LMHC Counseling Skills and Interventions 2

Question 1

A counselor uses the technique of 'tracking' in a session. What does this involve?

Accepted Answer

Following the client's narrative and reflecting themes back

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Monitoring client billing records

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Recording session transcripts for supervision

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Assigning homework tasks between sessions

Question 2

Which of the following best describes the use of confrontation in counseling?

Accepted Answer

Pointing out discrepancies between the client's stated values and behaviors

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Challenging the client's irrational beliefs aggressively

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Directing the client to change maladaptive behaviors immediately

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Refusing to continue the session until the client acknowledges problems

Question 3

A counselor working with a depressed client consistently validates the client's emotions before offering coping strategies. This approach is most consistent with which framework?

Accepted Answer

Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)

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Psychoanalytic theory

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Reality Therapy

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Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT)

Question 4

What is the primary purpose of using scaling questions in solution-focused brief therapy (SFBT)?

Accepted Answer

To help clients track and measure their own progress toward goals

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To quantify the severity of a psychiatric diagnosis

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To calculate insurance reimbursement rates

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To assess cognitive functioning

Question 5

A counselor asks a client, 'If you woke up tomorrow and the problem was solved, what would be different about your day?' This is an example of which SFBT technique?

Accepted Answer

The miracle question

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Exception questioning

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Externalizing the problem

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Coping question

Question 6

Which counseling technique involves the counselor intentionally remaining silent to allow the client time and space to reflect?

Accepted Answer

Therapeutic use of silence

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Reframing

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Summarizing

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Immediacy