LPCC Patient Communication Skills 3

Question 1

Which questioning style is MOST likely to elicit a detailed narrative from a client?

Accepted Answer

Open-ended questions

Answer

Open-ended questions allow clients to respond in their own words and promote rich, self-directed disclosure.

Question 2

A counselor summarizes the client's session content at the end of the hour. The PRIMARY purpose of this closing summary is to:

Accepted Answer

Consolidate themes and facilitate closure before the next session

Answer

A closing summary helps the client integrate the session's content and provides a meaningful transition to ending.

Question 3

When a client asks, 'Do you think I should leave my husband?' the most therapeutically appropriate response is to:

Accepted Answer

Redirect the question back to explore what the client thinks and feels

Answer

Redirecting restores agency to the client and avoids fostering dependence on the counselor's judgment for major life decisions.

Question 4

A Latino male client rarely makes eye contact during sessions. The counselor should FIRST:

Accepted Answer

Consider whether limited eye contact is culturally normative for this client

Answer

In many Latino cultural contexts, reduced direct eye contact with authority figures is a sign of respect, not avoidance or shame.

Question 5

Immediacy in counseling refers to the counselor's ability to:

Accepted Answer

Discuss what is happening in the therapeutic relationship in the moment

Answer

Immediacy involves openly discussing the here-and-now dynamics of the counselor–client relationship to deepen insight.

(LPCC) Licensed Professional Clinical Counselors Certification Practice Test