How does posttraumatic growth occur?
a. It occurs through the sharing of the traumatic experience with others.
b. Just experiencing a traumatic event brings about emotional growth.
c. Through therapeutic interventions such as critical incident stress debriefing.
d. Trauma can never lead to growth due to the psychological damage that always occurs through the experiencing of it.
e. The cognitive processing and restructuring that occurs as a result of experiencing a traumatic event often leads to personal growth.
Answer: e
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Which of the following statements is NOT true of solution-focused brief therapy?
(a) SFBT therapists use the miracle question to determine treatment goals. (b) SFBT therapists would agree that "if it ain't broke, don't fix it." (c) SFBT therapists would view actualization as a viable treatment goal. (d) SFBT therapists sometimes involve a client's relative or friend in treatment.
Michael is hesitant to seek counseling for his work-related problems because he believes that he should find the inner strength to resolve his issues due to his strong religious values. If he decides to see a counselor, it will be important for the counselor to
a. view his religious values as a potential resource in promoting his well-being. b. challenge his belief that religion is a source of healing. c. ignore the influence of religion in his life since Michael's issues have nothing to do with religion. d. adopt Michael's religious values in order to work effectively with him.
Crisis workers who review their interactions with clients and consider the impact of their interventions on themselves, their clients, and the ecology of the intervention are engaging in:
A) ?self-care. B) ethical decision-making.? C) ?affect heuristic. D) reflective practice.
The general goal of contextual therapy is:
a. to develop directives and interventions to move toward change b. genuine dialogue between family members c. resolution of intergenerational transference experiences d. the improvement of self-esteem in members