LPC Individual Counseling Theories and Techniques

Question 1

Which therapeutic approach uses the ABC model to identify how irrational beliefs (B) mediate the relationship between activating events (A) and emotional consequences (C)?

Accepted Answer

Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT)

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Person-Centered Therapy

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Gestalt Therapy

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Solution-Focused Brief Therapy

Question 2

In Adlerian therapy, the technique of 'acting as if' asks the client to:

Accepted Answer

Behave as if they already possess the qualities they wish to have

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Imagine a future without the problem

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Pretend the worst-case scenario has already occurred

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Role-play a conversation with a significant person from their past

Question 3

Psychodynamic therapy differs from classical psychoanalysis primarily in that it:

Accepted Answer

Is typically shorter-term and more focused, emphasizing the therapeutic relationship

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Focuses exclusively on childhood memories

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Rejects all concepts of the unconscious

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Uses behavioral reinforcement rather than insight

Question 4

The miracle question in solution-focused brief therapy (SFBT) is used to:

Accepted Answer

Help the client describe and move toward a future in which the problem is solved

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Identify childhood trauma that may be contributing to the problem

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Challenge cognitive distortions maintaining the presenting problem

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Assess the severity of suicidal ideation

Question 5

In narrative therapy, 're-authoring conversations' involve:

Accepted Answer

Externalizing the problem and helping clients identify preferred identities through their own life stories

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The client rewriting their life story to include more adaptive coping strategies

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Reviewing childhood narratives to uncover repressed memories

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Writing a structured autobiography as a therapeutic homework assignment

Question 6

The concept of 'unconditional positive self-regard' is most closely associated with which therapeutic approach?

Accepted Answer

Person-Centered Therapy

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Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

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Acceptance and Commitment Therapy

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Dialectical Behavior Therapy