NCE Helping Relationships 2

Question 1

In Carl Rogers' person-centered theory, which therapist quality involves experiencing the client's emotional world as if it were your own without losing the 'as if' quality?

Accepted Answer

Empathic understanding

Answer

Empathic understanding means the counselor enters the client's inner world temporarily while maintaining their own separate perspective.

Question 2

Which stage of the Transtheoretical Model is characterized by a person having no intention to change behavior within the next six months?

Accepted Answer

Precontemplation

Answer

In precontemplation, individuals are unaware of or not considering the need for change.

Question 3

A counselor who discloses personal information to normalize a client's experience is using:

Accepted Answer

Self-disclosure

Answer

Self-disclosure is the intentional sharing of the counselor's personal experience to benefit the therapeutic relationship.

Question 4

The ABC model used in Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy identifies 'B' as:

Accepted Answer

Beliefs about the activating event

Answer

In Ellis's ABC model, B represents the irrational or rational beliefs that mediate between the activating event and emotional consequences.

Question 5

According to attachment theory, an infant who shows distress when the caregiver leaves but is not soothed upon return displays which attachment style?

Accepted Answer

Anxious-ambivalent

Answer

Anxious-ambivalent (resistant) attachment involves distress at separation and difficulty being comforted upon reunion.

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NCE Helping Relationships 2