Individual Counseling Theories and Techniques Flashcards
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The 'empty chair' technique in Gestalt therapy is primarily used to:
Answer: Work through unfinished business with an absent person or disowned aspect of self
The empty chair technique allows clients to engage in dialogue with an absent person or a disowned part of themselves, facilitating expression of unexpressed feelings and unresolved conflicts.
In family systems theory, 'differentiation of self' refers to:
Answer: The ability to maintain one's own identity and functioning while remaining emotionally connected to others
Bowen's concept of differentiation of self refers to the capacity to remain emotionally connected to family while maintaining a clear, stable sense of self — neither emotionally fused nor cut off.
Schema therapy, developed by Young, is an integrative approach that primarily targets:
Answer: Early maladaptive schemas formed in childhood that maintain chronic psychological problems
Schema therapy targets early maladaptive schemas — deeply held patterns of thought, feeling, and behavior developed in response to unmet childhood needs — that perpetuate chronic difficulties.
In motivational interviewing (MI), the acronym OARS refers to which set of counseling skills?
Answer: Open questions, Affirmations, Reflections, Summaries
OARS stands for Open-ended questions, Affirmations, Reflections, and Summaries — the core communication skills used in motivational interviewing.
Which theoretical approach conceptualizes the counselor's role as that of a 'co-investigator' who collaborates with the client to examine the personal meaning systems that create distress?
Answer: Personal Construct Therapy
George Kelly's Personal Construct Therapy views the counselor as a co-investigator who helps the client examine, test, and reconstruct the personal constructs used to make sense of experience.
A counselor using feminist therapy would most likely address a client's depression by:
Answer: Examining the impact of social, cultural, and political factors on the client's psychological experience
Feminist therapy contextualizes psychological distress within societal structures of oppression and advocates for personal and social change as therapeutic goals.