NBCC Counseling Theories & Helping Relationships 2

Question 1

In Adlerian therapy, the concept of 'gemeinschaftsgefühl' refers to which core human motivation?

Accepted Answer

Social interest and belonging to the community

Answer

Alfred Adler used gemeinschaftsgefühl (social interest) to describe humans' innate desire to belong to and contribute to the community as a measure of psychological health.

Question 2

A counselor using Gestalt therapy asks a client to speak directly to an empty chair as if their estranged father were sitting in it. This technique is called:

Accepted Answer

The empty chair technique

Answer

The empty chair technique in Gestalt therapy allows clients to externalize and dialogue with significant others or unresolved feelings to promote awareness and integration.

Question 3

Which theoretical assumption best describes the existential counseling stance toward human anxiety?

Accepted Answer

Normal anxiety is an inevitable part of confronting life's ultimate concerns

Answer

Existential counselors distinguish between normal (existential) anxiety—arising from confronting death, freedom, isolation, and meaninglessness—and neurotic anxiety, viewing the former as inherent to human existence.

Question 4

In Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT), the 'B' in the ABC model stands for:

Accepted Answer

Beliefs the client holds about the activating event

Answer

Ellis's ABC model identifies A (Activating event), B (Beliefs—rational or irrational), and C (Consequences), arguing that beliefs, not events, cause emotional disturbance.

Question 5

A client in person-centered therapy makes significant progress only when the counselor demonstrates unconditional positive regard. This means the counselor:

Accepted Answer

Accepts the client fully without imposing conditions of worth

Answer

Unconditional positive regard means the counselor accepts and prizes the client as a person regardless of behavior, without placing conditions on that acceptance.

(NBCC) National Board for Certified Counselors Practice Test

(NBCC) National Board for Certified Counselors Practice Test

NBCC Counseling Theories & Helping Relationships 2