PSYC6501 INTRODUCTION TO COUNSELING FINAL
EXAM QUESTIONS AND WELL DETAILED ANSWERS
2023-2024|A+ GRADED|
One of the biggest discussion in the field of Guidance and Counseling is whether a person should
be required to participate in counseling or therapy before they become practitioners themselves.
While it is not yet a requirement to becoming a counselor or a therapist, studies have already
shown positive merits of attending personal therapy in both personal and professional
development. Which of the following is not a contribution of the therapist's attendance in
personal counselling according to the study of Orlinsky et. al. (2005).
Select one:
a. As part of the therapist's training, personal therapy offers a model of therapeutic practice in
which the trainee experiences the work of a more experienced therapist and learns experientially
what is helpful or not helpful
b. Successful personal therapy can contribute to a therapist's ability to deal with the
ongoing stresses associated with clinical work.
c. The therapists are able to easily advance their own level of self esteem and self worth while
not minding much about their own clients.
d. A beneficial experience in personal therapy can further enhance a therapist's interpersonal
skills that are essential to skillfully practicing therapy
They can give and receive help and love out of their own sense of self-worth and strength.
Select one:
a. Effective therapists are open to change.
b. Effective therapists have an identity.
c. Effective therapists make choices that are life oriented.
d. Effective therapists respect and appreciate themselves.
They are aware of early decisions they made about themselves, others, and the world. They are not
the victims of these early decisions, and they are willing to revise them if necessary.
Select one:
a. Effective therapists have an identity.
b. Effective therapists make choices that are life oriented.
c. Effective therapists are open to change.
,d. Effective therapists are authentic, sincere, and honest
Which of the following statements is not true about counselors?
Select one:
a. Because counseling is an intimate form of learning, it demands a practitioner who is
willing to shed stereotypes and be an authentic person in the therapeutic relationship
b. When counselors hide behind the safety of their professional role, they are less
likely to experience professional burnout.
c. It is through the counselor's genuineness and aliveness that they can significantly touch
their clients.
d. As therapists, counselors also serve as models for their clients.
The process of seeing themselves in their clients, of overidentifying with their clients, or of
meeting their needs through their clients.
Select one:
a. Transformation
b. Countertransference
c. Transference
d. Counter transformation
Personal Therapy can be instrumental in proving healing to the therapist as the therapists are
instrumental in healing of their own clients.
Select one:
True
False
They exhibit a willingness and courage to leave the security of the known if they are not
satisfied with the way they are.
Select one:
a. Effective therapists have an identity.
b. Effective therapists are authentic, sincere, and honest.
c. Effective therapists make choices that are life oriented.
,d. Effective therapists are open to change.
Effective therapists are not allowed to make mistakes, however, if they do, the therapist should be
willing to admit them.
Select one:
True
False
They do not hide behind masks, defences, sterile roles, or
facades. Select one:
a. Effective therapists make choices that are life oriented.
b. Effective therapists are authentic, sincere, and honest.
c. Effective therapists have an identity.
d. Effective therapists are open to change.
They know who they are, what they are capable of becoming, what they want out of life, and what
is essential.
Select one:
a. Effective therapists make choices that are life oriented.
b. Effective therapists respect and appreciate themselves.
c. Effective therapists have an identity.
d. Effective therapists are open to change.
Which of the qualities of an effective therapist is being described in this scenario: Janica
volunteers as a counselor for the victims of the war in Marawi City. Prior to this she also
volunteered to provide counseling service to the victims of typhoon Yolanda. Janica genuinely
enjoys volunteering for these kinds of causes because it gives her purpose and meaning. Which
of the following best describes Janica's characteristic as a therapist?
Select one:
a. Effective therapists have a sense of humor.
b. Effective therapists have a sincere interest in the welfare of others.
c. Effective therapists generally live in the present.
, d. Effective therapists possess effective interpersonal skills.
It refers to counselors directly attempting to define a client's values, attitudes, beliefs, and
behaviors. Select one:
a. Value Promulgation
b. Value Imposition
c. Value Insertion
d. Value Sharing
Judy is a very helpful therapist who goes out of her way to help her clients. Dexter has been
Judy's client for a little over a year and has treated Judy like a family. He had began asking Judy
to help him with minor tasks such as dropping by the grocery for him, and running minor
errands. Judy however felt like this was out of her professional responsibility. How should have
this situation been avoided?
Select one:
a. This situation could never be avoided.
b. Judy should have always said "NO" to Dexter.
c. Judy should have just followed what her clients asks for as it is beneficial for Dexter's
feelings of superiority to improve.
d. Judy as a therapist should have made expectations and boundaries clear during the
initial; counseling sessions or in the disclosure statement.
happens when counselors become merely technical experts
and leave their own reactions, values and self out of their work.
Select one:
a. Sanitary counseling
b. Objective counseling
c. Sterile counseling
d. Therapeutic Counseling
Joseph, a former drug addict, has recently finished treatment courses from a rehabilitation
center. He is at a loss, not knowing what to do and where to go after being released from the
rehabilitation center. He consults a therapist in hopes that the therapist could tell him what to do
EXAM QUESTIONS AND WELL DETAILED ANSWERS
2023-2024|A+ GRADED|
One of the biggest discussion in the field of Guidance and Counseling is whether a person should
be required to participate in counseling or therapy before they become practitioners themselves.
While it is not yet a requirement to becoming a counselor or a therapist, studies have already
shown positive merits of attending personal therapy in both personal and professional
development. Which of the following is not a contribution of the therapist's attendance in
personal counselling according to the study of Orlinsky et. al. (2005).
Select one:
a. As part of the therapist's training, personal therapy offers a model of therapeutic practice in
which the trainee experiences the work of a more experienced therapist and learns experientially
what is helpful or not helpful
b. Successful personal therapy can contribute to a therapist's ability to deal with the
ongoing stresses associated with clinical work.
c. The therapists are able to easily advance their own level of self esteem and self worth while
not minding much about their own clients.
d. A beneficial experience in personal therapy can further enhance a therapist's interpersonal
skills that are essential to skillfully practicing therapy
They can give and receive help and love out of their own sense of self-worth and strength.
Select one:
a. Effective therapists are open to change.
b. Effective therapists have an identity.
c. Effective therapists make choices that are life oriented.
d. Effective therapists respect and appreciate themselves.
They are aware of early decisions they made about themselves, others, and the world. They are not
the victims of these early decisions, and they are willing to revise them if necessary.
Select one:
a. Effective therapists have an identity.
b. Effective therapists make choices that are life oriented.
c. Effective therapists are open to change.
,d. Effective therapists are authentic, sincere, and honest
Which of the following statements is not true about counselors?
Select one:
a. Because counseling is an intimate form of learning, it demands a practitioner who is
willing to shed stereotypes and be an authentic person in the therapeutic relationship
b. When counselors hide behind the safety of their professional role, they are less
likely to experience professional burnout.
c. It is through the counselor's genuineness and aliveness that they can significantly touch
their clients.
d. As therapists, counselors also serve as models for their clients.
The process of seeing themselves in their clients, of overidentifying with their clients, or of
meeting their needs through their clients.
Select one:
a. Transformation
b. Countertransference
c. Transference
d. Counter transformation
Personal Therapy can be instrumental in proving healing to the therapist as the therapists are
instrumental in healing of their own clients.
Select one:
True
False
They exhibit a willingness and courage to leave the security of the known if they are not
satisfied with the way they are.
Select one:
a. Effective therapists have an identity.
b. Effective therapists are authentic, sincere, and honest.
c. Effective therapists make choices that are life oriented.
,d. Effective therapists are open to change.
Effective therapists are not allowed to make mistakes, however, if they do, the therapist should be
willing to admit them.
Select one:
True
False
They do not hide behind masks, defences, sterile roles, or
facades. Select one:
a. Effective therapists make choices that are life oriented.
b. Effective therapists are authentic, sincere, and honest.
c. Effective therapists have an identity.
d. Effective therapists are open to change.
They know who they are, what they are capable of becoming, what they want out of life, and what
is essential.
Select one:
a. Effective therapists make choices that are life oriented.
b. Effective therapists respect and appreciate themselves.
c. Effective therapists have an identity.
d. Effective therapists are open to change.
Which of the qualities of an effective therapist is being described in this scenario: Janica
volunteers as a counselor for the victims of the war in Marawi City. Prior to this she also
volunteered to provide counseling service to the victims of typhoon Yolanda. Janica genuinely
enjoys volunteering for these kinds of causes because it gives her purpose and meaning. Which
of the following best describes Janica's characteristic as a therapist?
Select one:
a. Effective therapists have a sense of humor.
b. Effective therapists have a sincere interest in the welfare of others.
c. Effective therapists generally live in the present.
, d. Effective therapists possess effective interpersonal skills.
It refers to counselors directly attempting to define a client's values, attitudes, beliefs, and
behaviors. Select one:
a. Value Promulgation
b. Value Imposition
c. Value Insertion
d. Value Sharing
Judy is a very helpful therapist who goes out of her way to help her clients. Dexter has been
Judy's client for a little over a year and has treated Judy like a family. He had began asking Judy
to help him with minor tasks such as dropping by the grocery for him, and running minor
errands. Judy however felt like this was out of her professional responsibility. How should have
this situation been avoided?
Select one:
a. This situation could never be avoided.
b. Judy should have always said "NO" to Dexter.
c. Judy should have just followed what her clients asks for as it is beneficial for Dexter's
feelings of superiority to improve.
d. Judy as a therapist should have made expectations and boundaries clear during the
initial; counseling sessions or in the disclosure statement.
happens when counselors become merely technical experts
and leave their own reactions, values and self out of their work.
Select one:
a. Sanitary counseling
b. Objective counseling
c. Sterile counseling
d. Therapeutic Counseling
Joseph, a former drug addict, has recently finished treatment courses from a rehabilitation
center. He is at a loss, not knowing what to do and where to go after being released from the
rehabilitation center. He consults a therapist in hopes that the therapist could tell him what to do
