Counseling Counseling Theories and Approaches 2

Question 1

Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) was originally developed to treat which population?

Accepted Answer

Individuals with borderline personality disorder

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Veterans with PTSD

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Children with ADHD

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Clients with eating disorders

Question 2

In psychoanalytic theory, which defense mechanism involves attributing one's own unacceptable feelings to others?

Accepted Answer

Projection

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Repression

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Rationalization

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Sublimation

Question 3

Solution-Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT) uses the 'miracle question' to do what?

Accepted Answer

Help clients envision a future without the problem

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Explore past trauma

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Identify cognitive distortions

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Analyze unconscious content

Question 4

Narrative therapy encourages clients to do which of the following?

Accepted Answer

Externalize the problem and reauthor their life story

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Reframe irrational beliefs

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Explore unconscious conflicts

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Increase behavioral activation

Question 5

Which therapeutic approach uses the empty chair technique?

Accepted Answer

Gestalt Therapy

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Psychoanalysis

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Behavioral Therapy

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Cognitive Therapy

Question 6

Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) is primarily used to treat which condition?

Accepted Answer

Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)

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Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

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Bipolar Disorder

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Schizophrenia