Characteristics and Skills Flashcards
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A counselor who adapts their therapeutic approach based on a client's stage of change is demonstrating:
Answer: Flexible, evidence-informed responsiveness
Adjusting interventions to match a client's stage of change reflects evidence-based, client-centered responsiveness.
Which skill is a counselor using when they say, 'It sounds like losing that job triggered feelings of worthlessness you've carried since childhood'?
Answer: Interpretation
Interpretation involves the counselor offering a deeper meaning or connection beyond what the client has explicitly stated.
A counselor experiencing compassion fatigue should FIRST:
Answer: Engage in self-care and seek supervision or personal counseling
Addressing compassion fatigue through self-care and consultation protects both the counselor's wellbeing and the quality of client care.
When a client from a collectivist culture disagrees with the Western emphasis on individual autonomy in goal-setting, the culturally competent counselor should:
Answer: Explore the client's values and collaboratively adjust goal-setting accordingly
Cultural competence requires flexibility in applying frameworks and collaborating with clients to honor their cultural values.
Which of the following BEST describes the counselor skill of 'concreteness'?
Answer: Helping clients move from vague descriptions to specific, clear expressions of experience
Concreteness guides clients to be specific about their thoughts, feelings, and behaviors, facilitating clearer understanding and goal-setting.
A new counselor tends to over-identify with clients' distress and loses objectivity. This MOST likely reflects a deficit in:
Answer: Self-awareness and differentiation
Over-identification indicates insufficient differentiation between the counselor's own feelings and the client's, requiring greater self-awareness.
In motivational interviewing, the counselor skill of 'rolling with resistance' involves:
Answer: Acknowledging ambivalence without arguing or persuading
Rolling with resistance means the counselor accepts ambivalence and does not argue, allowing the client's own motivation to emerge.