Theory and Practice of Counseling and Psychotherapy 10th Edition - Corey
Synthesizing the approaches covered in the text: Correct Answer: often requires many years of study,
training, and practical counseling experience.
The author makes a case for Correct Answer: initially getting an overview of the major theoretical
orientations, and then delving more deeply into each approach.
Which one of the following is not considered an experiential and relationship-oriented therapy? Correct
Answer: family systems therapy
Which one of the following is not associated with the cognitive-behavioral action-oriented therapies?
Correct Answer: Existential Therapy
Which of the following statements about theories or models of counseling/ psychotherapy is true?
Correct Answer: There is a clear place for theoretical pluralism in our society.
Effective psychotherapy is a practice in which: Correct Answer: the client and therapist collaborate in
co-constructing solutions to problems.
Francesca, a cognitive behavioral therapist, likes to give homework assignments to her clients. What
might her rationale be for doing this? Correct Answer: Homework can be a vehicle for assisting her
clients in putting into action what they are learning in therapy.
What type of factors oftentimes limit our freedom of choice? Correct Answer: all of these (social
biological environmental cultural)
A comprehensive approach to counseling: Correct Answer: goes beyond focusing on our internal
dynamics and addresses those environmental and systemic realties that influence us
Culturally encapsulated counselors would be most likely to: Correct Answer: depend entirely on their
own internalized value assumptions about what is good for people
In the text, all of the following are listed as characteristics of the counselor as a therapeutic person
except: Correct Answer: counselors no longer have to cope with personal problems
You are working with an ethnic minority client who is silent during the initial phase of counselling. This
silence is probably best interpreted as: Correct Answer: A response consistent with his or her cultural
context
Confidentiality must be breached and information must be reported by practitioners when Correct
Answer: clients pose a danger to others; a child under the age of 16 is the victim of incest, rape, or child
, abuse; an older adult is being abused; the therapist determines that the client needs immediate,
involuntary hospitalization.
An authentic counsellor is best described as: Correct Answer: being willing to shed stereotyped roles
and being a real person.
Many ethical codes state that dual or multiple relationships Correct Answer: should be avoided
whenever possible.
Which of the following statements is not true about guidelines for ethical practice in counseling and
psychotherapy? Correct Answer: Practitioners are free to formulate any ethics they choose.
Which humanistic approach emphasizes the basic attitudes of the therapist as the core of the
therapeutic process? Correct Answer: person-centred therapy
Adler believed that human behaviour is: Correct Answer: motivated by social urges and purposeful and
goal-directed.
The purpose of examining a client's family constellation is: Correct Answer: To get a picture of the
individual's early social world.
"Fictional finalism" is an Adlerian term meaning: Correct Answer: an imagined central goal that guides
our behaviour.
The existential philosophy of therapy includes the notion(s) that: Correct Answer: people are thrust into
a meaningless and absurd world and that they are basically alone and people must create their own
meanings through their choices
A comprehensive approach to counseling : Correct Answer: goes beyond focusing on our internal
dynamics and addresses those environmental and systemic realities that influence us.
Culturally encapsulated counselors would be most likely to Correct Answer: Depend entirely on the own
internalized value assumptions about what is good for people.
Forming personal and social relationships with clients is: Correct Answer: often an example of a dual
relationship
Sex between a client and therapist can be considered to be a form of: Correct Answer: professional
incest, dual relationship, illegal and unethical activity and a powerful betrayal of trust (ALL OF THE
ABOVE).
In a study of counselors dealing with sexual attractions toward clients (Pope, Keith-Spiegel, and
Tabachnick, 1986) it was concluded that Correct Answer: graduate training programs are leaving
trainees largely unprepared for successfully dealing with their attractions.
Synthesizing the approaches covered in the text: Correct Answer: often requires many years of study,
training, and practical counseling experience.
The author makes a case for Correct Answer: initially getting an overview of the major theoretical
orientations, and then delving more deeply into each approach.
Which one of the following is not considered an experiential and relationship-oriented therapy? Correct
Answer: family systems therapy
Which one of the following is not associated with the cognitive-behavioral action-oriented therapies?
Correct Answer: Existential Therapy
Which of the following statements about theories or models of counseling/ psychotherapy is true?
Correct Answer: There is a clear place for theoretical pluralism in our society.
Effective psychotherapy is a practice in which: Correct Answer: the client and therapist collaborate in
co-constructing solutions to problems.
Francesca, a cognitive behavioral therapist, likes to give homework assignments to her clients. What
might her rationale be for doing this? Correct Answer: Homework can be a vehicle for assisting her
clients in putting into action what they are learning in therapy.
What type of factors oftentimes limit our freedom of choice? Correct Answer: all of these (social
biological environmental cultural)
A comprehensive approach to counseling: Correct Answer: goes beyond focusing on our internal
dynamics and addresses those environmental and systemic realties that influence us
Culturally encapsulated counselors would be most likely to: Correct Answer: depend entirely on their
own internalized value assumptions about what is good for people
In the text, all of the following are listed as characteristics of the counselor as a therapeutic person
except: Correct Answer: counselors no longer have to cope with personal problems
You are working with an ethnic minority client who is silent during the initial phase of counselling. This
silence is probably best interpreted as: Correct Answer: A response consistent with his or her cultural
context
Confidentiality must be breached and information must be reported by practitioners when Correct
Answer: clients pose a danger to others; a child under the age of 16 is the victim of incest, rape, or child
, abuse; an older adult is being abused; the therapist determines that the client needs immediate,
involuntary hospitalization.
An authentic counsellor is best described as: Correct Answer: being willing to shed stereotyped roles
and being a real person.
Many ethical codes state that dual or multiple relationships Correct Answer: should be avoided
whenever possible.
Which of the following statements is not true about guidelines for ethical practice in counseling and
psychotherapy? Correct Answer: Practitioners are free to formulate any ethics they choose.
Which humanistic approach emphasizes the basic attitudes of the therapist as the core of the
therapeutic process? Correct Answer: person-centred therapy
Adler believed that human behaviour is: Correct Answer: motivated by social urges and purposeful and
goal-directed.
The purpose of examining a client's family constellation is: Correct Answer: To get a picture of the
individual's early social world.
"Fictional finalism" is an Adlerian term meaning: Correct Answer: an imagined central goal that guides
our behaviour.
The existential philosophy of therapy includes the notion(s) that: Correct Answer: people are thrust into
a meaningless and absurd world and that they are basically alone and people must create their own
meanings through their choices
A comprehensive approach to counseling : Correct Answer: goes beyond focusing on our internal
dynamics and addresses those environmental and systemic realities that influence us.
Culturally encapsulated counselors would be most likely to Correct Answer: Depend entirely on the own
internalized value assumptions about what is good for people.
Forming personal and social relationships with clients is: Correct Answer: often an example of a dual
relationship
Sex between a client and therapist can be considered to be a form of: Correct Answer: professional
incest, dual relationship, illegal and unethical activity and a powerful betrayal of trust (ALL OF THE
ABOVE).
In a study of counselors dealing with sexual attractions toward clients (Pope, Keith-Spiegel, and
Tabachnick, 1986) it was concluded that Correct Answer: graduate training programs are leaving
trainees largely unprepared for successfully dealing with their attractions.
