Psychotherapy Midterm
Test Bank Questions
,Synthesizing the approaches covered in the text:
a. can easily be accomplished after taking an introductory course.
b. is usually mastered by the end of the first year of one's graduate program.
c. often requires many years of study, training, and practical counseling experience.
d. rarely, if ever, happens and is a completely unrealistic goal. - c. often requires many
years of study, training, and practical counseling experience.
Which one of the following is not considered an experiential and relationship-oriented
therapy?
a. Gestalt therapy
b. family systems therapy
c. existential approach
d. person-centered approach - b. family systems therapy
Which one of the following is not associated with the cognitive-behavioral action-
oriented therapies?
a. existential therapy
b. cognitive therapy
c. reality therapy
d. behavior therapy
e. rational emotive behavior therapy - a. existential therapy
Which humanistic approach emphasizes the basic attitudes of the therapist as the core
of the therapeutic process?
a. psychoanalytic therapy
b. Adlerian therapy
c. person-centered therapy
d. cognitive-behavioral therapy
,e. family therapy - c. person-centered therapy
Presenting one model to which all trainees subscribe
a. is what the counseling profession endorses at present.
b. is likely to be a reality by the year 2020 when the CACREP standards are revisited.
c. is dangerous in that it can limit their effectiveness in working with a diverse range of
future clients.
d. is illegal in the Northeastern region of the U.S., but not in other parts of the country. -
c. is dangerous in that it can limit their effectiveness in working with a diverse range of
future clients.
The author makes a case for:
a. initially getting an overview of the major theoretical orientations, and then delving
more deeply into each approach.
b. delving deeply into one approach initially and then taking a superficial look at other
theoretical models.
c. learning the theories of counseling only after starting to work with clients in order to
make the theories more relevant.
d. the reader to choose the approach to which s/he subscribes. - a. initially getting an
overview of the major theoretical orientations, and then delving more deeply into each
approach.
Which of the following statements about theories or models of counseling/
psychotherapy is true?
a. Extensive research has shown that certain popular models of psychotherapy are
"wrong."
b. There is a clear place for theoretical pluralism in our society.
c. Accepting the validity of one model implies rejecting the validity of other models.
d. Theoretical pluralism has been frowned on by several major professional
organizations. - b. There is a clear place for theoretical pluralism in our society.
What type of factors oftentimes limit our freedom of choice?
a. social
, b. environmental
c. cultural
d. biological
e. all of these - e. all of these
Which of these statements about interventions is true?
a. It is helpful to use one type of intervention with most clients.
b. During the course of an individual's therapy, different interventions may be needed at
different times.
c. It is best to require clients to adapt to your approach to counseling and the
interventions that you are skilled at using.
d. You should only use counseling interventions when you are certified or licensed. - b.
During the course of an individual's therapy, different interventions may be needed at
different times.
Which approach was developed during the 1940s as a nondirective reaction against
psychoanalysis?
a. person-centered therapy
b. family systems therapy
c. Adlerian therapy
d. reality therapy
e. cognitive therapy - a. person-centered therapy
Francesca, a cognitive behavioral therapist, likes to give homework assignments to her
clients. What might her rationale be for doing this?
a. Homework can be a vehicle for assisting her clients in putting into action what they
are learning in therapy.
b. By assigning homework to her clients, she establishes her clear authority over them
(as if she is their teacher).
Test Bank Questions
,Synthesizing the approaches covered in the text:
a. can easily be accomplished after taking an introductory course.
b. is usually mastered by the end of the first year of one's graduate program.
c. often requires many years of study, training, and practical counseling experience.
d. rarely, if ever, happens and is a completely unrealistic goal. - c. often requires many
years of study, training, and practical counseling experience.
Which one of the following is not considered an experiential and relationship-oriented
therapy?
a. Gestalt therapy
b. family systems therapy
c. existential approach
d. person-centered approach - b. family systems therapy
Which one of the following is not associated with the cognitive-behavioral action-
oriented therapies?
a. existential therapy
b. cognitive therapy
c. reality therapy
d. behavior therapy
e. rational emotive behavior therapy - a. existential therapy
Which humanistic approach emphasizes the basic attitudes of the therapist as the core
of the therapeutic process?
a. psychoanalytic therapy
b. Adlerian therapy
c. person-centered therapy
d. cognitive-behavioral therapy
,e. family therapy - c. person-centered therapy
Presenting one model to which all trainees subscribe
a. is what the counseling profession endorses at present.
b. is likely to be a reality by the year 2020 when the CACREP standards are revisited.
c. is dangerous in that it can limit their effectiveness in working with a diverse range of
future clients.
d. is illegal in the Northeastern region of the U.S., but not in other parts of the country. -
c. is dangerous in that it can limit their effectiveness in working with a diverse range of
future clients.
The author makes a case for:
a. initially getting an overview of the major theoretical orientations, and then delving
more deeply into each approach.
b. delving deeply into one approach initially and then taking a superficial look at other
theoretical models.
c. learning the theories of counseling only after starting to work with clients in order to
make the theories more relevant.
d. the reader to choose the approach to which s/he subscribes. - a. initially getting an
overview of the major theoretical orientations, and then delving more deeply into each
approach.
Which of the following statements about theories or models of counseling/
psychotherapy is true?
a. Extensive research has shown that certain popular models of psychotherapy are
"wrong."
b. There is a clear place for theoretical pluralism in our society.
c. Accepting the validity of one model implies rejecting the validity of other models.
d. Theoretical pluralism has been frowned on by several major professional
organizations. - b. There is a clear place for theoretical pluralism in our society.
What type of factors oftentimes limit our freedom of choice?
a. social
, b. environmental
c. cultural
d. biological
e. all of these - e. all of these
Which of these statements about interventions is true?
a. It is helpful to use one type of intervention with most clients.
b. During the course of an individual's therapy, different interventions may be needed at
different times.
c. It is best to require clients to adapt to your approach to counseling and the
interventions that you are skilled at using.
d. You should only use counseling interventions when you are certified or licensed. - b.
During the course of an individual's therapy, different interventions may be needed at
different times.
Which approach was developed during the 1940s as a nondirective reaction against
psychoanalysis?
a. person-centered therapy
b. family systems therapy
c. Adlerian therapy
d. reality therapy
e. cognitive therapy - a. person-centered therapy
Francesca, a cognitive behavioral therapist, likes to give homework assignments to her
clients. What might her rationale be for doing this?
a. Homework can be a vehicle for assisting her clients in putting into action what they
are learning in therapy.
b. By assigning homework to her clients, she establishes her clear authority over them
(as if she is their teacher).
