In behavioral counseling, assessment focuses on observable symptoms. In order to measure a client's progress in therapy it is first necessary to get __________.
a. A baseline of symptomatic behavior
b. A sense of relationship patterns
c. An assessment of defense mechanisms
d. One's road map for life
Q. 2When assessing clients, Gestalt counselors look for where their clients are stuck in the cycle of making contact, otherwise known as what?
a. Sources of Life Meaning
b. Contact Boundary Disturbances
c. Personal Constructs and Facades
d. Trust of Self
Q. 3When a counselor does an Existential analysis of a client's life situation, it is critical that they ask perennial, existential questions, such as which of the following?
a. What inspires the client and makes him/her feel whole and fulfilled?
b. Does the client have a clear sense of purpose and direction for his/her life?
c. Both A and B
d. Neither A nor B
Q. 4In humanistic approaches to counseling, such as person-centered and Gestalt, assessment focuses on the person's ability to experience and express their __________.
a. Authentic self
b. Style of life
c. Sources of life meaning
d. Boundaries
Q. 5One of the most important areas Adlerian counselors assess is a person's __________.
a. Defense mechanisms
b. Attachment style
c. Style of life
d. Developmental stage
Q. 6Applying Erickson's Psychosocial Developmental Stages in clinical counseling is useful for which of the following?
a. Helping clients more quickly identify core dynamic patterns that are affecting all areas of life.
b. To better understand the client's internal dynamics, particularly those that are contributing to the presenting problem.
c. Understanding the larger developmental concerns that may be underlying the problems clients bring to session.
d. Helping clients identify unconscious or semi-conscious erroneous assumptions about life to develop a system of private logic that supports them in pursuing their life goals.
Q. 7Object relations theorists examine the client's relationship with early caregivers to understand the dynamics that are creating current difficulties. The patterns can be described in each of the ways below EXCEPT:
a. Insecure
b. Secure
c. Anxious
d. Avoidant
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