NCE Helping Relationships 2 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: In Carl Rogers' person-centered theory, which therapist quality involves experiencing the client's emotional world as if it were your own without losing the 'as if' quality?
- Unconditional positive regard
- Congruence
- Empathic understanding (Correct answer)
- Genuineness
Correct answer: Empathic understanding
Empathic understanding means the counselor enters the client's inner world temporarily while maintaining their own separate perspective.
Question 2: Which stage of the Transtheoretical Model is characterized by a person having no intention to change behavior within the next six months?
- Contemplation
- Precontemplation (Correct answer)
- Preparation
- Maintenance
Correct answer: Precontemplation
In precontemplation, individuals are unaware of or not considering the need for change.
Question 3: A counselor who discloses personal information to normalize a client's experience is using:
- Countertransference
- Self-disclosure (Correct answer)
- Interpretation
- Immediacy
Correct answer: Self-disclosure
Self-disclosure is the intentional sharing of the counselor's personal experience to benefit the therapeutic relationship.
Question 4: The ABC model used in Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy identifies 'B' as:
- Behavioral consequences
- Beliefs about the activating event (Correct answer)
- Biological predispositions
- Behavioral antecedents
Correct answer: Beliefs about the activating event
In Ellis's ABC model, B represents the irrational or rational beliefs that mediate between the activating event and emotional consequences.
Question 5: According to attachment theory, an infant who shows distress when the caregiver leaves but is not soothed upon return displays which attachment style?
- Secure
- Avoidant
- Anxious-ambivalent (Correct answer)
- Disorganized
Correct answer: Anxious-ambivalent
Anxious-ambivalent (resistant) attachment involves distress at separation and difficulty being comforted upon reunion.
Question 6: In Gestalt therapy, the 'empty chair' technique is primarily used to:
- Practice relaxation responses
- Facilitate dialogue with absent persons or parts of self (Correct answer)
- Explore early childhood memories
- Identify cognitive distortions
Correct answer: Facilitate dialogue with absent persons or parts of self
The empty chair technique allows clients to engage in dialogue with an imagined person or aspect of themselves to gain insight and resolve conflict.
Question 7: Which counseling skill involves restating the client's message in the counselor's own words to check understanding?
- Reflection of feeling
- Summarization
- Paraphrasing (Correct answer)
- Confrontation
Correct answer: Paraphrasing
Paraphrasing mirrors the cognitive content of a client's statement in the counselor's own words to confirm accurate understanding.
NCE Helping Relationships 2
In Carl Rogers' person-centered theory, which therapist quality involves experiencing the client's emotional world as if it were your own without losing the 'as if' quality?