Corey Chapter 2
If we are inauthentic, it is unlikely that our clients will detect it.
False
You are working with an ethnic minority client who is silent during the initial phase of counseling. This silence is probably best interpreted as
a response consistent with his or her sculptural context.
With regards to the role of counselors' personal values in therapy, it is appropriate for counselors to
avoid imposing their values through a process of bracketing.
Which of the following is not considered an essential skill of an effective culturally competent counselor?
being able to get clients to intensify their feelings by helping them to vividly reexpereince early childhood events.
An authentic counselor is best described as
being willing to look at his or her own life and make the changes wanted; he or she can model that process to be the way it is revealed to the client.
Effective counseling must take into account the impact of culture on the client's functioning, including the
client's degree of acculturation.
The ________ factors the alliance the relationship, the personal ad interpersonal skills of the therapist, client agency, and extra therapeutic factors are the primary determinants of therapeutic outcome
contextual
Essential components of effective multicultural counseling include all of the following expect
counselors avoid becoming involved in out of the office interventions.
In the text, all of the following are listed as characteristics of the counselor as the therapeutic person expect
counselors no longer to have cope with personal problems.
A meta analysis of research on therapeutic effectiveness found that the personal and interpersonal components are, at best, only moderately related to effective psychotherapy
false
Practitioners must have had the same experiences as their clients in order to have empathy for them.
false
Therapists need to be free of conflicts before they can counsel others
false
Therapists should not admit their mistakes since that could diminish their clients' confidence in them
false
Truly dedicated therapists carry the problems of their clients around with them during leisure hours.
false
During an initial session, an adolescent girl tells you that she is pregnant and is considering an abortion. Which of the following would be the most ethical and professional course or you to follow?
help her to clarify the range of her choices in light of her own values.
According to the text, personal values of the counselor influence all of the following, expect
how the clients' life progressed prior to treatment.
Which of the following is not considered essential knowledge for a culturally competent counselor?
knowing how to analyze transference reactions.
Personal therapy for therapists can be instrumental in assisting them to
learn how to work through their own personal conflicts while counseling others.
In the text, one reason given for having counseling students receive some form psychotherapy is to help them
learn to deal with transference and countertransference.
____________ cannot be reduced to simply to cultural awareness and sensitivity
mutlicultural competence
It is especially important for counselors who work with culturally diverse client populations to do all of the following, expect
not consider the cultural context of their clients in determining what interventions are appropriate.
Which of the following is not a method of increasing effectiveness in working with diverse client populations?
realize that practicing from a multicultural perspective will probably make your job very difficult.
Clients place more value on the personality of the therapist than on the
specific techniques used.
Regarding psychotherapy treatment outcome, research suggests all of the following expect
therapy techniques are the key component of successful treatment.
Counselors from all cultural groups must examine their expectations, attitudes, biases, and assumptions about the counseling process and about persons from diverse groups.
true
Effective therapists are not the victims of their early decisions
true
Ideally, our self care should mirror the care we provide for others
true
If you try to figure out in advance how to proceed with a. Client, you may be depriving the client of the opportunity to become an active partner in her or his own therapy
true
It is not out function to persuade clients to accept or adopt our value system
true
The general goals of counselors must be congruent with the personal goals of the client
true
The skill of immediacy involves revealing what we are thinking or feeling in the here and now with the client
true
The vast majority of mental health professionals have experienced personal therapy, typically on several occasions
true
Your role a a counselor is to provide a safe and inviting environment in which clients can explore the congruence between their values and their behavior
true
Culturally encapsulated counselors would be most likely to
use their power to influence clients to accept to adopt their value system.
The author describes the characteristics of an effective counselor. By including this information in the chapter, he is hoping to convey the message that
you should develop your own concept of what personality traits you think are essential to strive for to promote your own personal growth.