Counseling Theories & Techniques Flashcards
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A SAC counselor helps a student identify and test automatic negative thoughts about failing an exam. Which cognitive technique is being used?
Answer: Cognitive restructuring
Cognitive restructuring, a core CBT technique, involves identifying distorted automatic thoughts and replacing them with more balanced, evidence-based thinking.
Which of the following best describes the 'miracle question' used in Solution-Focused Brief Therapy?
Answer: Asking the client to imagine life without the problem to identify goals
The miracle question invites clients to envision a future where their problem is solved, helping the counselor identify concrete, achievable goals.
In group counseling, 'universality' as a therapeutic factor refers to:
Answer: The realization by group members that others share similar problems
Yalom identified universality as a curative factor in group therapy where members recognize that their struggles are shared by others, reducing isolation.
A counselor working from a narrative therapy framework would most likely ask a student to:
Answer: Re-author their life story by examining dominant narratives
Narrative therapy, developed by White and Epston, focuses on externalizing problems and helping clients re-author their life stories with empowering alternative narratives.
When a counselor uses 'immediacy' as a technique, they are:
Answer: Addressing what is happening in the here-and-now between counselor and client
Immediacy involves the counselor directly addressing the current dynamic occurring in the therapeutic relationship as a way to model open communication.
In transactional analysis, which ego state is characterized by rules, judgments, and 'should' statements inherited from parental figures?
Answer: Parent
Eric Berne's Parent ego state contains internalized rules, values, and behaviors modeled after parental figures, often expressed as 'should,' 'must,' or 'ought.'
A student repeatedly tests the counselor by breaking rules and arriving late. A counselor using reality therapy would primarily address this by:
Answer: Focusing on what the student wants and evaluating whether their behavior is helping them get it
Reality therapy, developed by Glasser, focuses on current behavior and asks clients to evaluate whether their actions are helping them meet their needs and goals.