NCC Helping Relationships 2

Question 1

Counselor self-disclosure is considered most appropriate when it:

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Serves the therapeutic needs of the client

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Helps the counselor process their own emotions

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Redirects the session away from a difficult topic

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Is used frequently to build rapport

Question 2

Confrontation in counseling is best used to:

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Point out discrepancies or contradictions in the client's statements or behaviors

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Challenge and argue against the client's core beliefs

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Express the counselor's frustration with lack of client progress

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Terminate sessions when the client is resistant

Question 3

When a client unconsciously redirects feelings from past significant relationships onto the counselor, this is called:

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Transference

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Countertransference

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Projection

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Displacement

Question 4

Which type of question is MOST likely to encourage a client to elaborate and explore their experience?

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Open question

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Closed question

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Leading question

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Why question

Question 5

Summarization in counseling serves primarily to:

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Review and tie together the main themes and content from a portion of the session

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Evaluate the client's progress over the entire treatment

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Provide the counselor's interpretation of unconscious material

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Challenge inconsistencies in the client's narrative

Question 6

The concept of 'working through' in the helping relationship refers to:

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The ongoing process of examining and resolving recurring emotional patterns or issues in therapy

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Completing all assigned homework tasks between sessions

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Working around scheduling and logistical conflicts

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Systematically terminating the therapeutic relationship

Question 7

Which of the following BEST describes accurate empathy in counseling?

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Understanding and communicating the client's inner world from the client's perspective

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Feeling the same emotions as the client

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Sharing similar life experiences with the client

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Expressing sympathy and compassion for the client's difficult situation