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Table of Contents

Part I: BASIC ISSUES IN COUNSELING PRACTICE .

• Introduction and Overview.

2. The Counselor: Person and Professional.

• Ethical Issues in Counseling Practice.

Part II: THEORIES AND TECHNIQUES OF COUNSELING .

• Psychoanalytic Therapy.
• Adlerian Therapy.
• Existential Therapy.
• Person-Centered Therapy.
• Gestalt Therapy.
• Behavior Therapy.
• Cognitive Behavior Therapy.
• Choice Theory/Reality Therapy.
• Feminist Therapy.
• Postmodern Approaches.
• Family Systems Therapy.

Part III: INTEGRATION AND APPLICATION .

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Chapters 1 Introduction and Overview

MULTIPLE-CHOICE TEST ITEMS

Note: Below are test items for chapter 1 of Theory and Practice of Counseling and Psychotherapy.

1. Synthesizing the approaches covered in the text:

• can easily be accomplished after taking an introductory course.
• is usually mastered by the end of the first year of one’s graduate program.
• often requires many years of study, training, and practical counseling experience.
• rarely, if ever, happens and is a completely unrealistic goal.

ANS: C PG: 5

• Which one of the following is not considered an experiential and relationship-oriented therapy?
• Gestalt therapy
• family systems therapy
• existential approach
• person-centered approach

ANS: B PG: 10

• Which one of the following is not associated with the cognitive-behavioral action-oriented therapies?
• existential therapy
• cognitive therapy
• reality therapy
• behavior therapy
• rational emotive behavior therapy

ANS: A PG: 10

• Which humanistic approach emphasizes the basic attitudes of the therapist as the

core of the therapeutic process?

• psychoanalytic therapy
• Adlerian therapy
• person-centered therapy
• cognitive-behavioral therapy
• family therapy

ANS: C PG: 12

• Presenting one model to which all trainees subscribe
• is what the counseling profession endorses at present.
• is likely to be a reality by the year 2020 when the CACREP standards are revisited.
• is dangerous in that it can limit their effectiveness in working with a diverse range of future clients.
• is illegal in the Northeastern region of the U.S., but not in other parts of the country.

ANS: C PG: 5

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6. The author makes a case for:

• initially getting an overview of the major theoretical orientations, and then delving more deeply into

each approach.

• delving deeply into one approach initially and then taking a superficial look at other theoretical

models.

• learning the theories of counseling only after starting to work with clients in order to make the

theories more relevant.

• the reader to choose the approach to which s/he subscribes.

ANS: A PG: 5

• Which of the following statements about theories or models of counseling/ psychotherapy is true?
• Extensive research has shown that certain popular models of psychotherapy are ―wrong.‖
• There is a clear place for theoretical pluralism in our society.
• Accepting the validity of one model implies rejecting the validity of other models.
• Theoretical pluralism has been frowned on by several major professional organizations.

ANS: B PG: 5

• What type of factors oftentimes limit our freedom of choice?
• social
• environmental
• cultural
• biological
• all of these

ANS: E PG: 6

• Which of these statements about interventions is true?
• It is helpful to use one type of intervention with most clients.
• During the course of an individual’s therapy, different interventions may be needed at different times.
• It is best to require clients to adapt to your approach to counseling and the interventions that you are

skilled at using.

• You should only use counseling interventions when you are certified or licensed.

ANS: B PG: 8

• Which approach was developed during the 1940s as a nondirective reaction against psychoanalysis?
• person-centered therapy
• family systems therapy
• Adlerian therapy
• reality therapy
• cognitive therapy

ANS: A PG: 10

• Francesca, a cognitive behavioral therapist, likes to give homework assignments to her clients. What

might her rationale be for doing this?

• Homework can be a vehicle for assisting her clients in putting into action what they are learning in

therapy.

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