Existentialists believe that reducing psychotherapy into a technical procedure that focuses on symptom reduction is:
A. Unhealthy and wrong.
B. A useful development in contemporary counseling and psychotherapy.
C. An example of counseling, but not psychotherapy.
D. The best focus.
Ans: A. Unhealthy and wrong.
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A "skills first" approach to mental health problems refers to an approach that
a. enhances self-esteem in order to bolster competence, because competence is seen as a by-product of feeling good. b. emphasizes social skills over behavior management. c. emphasizes competence before performance. d. enhances competence in order to bolster self-esteem, because feeling good is seen as a by-product of doing well.
In the early stages of working with a consultee, consultants often rephrase consultees' statements. What function do these restatements serve during these early stages?
a. Restatements focus consultees' attention on their own role in the problem. b. Restatements help to establish the expert power of the consultant. c. Restatements demonstrate that the consultant has understood the consultee's point of view. d. Restatements are a form of role structuring.
By the time students have completed their graduate education, internship, and any required postgraduate supervision, they will no doubt have
a. settled on a theory or group of theories as their mainstay(s) b. achieved a sense of comfort and some degree of proficiency using their chosen set of therapeutic orientations c. have achieved genuine competence in their chosen set of therapeutic orientations d. all of the above are true e. a and b only are true
Inappropriate self-disclosure is an example of what little white lie?
a. What I think does not matter. b. I remember a time when . . . c. This is a safe place to work on yourself. d. Everybody will be treated equally.