Identify three noteworthy events in the 20th century and describe how each event has influenced the profession of counseling
What will be an ideal response?
Answers will vary depending on the events that students select. Here are some possible answers:
a. The launch of Sputnik
i. Precipitated the passage of the National Defense of Education Act (NDEA)
ii. The NDEA provided funding for upgraded school counseling programs
b. World War I
i. interest in testing emerged
ii. psychometrics (psychological testing) became a popular movement
c. World War II
i. Influenced the way vocations were looked at by men and women
ii. Increased the influence of mental health professionals
d. Civil Rights Movement
i. Attentions became directed toward social issues
ii. impact of the developmental model lessened
e. Establishment of counseling theories
i. Behaviorism
ii. REBT
iii. Humanism
1. Rogers
2. Maslow
iv. Etcetera
f. Establishment and strengthening of what eventually became the ACA
g. Establishment of CACREP
h. Licensing and Credentialing
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A client who engages in “Tell me what to do” behavior may very likely be experiencing ______________________
a. resistance to counseling b. doubts c. power struggles d. abuse
Reflecting skills are NOT
A. a way to elicit the facts and specific details of an issue. B. a form of active listening. C. a way to display genuineness. D. a way to prompt deeper examination of a clients' problems.
Which of the following is an important part of the process of systemic counseling?
a. Helping clients to understand the mistaken beliefs to them improve their social relatedness. b. Analyzing and intervening upon observable measurable behaviors. c. Transforming behavioral practices to use compassionate acceptance of thoughts and feelings to paradoxically promote change. d. Interrupting and redirecting the interactional sequence.
Meta-analytic research studies of the effectiveness of self-help resources and self-administered treatments have found that:
a. their effect sizes are generally higher than therapist-assisted interventions. b. they are especially effective in the treatment of behavioral health disorders but not mental health disorders like anxiety, substance dependence and depression. c. their effect sizes are almost as large as therapist-assisted interventions within the same studies. d. they are effective for some behavioral health and mental health disorders, but not for addictive disorders.