INTRODUCTION TO COUNSELING
EXAM QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT
ANSWERS GRADED A+
UNIT 2 TEST
WHO DEVELOPED PERSON CENTERED COUNSELING?
Carl Rogers
WHAT WAS THE ORIGINAL TERM OF CLIENT CENTERED COUNSELING?
Person Centered Counseling
WHAT DOES PERSON CENTERED COUNSELING FOCUS ON?
It focuses on the innate capacity of clients to improve their lives with facilitative
conditions in counseling.
BASIC CONCEPT #1
Clients believed to have innate ability to grow and self-actualize.
BASIC CONCEPT #2
Internal conflict arises from trying to please others rather than being true to oneself.
BASIC CONCEPT #3
Counseling aims to resolve incongruence by providing acceptance, congruence, and
empathy.
WHAT DOES PERSON CENTERED COUNSELING EMPHASIZES?
Core facilitative conditions over specific techniques
WHAT DO THE MICRO SKILLS INCLUDE?
Reflecting content, feelings, and meaning to foster empathy
WHAT ARE ROGERS' CORE CONDITIONS INTEGRAL TO?
Positive client outcomes in counseling
WHAT DID ROGERS EMPHASIZE THROUGHOUT HIS CAREER?
Research and data collection
Rogers believed that clients innately have the capacity to ______ how to
______ and ______ themselves
, Rogers believed that clients innately have the capacity to know how to direct and
improve themselves
Rogers believed that people are __________, striving to improve and to work
towards ____ __________ to their best possible selves
Rogers believed that people are inherently, striving to improve and to work towards
self actualizing to their best possible selves
WHAT IS PART OF THE STRUGGLE OF SELF ACTUALIZATION?
The human tendency to please others, or the external world rather than themselves
THE OVERALL GOAL OF COUNSELING IS TO HELP CLIENTS RESOLVE
WHAT?
Resolve incongruence and achieve self-actualization
WHAT ARE THE THREE FACILITATIVE CONDITIONS THAT COMPRISE THE
NECESSARY COMPONENTS OF COUNSELING?
Acceptance, congruence/genuineness, and accurate understanding of the client's
world AKA empathy
SELF ACTUALIZATION
The tendency to express and activate all the capacities of a person
CLIENT CONGRUENCE
A state in which a person's ideal self and actual experience are consistent or very
similar
ACCEPTANCE
Valuing clients as inherently worthy individuals, fostering trust in the therapeutic
relationship
EMPATHY
Accurately understanding and communicating clients' perspectives, is crucial for
facilitating their journey towards congruence.
CONGRUENCE (FOR COUNSELORS)
Entails counselors being honest and genuine, avoiding adopting false roles.
WHAT DOES INTERNAL CONFLICT TO?
Incongruence for clients, as they try to reconcile their true selves with societal
expectations
TECHNIQUES IN PERSON CENTERED COUNSELING
Reflecting Content, Feelings, and Meaning, Active Listening, Reflective Skills,
Creating Empathic Responses
EXAM QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT
ANSWERS GRADED A+
UNIT 2 TEST
WHO DEVELOPED PERSON CENTERED COUNSELING?
Carl Rogers
WHAT WAS THE ORIGINAL TERM OF CLIENT CENTERED COUNSELING?
Person Centered Counseling
WHAT DOES PERSON CENTERED COUNSELING FOCUS ON?
It focuses on the innate capacity of clients to improve their lives with facilitative
conditions in counseling.
BASIC CONCEPT #1
Clients believed to have innate ability to grow and self-actualize.
BASIC CONCEPT #2
Internal conflict arises from trying to please others rather than being true to oneself.
BASIC CONCEPT #3
Counseling aims to resolve incongruence by providing acceptance, congruence, and
empathy.
WHAT DOES PERSON CENTERED COUNSELING EMPHASIZES?
Core facilitative conditions over specific techniques
WHAT DO THE MICRO SKILLS INCLUDE?
Reflecting content, feelings, and meaning to foster empathy
WHAT ARE ROGERS' CORE CONDITIONS INTEGRAL TO?
Positive client outcomes in counseling
WHAT DID ROGERS EMPHASIZE THROUGHOUT HIS CAREER?
Research and data collection
Rogers believed that clients innately have the capacity to ______ how to
______ and ______ themselves
, Rogers believed that clients innately have the capacity to know how to direct and
improve themselves
Rogers believed that people are __________, striving to improve and to work
towards ____ __________ to their best possible selves
Rogers believed that people are inherently, striving to improve and to work towards
self actualizing to their best possible selves
WHAT IS PART OF THE STRUGGLE OF SELF ACTUALIZATION?
The human tendency to please others, or the external world rather than themselves
THE OVERALL GOAL OF COUNSELING IS TO HELP CLIENTS RESOLVE
WHAT?
Resolve incongruence and achieve self-actualization
WHAT ARE THE THREE FACILITATIVE CONDITIONS THAT COMPRISE THE
NECESSARY COMPONENTS OF COUNSELING?
Acceptance, congruence/genuineness, and accurate understanding of the client's
world AKA empathy
SELF ACTUALIZATION
The tendency to express and activate all the capacities of a person
CLIENT CONGRUENCE
A state in which a person's ideal self and actual experience are consistent or very
similar
ACCEPTANCE
Valuing clients as inherently worthy individuals, fostering trust in the therapeutic
relationship
EMPATHY
Accurately understanding and communicating clients' perspectives, is crucial for
facilitating their journey towards congruence.
CONGRUENCE (FOR COUNSELORS)
Entails counselors being honest and genuine, avoiding adopting false roles.
WHAT DOES INTERNAL CONFLICT TO?
Incongruence for clients, as they try to reconcile their true selves with societal
expectations
TECHNIQUES IN PERSON CENTERED COUNSELING
Reflecting Content, Feelings, and Meaning, Active Listening, Reflective Skills,
Creating Empathic Responses
