All of the following are common factors implicit in almost every form of successful therapy EXCEPT:

(a) A collaborative therapeutic alliance between client and clinician.
(b) Instilling hope and optimism.
(c) A credible approach to address the client’s presenting problems.
(d) Improving coping, impulse control, stress reduction, and promoting behavioral change.


(b) Instilling hope and optimism.

Counseling

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A school counselor proposes a small group experience involving group interaction and spontaneous experiences that occur as members learn to negotiate the natural progression of relationship development

The counselor is most likely proposing a: a. process group b. structured group c. support group d. task group

Counseling

St. Augustine in his classic City of God said that if you take over a ship, you are a pirate, but if you take over a fleet, you are a(n) _____.

Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).

Counseling

Using intuition, or a “gut feeling” for choice of treatment

a. Is a good measure for choosing intervention strategies b. May be the most reliable way to choose treatment c. May be an ethical violation d. Is a good way to try out what you think will work best

Counseling

Helping to connect group members by having them become aware of how their messages have common elements and key aspects that are different is the basic group leader skill of ____________.

Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).

Counseling