All of the following are examples of initial phase counseling tasks EXCEPT:
a. use social courtesy to create a context of safety and strategic positioning.
b. assess the interaction sequence, noting the effect of stage of life, power, and alliances.
c. deliver a hypothesis to the client that reframes symptoms from a systemic perspective.
d. conceptualize the problem using one or more strategic frames (voluntariness, helplessness, hierarchy, etc.).
ANS: C
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Bonnie became sexually involved with her therapist soon after therapy began. This action was initiated by the therapist who saw Bonnie's provocative behavior as an invitation to become intimate. Which of the following is NOT a possible ongoing consequence for the client being sexually exploited?
A. Experiencing feelings of freedom and peacefulness B. Experiencing feelings of shame and guilt and posttraumatic stress disorder C. Experiencing depression, fear, and anger D. Experiencing isolation, a stronger distrust, and suicidal tendencies
What are the cognitive therapist’s goals?
What will be an ideal response?
DeLucia-Waack (2006) recommended breaking each group session into four components:
a. opening, working, processing, and closing. b. introducing, performing, processing, and terminating. c. reviewing, processing, teaching, and summary. d. beginning, operating, discussing, and ending.
Which of the following is true of corrective emotional experiences?
a. Freud depended on them to give clients insight. b. Ego psychology is based on achieving corrective emotional experiences. c. In object relations and self psychology theories, these therapeutic experiences result from the close relationship between the therapist and the client. d. They happen when clients are able to achieve goals in their lives outside therapy. e. They result from reasoning with clients about assumptions that they make about other people’s motivations.