The Helping Relationship Flashcards
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Carl Rogers identified three core conditions necessary for therapeutic change. Which of the following is NOT one of Rogers' three core conditions?
Answer: Behavioral reinforcement
Rogers' three core conditions are unconditional positive regard, genuineness (congruence), and empathic understanding. Behavioral reinforcement belongs to behavioral theory, not person-centered therapy.
The term 'working alliance' in counseling refers to:
Answer: The collaborative bond, goals, and tasks shared by client and counselor
The working alliance, conceptualized by Bordin, encompasses the therapeutic bond, agreement on goals, and agreement on tasks between counselor and client.
Countertransference in the helping relationship refers to:
Answer: The counselor's emotional reactions to the client influenced by the counselor's own unresolved issues
Countertransference refers to the counselor's conscious or unconscious emotional reactions to the client that may be influenced by the counselor's own history, needs, or conflicts.
Active listening in counseling includes which of the following behaviors?
Answer: Maintaining eye contact, using minimal encouragers, and reflecting content and feelings
Active listening involves attending behaviors such as eye contact, body posture, minimal encouragers ('mm-hmm', 'go on'), and reflections of both content and feelings.
In motivational interviewing, 'rolling with resistance' means:
Answer: Avoiding argument and shifting perspective without directly opposing the client's view
Rolling with resistance (now referred to as 'rolling with discord' in MI) involves not opposing resistance but instead reflecting, reframing, and shifting the interaction to avoid confrontation.
Immediacy in the counseling relationship refers to the counselor's ability to:
Answer: Discuss what is happening between counselor and client in the present moment
Immediacy involves the counselor's ability to discuss the here-and-now of what is occurring in the therapeutic relationship directly and openly with the client.