Anna has just finished a class in counseling theories and is very excited to select her theory of choice to write her theoretical orientation paper. Which of the following factors should Anna consider when making her decision:
What will be an ideal response?
empirical evidence for the theory, Anna's level of comfort with the theory's view of the characteristics of a healthy personality, Anna's beliefs about what motivates people
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When a therapist evaluates his or her own subjective, objective, and contextual marginalization and considers how that position might influence his or her perspective on and perpetuation of the client’s marginalization, he or she is engaging in
a. Reflexivity b. Mediation c. Contemplation d. Intercession
Typically, when therapists, licensing boards, or funding institutions refer to therapy models as “evidence-based,” they are generally referring to which of the following?
a. evidenced-informed therapies (EIT) b. empirically supported treatments (EST) c. empirically validated treatment (EVT) d. effectively tested therapies (ETS)
For an adolescent engaging in risky behavior (e.g., alcohol use), one strategy that counselors can use is to introduce dissonance into the discussion. Before a counselor can do so effectively, she must
a. provide factual lectures on the risks of alcohol use. b. interview the teen about his or her own current beliefs and expectations. c. establish a reward system for good behavior. d. determine the extent of deviant behavior the adolescent has engaged in.
Similar to feminists, collaborative counselors maintain that the process counseling is inescapably ________________, and the counselor will likely be changed themselves because the same dialogical process that allows clients to change creates a context in which the counselor will also be changed
a. exclusive b. interactive c. dependent d. mutual