The first step in helping clients with career decisions involves the counselor:

A. facilitating self-awareness of their own values.
B. applying psychodynamic theory to explore unconscious drives.
C. providing solutions for the client’s problems.
D. giving sound advice about searching for a job.


ANS: A

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What will be an ideal response?

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Which of the following counseling skills is effective in eliciting a large amount of information in a short time, but does not encourage elaboration?

a. Open questions b. Closed questions c. Empathy d. Confrontation

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Which statement best describes the role of transference in brief psychodynamic therapy?

(a) BPT considers transference to be the client's perception of the therapist's behavior and intent. (b) Transference in BPT is a direct result of early childhood attachments. (c) Transference in BPT is considered a distortion of the client-clinician relationship. (d) BPT views transference as a form of interpersonal empathy.

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Object relations theorists focus on how individuals

a. deal with id impulses. b. handle id-ego conflict. c. separate from their mothers and become independent persons. d. develop the bipolar self.

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