SAC Counseling Theories & Techniques 2

Question 1

In Motivational Interviewing, which technique involves reflecting back an amplified or exaggerated version of what the client said to highlight ambivalence?

Accepted Answer

Amplified reflection

Answer

An amplified reflection overstates the client's resistance or concern to prompt the client to argue the other side, eliciting change talk.

Question 2

A student assistance counselor uses the empty chair technique to help a student process unresolved feelings about a deceased parent. This technique originates from which theoretical orientation?

Accepted Answer

Gestalt therapy

Answer

The empty chair technique is a hallmark of Gestalt therapy, used to help clients work through unfinished business with significant others.

Question 3

Which concept in Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT) refers to demanding that things must be a certain way, often expressed as 'should,' 'must,' or 'ought'?

Accepted Answer

Musturbation

Answer

Albert Ellis coined 'musturbation' to describe irrational demands people place on themselves, others, and the world that lead to emotional disturbance.

Question 4

In the context of school-based counseling, a SAC counselor practicing structural family therapy would primarily focus on:

Accepted Answer

Modifying family subsystems and hierarchies

Answer

Structural family therapy, developed by Minuchin, targets family organization by restructuring subsystems, boundaries, and hierarchies to improve functioning.

Question 5

A counselor avoids giving a student direct advice and instead uses open-ended questions to help the student discover their own solutions. This approach is most consistent with:

Accepted Answer

Non-directive (person-centered) counseling

Answer

Carl Rogers' person-centered (non-directive) approach trusts clients to find their own solutions when provided with a facilitative therapeutic environment.

(SAC) Student Assistance Counselor Certification Practice Test

(SAC) Student Assistance Counselor Certification Practice Test

SAC Counseling Theories & Techniques 2