Deck 7: Defining Strategies and Selecting Interventions

Question 1

In determining a counseling strategy, one must relate what is known about the case to a plan
of action.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

There is no particular relationship between the counseling strategy and the interventions one uses.

Answer 2

False

Question 3

Which of the following theoretical approaches might be inappropriate for traditional Asian clients?

A) Western "insight" approaches.
B) Behavioral approaches.
C) Cognitive approaches.
D) All of the above.

Answer 3

A

Question 4

Understanding the client's problems often requires that the counselor:

A) Understand the client's culture.
B) Have a broad understanding of cultures
C) Have a very specific understanding of one's own culture.
D) None of the above.

Question 5

The American culture and society tend to be far less individual-centered than most other cultures.

Question 6

Counseling strategies that focus upon human relationship interactions are generally thought of as:

A) Psychodynamic.
B) Behavioral.
C) Cognitive.
D) Systemic.

Question 7

A counseling strategy could be thought of as:

A) Something the client initiates.
B) The same as a counseling intervention.
C) A "plan" developed by the counselor.
D) All of the above.

Question 8

According to the text, all problems:

A) May be conceptualized from a behavioral context.
B) May be conceptualized from a cognitive context.
C) May be conceptualized from a systemic context.
D) All of the above.

Question 9

The proper choice of a counseling strategy includes a number of other considerations, including
a time orientation.

Question 10

The counselor's choice of a strategy is not affected by the client's previous efforts to change.

Question 11

Cognitive interventions are most appropriate when the client needs to act differently.

Question 12

Time is a critical element of crisis counseling.

Question 13

In the textbook example where the Igbo student sought counseling, the Afrocentric approach involved:

A) A broader network of family decision-makers.
B) A family therapy approach.
C) Acceptance of the Eurocentric approach.
D) All of the above.

Question 14

The counselor's worldview might be defined as:

A) Describing how he/she thinks the world ought to be.
B) The perception he/she has of other persons, the environment, and relationships.
C) More appropriate in multicultural than in other forms of counseling.
D) None of the above.

Question 15

The Eurocentric approach to case conceptualization could be said to:

A) Offer the best alternative for counseling in the United States.
B) Be inappropriate for counseling in the United States.
C) Be very adaptable to people of other cultures.
D) Be the dominant approach used in the United States.

Question 16

Counseling goals may be thought of as:

A) Directly related to the counselor's choice of strategy.
B) Directly related to the counselor's choice of interventions.
C) Immediate, intermediate or long-term.
D) All of the above.

Question 17

When working with clients of a different culture, it may sometimes be necessary to
use interventions that are directed to the environment rather than the client.

Question 18

Ellis' RET might be thought of as a cognitive therapy.

Question 19

The text suggests that when the client functions at an affective level and the counselor's orientation is behavioral.

A) The client will begin thinking about his problems behaviorally.
B) The counselor will need to teach the client new ways to think about his problem.
C) The client may conclude that the counselor has failed to understand.
D) None of the above.

Question 20

In the past decade, clients have become increasingly passive recipients of services.