Counseling & Helping Relationships Flashcards
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In solution-focused brief therapy (SFBT), the 'miracle question' is used primarily to:
Answer: Help the client envision a future where the problem is absent and identify exceptions
The miracle question invites clients to describe what life would look like if the problem disappeared overnight, helping to construct a vision of desired change.
A counselor who consistently finishes the client's sentences and assumes they understand what the client means is demonstrating a lack of:
Answer: Empathic attunement
Empathic attunement requires staying closely attuned to the client's actual experience rather than projecting one's own assumptions onto what they mean.
Which of the following counselor behaviors is MOST likely to facilitate self-disclosure in a reluctant client?
Answer: Creating a non-judgmental atmosphere through active listening and reflective responses
A non-judgmental, warm, and attentive counselor stance is the most effective foundation for encouraging client self-disclosure.
Motivational interviewing's OARS skills stand for:
Answer: Open questions, Affirmations, Reflective listening, Summarizing
OARS is the foundational skill set in motivational interviewing: open questions, affirmations, reflective listening, and summarizing.
A new counselor feels an overwhelming urge to rescue a client who describes a chaotic home environment. This reaction is BEST described as:
Answer: Countertransference that may impair professional judgment
The urge to rescue often signals countertransference, potentially rooted in the counselor's own needs or unresolved experiences, which can distort clinical judgment.
In person-centered therapy, 'congruence' refers to the counselor being:
Answer: Genuine and transparent, with internal experience matching outward expression
Congruence (or genuineness) means the counselor's inner experience and outer communication are aligned, making the counselor authentic rather than presenting a professional facade.
Which of the following is the BEST example of an advanced empathy response?
Answer: 'You seem angry, but underneath that anger I sense a deep fear of being alone.'
Advanced empathy goes beyond reflecting surface feelings to tentatively naming deeper, less explicitly stated emotions or themes the client may not have articulated.