The Helping Relationship Flashcards
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The concept of 'accurate empathy' as described by Carkhuff involves the counselor's ability to:
Answer: Reflect both the surface and deeper meanings of the client's communication
Accurate empathy involves reflecting both the explicit content and the underlying, deeper feelings of the client's communications, going beyond surface-level reflection.
Which of the following describes a therapeutic use of self-disclosure by the counselor?
Answer: Briefly sharing a personal experience to normalize the client's feelings and deepen connection
Appropriate self-disclosure is brief, relevant, and in service of the client's growth — such as normalizing feelings or modeling coping — not for the counselor's own benefit.
The 'here-and-now' focus in Gestalt therapy emphasizes:
Answer: Awareness of immediate experience, feelings, and sensations in the present moment
Gestalt therapy emphasizes present-moment awareness — attending to current feelings, sensations, thoughts, and relational dynamics as they occur in the session.
According to attachment theory, a client who dismisses the importance of relationships and presents as emotionally self-sufficient likely has which attachment style?
Answer: Dismissing-avoidant attachment
Dismissing-avoidant attachment is characterized by minimizing the need for close relationships and presenting as highly self-reliant, often deactivating attachment needs.
A rupture in the therapeutic alliance refers to:
Answer: A strain or breakdown in the collaborative bond, agreement on goals, or tasks between counselor and client
Alliance ruptures are strains or breakdowns in the therapeutic bond or disagreements about goals and tasks — they are normal and, when repaired, can strengthen the alliance.
The term 'parallel process' in clinical supervision refers to:
Answer: Dynamics from the supervisee's client relationship that are unconsciously re-enacted in the supervisory relationship
Parallel process occurs when dynamics from the counselor-client relationship are unconsciously mirrored or re-enacted in the supervisor-supervisee relationship.