Which of the following is NOT a reason for discouraging the practice of accepting friends as clients or of becoming socially involved with clients?
A. Therapists may not be as challenging as they need to be with clients they know socially because of a need to be liked and accepted by the client.
B. Therapists may be as effective with clients they know socially as they are with clients they have never met previously to the therapeutic relationship.
C. Counselors' own needs may be enmeshed with those of their clients to the point that objectivity is lost.
D. Counselors are at greater risk of exploiting clients because of the power differential in the therapeutic relationship.
Answer: B
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The ASCA provides guidelines for school counselors as they implement peer programs. Which of the following is NOT one of the guidelines?
a. counseling with potential peer helpers b. assessing needs of school population c. coordinating an appropriate training program d. gaining support from parents and guardians
Clarkin and Levy (2004) found that which type of people are most likely to be clients?
a) Those who exhibit emotional distress and no psychological symptoms and perceive their own mental health to be good b) Those who do not exhibit emotional distress but do exhibit psychological symptoms perceive their own mental health to be poor c) Those who exhibit emotional distress and psychological symptoms and perceive their own mental health to be good d) Those who exhibit emotional distress and psychological symptoms and perceive their own mental health to be poor
Being an integrated person
a. is an ideal to strive for that is almost never achieved. b. means that you recognize the many and varied aspects of your being and accept both positive and negative sides. c. was a goal that many people tried to achieve in the 1970's, but is no longer considered realistic. d. is a concept that is only applicable to those who embrace integrative theories of counseling.
Regarding bias and prejudice, all of the following are true EXCEPT:
A. they can be formed against any definable grouping of people. B. they are reserved for those who are most different from ourselves. C. they are more commonly applied to those of lower class status. D. they are influenced by our own cultural group’s attitudes (isms), fears, and previous experiences.