A key take-home message of Beutler and colleague's systematic treatment selection research is that:
a. clients' problems should be matched to specific treatment approaches.
b. therapists' relational styles should be matched to the demands of particular treatment approaches.
c. the client's level of psychological maturity should be matched to the therapist's emotional maturity level.
d. the level of a therapist's directiveness should be matched to the client's level of resistance.
D
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According to the strengths-based approach what is the best way to prevent mental illness?
a. Ignore weaknesses b. Focus on strengths that may buffer one from weaknesses c. Develop as many strengths as possible d. Turn weaknesses into strengths
When working with a GLBT client who is early in his or her sexual identity and recovery, the counselor should:
a. force the client to speak about their sexual identity each time the counselor meets with the client. b. ask their family and friends if the person is really "gay." c. create a safe and welcoming environment to discuss GLBT issues. d. none of the above.
Conflict ________ is based on the idea that conflict is basically positive.
a. resolution
b. management
c. deliverance
d. solution
What occurs during Meichenbaum’s final stage of therapy?
a. Structured, standardized coping skills training is used to address the client’s problem and train the client in ways to handle future problems. The skills are practiced in the counselor’s office. b. Coping skills training is tailored to the client’s problem. By means of a graded hierarchy of stressful situations, skills are practiced in the clinical settings and then rehearsed in vivo. c. In this working stage, the client explores thinking errors that contribute to the client’s problems. The client also discusses with the counselor alternative ways of dealing with difficult situations. d. Clients are educated about what stress is, the role of their self-talk dealing with stress, and how they may accidentally add to stress levels themselves. e. Clients use their coping skills in increasingly difficulty situations. High-risk situations and warning signs are identified in a relapse prevention component.