Helping Relationships Flashcards

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?

Answer: Empathic understanding

Empathic understanding means the counselor enters the client's inner world temporarily while maintaining their own separate perspective.

Which stage of the Transtheoretical Model is characterized by a person having no intention to change behavior within the next six months?

Answer: Precontemplation

In precontemplation, individuals are unaware of or not considering the need for change.

A counselor who discloses personal information to normalize a client's experience is using:

Answer: Self-disclosure

Self-disclosure is the intentional sharing of the counselor's personal experience to benefit the therapeutic relationship.

The ABC model used in Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy identifies 'B' as:

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.

According to attachment theory, an infant who shows distress when the caregiver leaves but is not soothed upon return displays which attachment style?

Answer: Anxious-ambivalent

Anxious-ambivalent (resistant) attachment involves distress at separation and difficulty being comforted upon reunion.

In Gestalt therapy, the 'empty chair' technique is primarily used to:

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.

Which counseling skill involves restating the client's message in the counselor's own words to check understanding?

Answer: Paraphrasing

Paraphrasing mirrors the cognitive content of a client's statement in the counselor's own words to confirm accurate understanding.