In the text, the most challenging aspect of working with lesbian and gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) clients may be:
A. listening to their stories and believing them.
B. considering these clients to be part of “normal” society, and amenable to counseling.
C. confronting your own biases and prejudices related to these populations.
D. being empathic, especially if your values conflict with the social mores of LGBTs.
ANS: C
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During the process of clinician development, anxiety is seen as
a. disabling and requiring a period of counseling b. a temporary barrier to the process of becoming empowered or expert c. an empathic response to the client's presenting response that can be used therapeutically d. inherent and usually promoting rather than inhibiting The following questions below are a general chapter-by-chapter review of main content areas and are directly related or relevant to the case of Samuel Gold presented in the text.
Which of the following statements is NOT true of validity?
a. Validity is most fundamental in developing and evaluating assessments b. Validity indicates whether or not an assessment measures what it is designed to measure c. Information about validity results from the gradual accumulation of evidence d. Validity is a prerequisite to reliability
A large body of research has shown that the amount of progress in therapy that clients make can be reliably predicted by:
a. a client's pretreatment stage of change. b. a client's stage of change after the first session of therapy. c. a client's stage of change at the end of therapy. d. a therapist's ability to employ action stage processes of change.
Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
1. Theories of counseling are well established, static bodies of knowledge. 2. Agreeing in advance with a client on the date for a final (termination) session is important because it creates an irrevocable commitment to terminate at that time. 3. Following the termination of therapy, follow-up sessions are generally not recommended or seen as a critical aspect of the therapeutic process, and they tend to enable rather than empower clients. 4. There is widespread agreement that common factors are essential for success in therapy and that the different theoretical approaches to psychotherapy do not differ appreciably in their effectiveness. 5. Expectancy factors in therapy (i.e., the expectation of a positive therapeutic outcome) are also known as “placebo” factors.