Counseling Psychology Questions
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Opposite action involves behaving____to the urge provoked by a strong emotion
A client is trying to quit smoking, and they notice that whenever they have a craving to smoke, they try to distract themselves to avoid thinking about the craving. What might you share with them about the consequences of experiential avoidance?
Social _____ is the number and quality of ones social relationships.
_____ interventions help people at high risk for a particular disease make changes to their behavior, such as quitting smoking, adhering to medication instructions, eating healthier and exercising more, and attending medical check-ups.
A client expresses that they are feeling sad after not getting a promotion at work. The therapist replies, "you are feeling disappointed as the promotion was something you were really hoping for." This is an example of _____.
When working with a couple whose cultural norms may be different from one another, which of these is NOT important to consider?
A couple is struggling with excessive arguing. The therapist tells the couple to go home and fight for a certain number of hours each day. What is this an example of?
Paradoxical interventions are therapeutic techniques that aim to create change by encouraging clients to engage in behaviors that are opposite to their problem or desired outcome.
Paradoxical intervention is best used with clients who are '_______' or '______' as the therapist will tell the client to do more of what they are doing
The identified patient - also called the ____?____ in systems therapy - may display unexplainable emotional or physical symptoms, and is often the first person to seek help, perhaps at the request of the family. S/he is the one who carries the evidence of the familial dysfunction.
A group therapist asks a client who sees herself as unable to set limits to look intently at each group member in turn and firmly say 'No.' What is the name of this technique?
Within a family, any action by one member affects all other members and the family as a whole; each member response in turn prompts other responses that affect all other members, whose further reactions provoke still other responses, and so forth. such a reverberating effect in turn affects the first person in a continuous series of ____?____ or recurring chains of influence.
An intelligent son, failing in school, is told by her therapist to continue to fail so that his less well-educated father can feel good about himself. Among the following, which one is an effect that could be obtained by such a Paradoxical Directive?
The figure-formation process is intertwined with the principle of __________ ____-__________.
__________ is the reverse of introjection.
Gestalt therapists pay attention to and explore what is occurring at the boundary between the ______ and the ___________.
In Gestalt therapy, _______ is necessary if change and growth are to occur.
Blocked energy is a form of _________ behavior.
When ______ is blocked, it may result in unfinished business.
What are the three stages in the integration sequence that characterizes client growth in therapy?