Client resistance is most likely to be triggered when the helper

Client resistance is most likely to be triggered when the helper
 
  a. asks the client to envision life without the current concern.
  b. hypothesizes that there may be additional unstated outcomes desired by the client.
  c. explores the client's previous attempts at dealing with the concern.
  d. prescribes a solution or goal.

Q. 2

Utilizing the stages of change model (Prochaska, DiClemente, & Norcross, 1992), an individual who agrees that she would benefit from implementing a daily walking program,
 
  but cannot imagine how to fit it around a busy work day, would likely be identified at which stage of readiness for change?
  a. precontemplation
  b. contemplation
  c. preparation
  d. action

Q. 3

According to the stages of change model (Prochaska, DiClemente, & Norcross, 1992), a client who is seeking information on smoking cessation from books and the Internet is likely in the __________ stage.
 
  a. precontemplation
  b. contemplation
  c. preparation
  d. action

Q. 4

The spiral pattern associated with the stages of change model (Prochaska, DiClemente, & Norcross, 1992) suggests that most of those individuals who relapse
 
  a. revolve in a circular pattern, regressing back to where they began.
  b. learn from their mistakes and can try something different the next time around.
  c. move through the linear model in a progressive fashion.
  d. give up and drop out of the change process.

Q. 5

Clients resist setting goals because
 
  a. change is hard.
  b. the behaviour in need of change is also desirable.
  c. they want to gain a position of power in the helping relationship.
  d. they really have no desire to change.

Q. 6

SMART goals help client set meaningful and attainable goals. Which element of the SMART goal is missing from the following outcome goal? Goal: The client will decrease tardiness.
 
  a. Specific.
  b. Measurable.
  c. Relevance.
  d. Time-bound.