ability to identify significant sources of purpose and life meaning to reduce depression symptoms.
d. Increasing Salma's capacity to tolerate existential angst to reduce identity crisis.
Q. 3Which of the following is true of comparative research framework?
a. It is a research strategy to compare members of diverse groups with the Black population on various psychological variables.
b. The results obtained are more informative than studying psychological constructs of various groups in and of themselves.
c. It has been criticized because of the history of ethnic minority groups being compared to White Americans as a norm group.
d. The use of this framework ensures that results are apolitical and free of bias.
Q. 4Marcella is a 32-year-old nurse practitioner who is seeking treatment with you after her brother was killed in a car accident. She was both saddened by his tragic death and feels a smug sense of vindication because she believes that he has finally been punished for sexually abusing her when she was 12 . Marcella did not seek treatment at the time of her abuse and cut herself to cope with the pain. She has begun cutting again after the death of her brother. In solution-focused therapy, what might be an initial phase counseling task in working with Marcella?
a. Reduce symptoms of grief.
b. Increase coping skills.
c. Reduce feelings of vindication.
d. Build rapport by identifying strengths and resources.
Q. 5The research and evidence base related to the existential approach for counseling indicate the most important quality in counseling is what?
a. The counseling relationship
b. The theoretical orientation
c. The interventions
d. The instillation of hope
Q. 6Patrick conducted a long-term study involving undergraduate students from diverse backgrounds at a university. During the course of the study, there was an attack on a student who was identified as a member of the LGB (lesbian, gay, and bisexual) community. This led to other LGB students withdrawing from the study due to perturbation. Which of the following threats does this scenario exemplify?
a. Maturation
b. Selection
c. Testing effects
d. Attrition
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