Community Counseling Review Questions
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Community Counseling explores the principles, practices, and roles of counselors working within community settings. The course examines the unique needs of diverse populations, the structure and delivery of mental health services, and the impact of cultural, social, and environmental factors on mental well-being. Students learn intervention strategies, ethical considerations, and skills necessary for advocacy, outreach, and prevention in community contexts. Emphasis is placed on collaboration with other professionals and community organizations to promote holistic support and empowerment for individuals and groups.
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Crisis Intervention Strategies 8th Edition by
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Chapter 1: Approaching Crisis Intervention
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Q1) A crisis theory that views the person's crisis as the result of defense mechanisms that have stopped working is:
A)adaptational.
B)interpersonal.
C)chaos.
D)psychoanalytic.
Answer: D
Q2) Successful crisis work may be described as:
A)curing long term pathology.
B)successfully resolving long-standing trauma.
C)"one man's fruit may be another man's poison."
D)tapping into the client's reservoir of resiliency.
Answer: D
Q3) Successful crisis work may be described as:
A)positive addicting behavior for the worker.
B)successfully resolving long standing trauma of the client.
C)stopping transcrisis events.
D)generating in the client a long term resiliency to ward off future crisis.
Answer: D
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Chapter 2: Culturally Effective Helping
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Q1) A major criticism of current multicultural practices is that current cultural competency practices are too exclusive and are backed by little research.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q2) It has been proven that Asian and Latino cultures have a much more collectivist world view than Americans.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q3) Multiculturalists in the United States are highly aware of how the competencies they promote apply outside the United States.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q4) Individuals are not always the basic building blocks in societies.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
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Chapter 3: The Intervention and Assessment Models
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Q1) Melancholy is one of the descriptors on the Affective scale.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q2) What part does psychoeducation play in crisis intervention and why is that more true now than ever before?
Answer: Psychoeducation plays a crucial role in crisis intervention as it provides individuals with the knowledge and understanding of their situation, which can help them cope and make informed decisions. This is especially true now more than ever before due to the increasing prevalence of mental health issues and crises in society. With the current global pandemic, economic instability, and social unrest, many individuals are experiencing heightened levels of stress, anxiety, and depression. Psychoeducation can help individuals recognize the signs of a crisis, understand the impact of the crisis on their mental health, and learn coping strategies to manage their emotions and behaviors. Additionally, psychoeducation can also help reduce stigma surrounding mental health and encourage individuals to seek help when needed. Overall, the role of psychoeducation in crisis intervention is more important now than ever before in order to support individuals in navigating the challenges they are facing and promoting mental well-being.
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Chapter 4: Tools of the Trade
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Q1) Owning feeling is probably more important in crisis intervention because of the need to be directive.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Open ended questions do all but which of the following?
A)Request description
B)Garner specific,concrete data
C)Focus on plans
D)Provide for assessment
Q3) As odd and paradoxical as it may seem,expansion and focusing strategies may both be helpful in crisis intervention.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Distancing is a technique the worker can employ to step back and more objectively view the client's dilemma.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Compare and contrast the use of open and closed questions as they apply to crisis intervention.
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Chapter 5: Crisis Case Handling
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Q1) One of the more puzzling aspects of therapy and one that escalates to crisis proportions is:
A)falling apart over some insignificant task after more difficult ones have been accomplished.
B)being psychotic and then taking drugs to enhance the effect.
C)the inability to sort out complex past family dynamics because of enmeshment.
D)having an undiscovered physical ailment that is causing the presenting psychological problem.
Q2) In defining the problem in crisis intervention,the major focus is on understanding the major personality constructs of the person.
A)True
B)False
Q3) One of the major,distinctive differences between crisis intervention and long term therapy is the:
A)radical difference in models of therapy.
B)radical difference in assessment.
C)use of empathy and unconditional positive regard for the client.
D)the use of psychoeducation while exploring possible solutions.
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Chapter 6: Telephone and Online Crisis Counseling
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Q1) One of the techniques for dealing with severely disturbed callers is to reflect their disturbed feelings and share their delusions.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Call-in clients like crisis lines because:
A)they can remain anonymous.
B)the crisis counselor is in control of the situation and can tell them what to do.
C)crisis lines are usually staffed by professional counselors.
D)callers can build on-going relationships with one worker.
Q3) Telephone crisis centers have ready access to a variety of support systems.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Of the following strategies,which would work best with callers experiencing mania?
A)Debating with them until they are exhausted
B)Focusing on their talents and stressing how they sabotage themselves
C)Slowing them down and pacing with them
D)Confronting their grandiose plans
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Chapter 7: Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
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Q1) Which of the following has not been a historical label for PTSD?
A)Combat fatigue
B)Hysterical neurosis
C)Railway spine
D)Acute intrapsychic trauma
Q2) Assessment of PTSD may be best accomplished by:
A)structured interviews specifically related to PTSD criteria.
B)personality tests with special PTSD scales like the MMPI and Mississippi Combat Scale.
C)complete medical work-ups to determine degree and kind of neurobiological involvement.
D)incidence of drug use and criminal acts.
Q3) Gestalt techniques such as the "empty chair" can be used for PTSD clients to effectively:
A)dispute irrational thoughts that take over thinking.
B)reduce the guilt of "unfinished business" of past traumatic events.
C)generate positive addicting behaviors.
D)interpret psychodynamic drives.
Q4) Wage an argument for or against EMDR.
Q5) Explain why the Vietnam War was a major breeding ground for PTSD.
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Chapter 8: Crisis of Lethality
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Q1) According to Shneidman's concept of situational characteristics of suicidal people,the common stimulus in suicide is unendurable psychological pain and the common stressor in suicide is frustrated psychological needs.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Why does a crisis worker need to have a thorough knowledge of the risk factors that suicidal/homicidal clients might portray? In your response,list several of the risk factors that are considered most serious in times of the client's vulnerability to lethality.
Q3) A recently suicidal person who begins to show generosity and share possessions is showing signs of renewal and recovery.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Seung-hui Cho's rampage really does not fit Shneidman's characteristics of suicidal people.
A)True
B)False
Q5) What goes into a "Stay Alive" contract?
Q6) What are some of the "Don'ts" in managing suicidal clients?
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Chapter 9: Sexual Assault
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Q1) Secrecy is the first stage the perpetrator carries out when he or she sexually abuses a child.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Crisis workers should encourage rape victims to change jobs or places of residence to distance themselves from the trauma.
A)True
B)False
Q3) An intrusive but effective method for extinguishing PTSD in adult survivors of childhood sexual abuse is______ of the event.
A)psychoanalytic processing
B)behavioral conditioning and desensitization
C)prolonged exposure through flooding and cognitive restructuring
D)mindfulness and acceptance therapy
Q4) There appear to be at least four major causes of rape.They are: gender inequality,pornography,social disorganization,and legitimatization of violence.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 10: Partner Violence
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Q1) Many women stay in battering relationships because they:
A)are co-dependent.
B)have little education and few career opportunities.
C)will be embarrassed if the secret gets out.
D)are enablers.
Q2) Exchange theory purposes that batterers hit people because they can.
A)True
B)False
Q3) All of the following are myths associated with battering,except:
A)alcohol abuse is a prime reason for battering.
B)"problem" families are mainly involved in battering.
C)battering relationships are more prominent in the lower socio-economic classes.
D)older couples have violent relationships,which include high risk for lethality.
Q4) Walker's theory of learned helplessness has been hotly debated.Walker sees it as a sophisticated coping mechanism that allows women to survive a potentially lethal relationship while many feminists see it as demeaning of women in that they fit into the stereotype of "helpless females." Take a position for or against learned helplessness in battering relationships.
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Chapter 11: Family Crisis Intervention
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Q1) Which of the following statements is true?
A)As a family adjusts in the weeks following a crisis event they must mostly be aware of caring for their own.
B)In the aftermath of a crisis event a family must first concentrate on staying together.
C)Adaption after a crisis involves family learning to depend on themselves.
D)Individual family members continue to make meaning in their lives without interruption.
Q2) Problem exploration in family crisis intervention involves all but which one of the following?
A)Focusing on the ability of the family to function
B)Identifying a family's strengths and resources as a way to address the crisis
C)Attending to the influence of the crisis on family dynamics
D)Listening to the one family member who seems to be most coherent for solutions
Q3) A family's goals may be impacted by crisis because:
A)resource allotment is altered.
B)morale is changed.
C)because education is important.
D)due to the negativity around the resolving the crisis.
Q4) Provide a comparison and contrast of two family crisis models.
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Chapter 12: Personal Loss
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Q1) Disputing negative self-talk a bereaved divorced person has about the break-up of a marriage may be effective because emotional energy can then be directed toward dealing constructively with real,contemporary issues.
A)True
B)False
Q2) The dual process model is an approach-avoidance model that includes restoration and loss orientation.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Disenfranchised grief occurs:
A)only in illicit,"forbidden" relationships.
B)when a loss is experienced and it cannot be openly acknowledged.
C)when the person doesn't acknowledge it to him- or herself.
D)when the person doesn't acknowledge it to the deceased.
Q4) Research has shown that because of a lack of cognitive development,young children grieve little,if any.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 13: Crisis in Schools
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Q1) Of the following,which member of a school CRT is most responsible for the general control and decision making?
A)Crisis intervention coordinator
B)Crisis response coordinator
C)The superintendent of schools
D)The principal of the affected school
Q2) Schools are generally very safe places to be.
A)True
B)False
Q3) In responding to a crisis in a school,the order of action is:
A)get the facts,assess the impact,conduct triage,administer psychological first aid,do crisis intervention.
B)issue an alert,coordinate staff,inform significant others,do crisis intervention,provide for follow-up.
C)respond to crisis,link resources,implement crisis plan,get feedback.
D)initiate action plan,integrate internal and external resources,monitor and coordinate resources,do psychological autopsy,assess for transcrisis states.
Q4) Discuss risk assessment and intervention with an EVJO student.
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Chapter 14: Violent Behavior in Institutions
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Q1) When threatening conditions occur,at times,doing nothing may be the best approach.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Drug use has not been found to be associated with violent behavior. A)True
B)False
Q3) Shifting away from angry feelings to less threatening topics is:
A)validation.
B)reminiscence. C)deflection.
D)avoidance.
Q4) While both validation and reminiscence therapy are used extensively with the elderly,they are actually two very different approaches.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Denial by both staff and institutions contributes to institutional violence. A)True B)False
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Chapter 15: Legal and Ethical Issues
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Q1) In those states that allow privileged communication,the right to privilege belongs to the client.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Specialized ethics training is needed for crisis workers because:
A)offering food and drink to a family following a natural disaster will cause dependency.
B)cowboy ethics may not consider all the ethical blind spots.
C)completing confidentiality forms during a crisis requires special counseling skills.
D)there are different cultural values around how to resolve an ethical dilemma.
Q3) Reflective practice involves thinking about both your reasons for entering crisis and disaster work,as well as your actions during a crisis response,and how that response could be improved.
A)True
B)False
Q4) The terms ethics and law are synonymous.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 16: Burnout, vicarious Traumatization, and Compassion Fatigue
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Q1) "Deadwood" is a term given to workers who cope with personal burnout by moving into management positions.
A)True
B)False
Q2) The Professional Quality of Life Scale (ProQOL)measures compassion satisfaction along with compassion fatigue and burnout and is particularly designed for first responders such as EMTs.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Vicarious traumatization occurs when the worker begins to see significant others in his or her own life as resembling those who have traumatized the client.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Highly motivated human service workers are generally immune to burnout.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Burnout-proofing an agency is almost impossible to do.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 17: Disaster Response
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Q1) The super mesosystem links the macrosystem with all interior systems.
A)True
B)False
Q2) The chronosystem includes:
A)both individual and system timelines.
B)communication links and their timeline development.
C)changing from mainly reactive programs to mainly proactive ones.
D)FEMA,SEMA,and LEMA timelines.
Q3) The honeymoon period is characterized by an outcry for help from the federal government.
A)True
B)False
Q4) A salutogenic shift on a crisis chronosystem means that:
A)people have mourned their losses and are starting to rebuild their lives with renewed hope.
B)people are becoming more prone to transcrisis events.
C)people are more prone to have ASD turn into PTSD.
D)salutogenic shifts occur only with systems and not individuals.
Q5) Think about how your own cultural and class biases might or might not be reflected if you worked with the Benefields.
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Chapter 18: Chemical Dependency
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Q1) Attempts to determine alcoholic personalities through the use of tests have been problematic because:
A)alcoholics have a variety of different problems,and their personalities resemble those of schizophrenics.
B)the medical model and AA do not believe in alcoholic personalities,only the disease of alcoholism.
C)the alcoholic may have very different personality profiles pre- and post-detoxification.
D)the alcoholic personality can be profiled using psychometric tests.
Q2) The concept underlying AA's treatment approach is:
A)rugged individualism.
B)spirituality and sponsorship.
C)self-reliance.
D)staying sober long-term is simple and anyone can be successful just by following a few steps.
Q3) Critics of the "disease" concept of chemical dependency argue that it is actually "dis-ease" with one's ability to cope and have enough discipline to stop abusing substances.Compose an essay on whether you believe chemical dependency is truly a "disease" or is "dis-ease."
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Chapter 19: Crisishostage Negotiation
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Q1) You are a crisis worker with the local crisis intervention team.Law enforcement was called to a hostage situation at a nearby state park.They want you to negotiate a peaceful end to the situation.What points do you want to keep in mind,and why would they be important?
Q2) The hostage can make use of the dynamics of the Stockholm syndrome to improve their survival odds by:
A)appearing to agree with the hostage taker's beliefs.
B)sharing the more personal aspects of one's life and eliciting the same from the hostage taker.
C)currying favor with the hostage taker by complimenting him or her.
D)ignoring the hostage taker's personal queries and thus making him or her more subservient.
Q3) Of the following types of hostage-taking,which would be viewed as an instrumental act?
A)A bank robber to aid an escape
B)A suicidal person who wants the police to kill her
C)A person who was fired from a job of twenty years
D)A jilted lover who wants a reconciliation
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