Treatment Planning in Counseling Exam Review
Course Introduction
This course provides students with comprehensive knowledge and practical skills in developing effective treatment plans within the counseling profession. Emphasizing a client-centered and evidence-based approach, it explores the assessment of client needs, goal-setting, intervention selection, and ongoing evaluation of progress. Students will learn to integrate theoretical frameworks, ethical considerations, and cultural competence into the treatment planning process, preparing them to collaborate with clients and interdisciplinary teams to formulate and adapt plans that support positive therapeutic outcomes.
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Theory and Treatment Planning in Counseling and Psychotherapy 2nd Edition by
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Diane R. Gehart
Chapter 1: Counseling Theory, Competency, Research, and
You: Connecting the Dots
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Q1) Regarding person-of-the-therapist competence,research indicates that clients need to feel _____________,_______________,and _________________.
A) hope; safety; confidence
B) heard; understood; accepted
C) trusted; competent; appreciated
D) valued; intelligent; capable
Answer: B
Q2) Competencies refers to a necessary set of skills,consistent across all disciplines,in which the counselor must learn to interact in a way that is best for
A) the chosen theory
B) the changing situation
C) the client
D) the counselor
Answer: C
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Chapter 2: Treatment Planning
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Q1) The primary treatment task of the working phase is ________________________.
A) establishing a therapeutic relationship
B) assessing the system
C) implementing interventions
D) monitoring the quality of the therapeutic relationship
Answer: D
Q2) Once the counselor has conceptualized a treatment plan and identified counseling tasks and client goals,the counselor then ______________________________.
A) identifies useful interventions
B) identifies client actions that lead to the problem
C) determines if working with client is within the scope of practice
D) writes an assessment for submission to the third party payer
Answer: A
Q3) The counselor need not address diversity issues with each treatment task,as long as diversity is addressed by some tasks in the working phase.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
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Chapter 3: Psychoanalytic and Psychodynamic Counseling and Psychotherapy
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Q1) Ronald is a 37-year-old man,presenting in counseling for what he labels as stress.He is a first-year graduate student in a counseling program who left his previous career because of a downfall in the economy resulting in the loss of his job.Ronald reports that he gets very sweaty,nauseous,and tense when going to school.Ronald has missed 1 class this semester due to his symptoms,and cannot afford to miss anymore.Choose the best example of an initial phase psychodynamic goal for this client.
A) Decrease client's attempts to avoid existential angst and responsibility to reduce anxiety.
B) Increase empowerment and feelings of "mattering" to reduce anxiety.
C) Decrease emotional reactivity to perceived threats to self to reduce anxiety.
D) Increase coping skills necessary to reduce symptoms of anxiety.
Answer: C
Q2) Interpersonal psychotherapy is a brief psychodynamic approach with a strong and well-respected __________.
A) following
B) empirical validation
C) time limit
D) evidence base
Answer: D
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Chapter 4: Jungian Analytic Psychology
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Q1) The _________ is the part of the personality that develops in our interactions and results in problems when a person identifies with this rather than the Self.
A) persona
B) anima/animus
C) hero
D) trickster.
Q2) Increasing the clients' ability to consistently connect with and act from the Self to reduce potential problems in the future,is an example of a ___________________ counseling task.
A) unconscious
B) working phase
C) closing phase
D) initial phase
Q3) Complexes are _______________________________.
A) an emotionally charged set of responses
B) personality traits that get magnified or minimized
C) the supraordinate organizing principles of the psyche
D) a representation of the self that has both conscious and unconscious elements
Q4) Describe the role of the counselor in Jungian analytical psychology?
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Chapter 5: Adlerian Individual Counseling
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Q1) In working with Budi,decreasing insecurities and basic mistake assumptions to reduce a sense of hopelessness is a good ____________________ goal.
A) social interest
B) initial phase
C) closing phase
D) individual
Q2) Work with Budi reveals that he has a profession he enjoys and family connections,but that he has little connection in friendships in the community.This information would come through the assessment of
A) style of life
B) basic mistakes
C) life tasks
D) treatment tasks
Q3) Explain the role of psychoeducation in Adlerian counseling.
Q4) What is meant by "private logic"?
Q5) What is the relationship of individual inferiority to social interest?
Q6) What is Adler's theory regarding social interest?
Q7) How should the Adlerian counselor show encouragement?
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Chapter 6: Person-Centered Counseling and Psychotherapy
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Q1) Which of the following statements reflects expressing accurate empathy according to Rogers?
A) "I completely understand how you are feeling."
B) "You are very angry about all that has happened."
C) "If I were you, I would be crying all the time."
D) "It sounds as if this is very frightening for you."
Q2) Which of the following statements best describes counselor genuineness or congruence?
A) Somewhere between a detached professional and friendship.
B) The outer expressions of the counselor matching their inner experience.
C) Playing a role or having a professional façade.
D) A goal necessary to achieve in order to be a successful counselor.
Q3) Maslow,an early humanist,believed in four areas of the most basic needs that must be in place for a person to self-actualize.The four areas are:
A) physiological, mental, love/belonging, esteem.
B) physiological, mental, love/belonging, emotional.
C) physiological, safety, love/belonging, emotional.
D) physiological, safety, love/belonging, esteem.
Q4) What role does empathy play in humanistic counseling?
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Chapter 7: Existential Counseling and Psychotherapy
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Q1) The research and evidence base related to the existential approach for counseling indicate the most important quality in counseling is the
A) theoretical orientation
B) interventions
C) instillation of hope
D) counseling relationship
Q2) Which of the following characteristics best describes the stance of existential counselors?
A) promoting responsibility and independence
B) a blank slate
C) reassuring and supportive
D) stating: "I'm right there with you."
Q3) Which of the following statements is the best example of a goal in existential counseling?
A) Develop a sense of identity that is less dependent on financial status.
B) Reduce depressed mood.
C) Create greater acceptance of change.
D) Reduce existential anxiety and/or fear of being alone.
Q4) What do existential counselors believe about the purpose of life?
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Chapter 8: Gestalt Counseling and Psychotherapy
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Q1) When a Gestalt counselor is "assessing the field," the counselor will likely ask the client all of the following questions EXCEPT:
A) What was your experience?
B) How did others experience you?
C) How did you contribute to creating your experience?
D) How did you contribute to the experience of others?
Q2) In what way do Gestalt counselors differ from other counselors?
A) They avoid empathy as they believe it hinders therapeutic progress.
B) They do not condone self-disclosure.
C) They are willing to be imperfect role models and do not hide behind a professional veneer.
D) They believe that it is important to strive for a problem-free lifestyle.
Q3) What are the strengths and weaknesses of Gestalt counseling in working with diverse populations?
Q4) What is meant by an "experiential" approach to therapy?
Q5) What is the primary vehicle for change in Gestalt counseling?
A) the person of the counselor
B) the interventions
C) the theory
D) the client
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Chapter 9: Foundational Cognitive-Behavioral Approaches
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Q1) Regarding sexual diversity,the CBT counselor should examine ________________ and ______________ rather than over or under estimating the impact of sexual orientation on the client.
A) their own beliefs regarding sexual orientation; the role social norms and stigma in the client's beliefs and schemas
B) client beliefs about sexual orientation; client opinion on social norms and social stigma
C) the statistical information on marginalization; public opinion in the geographic region in which they live
D) their own feelings regarding sexual orientation; their lack of knowledge on the topic
Q2) Aaron Beck used a cognitive approach which identifies schemas and core beliefs that ______________________________________,and changes them using thought records.
A) cause problems
B) solve problems
C) fuel and maintain problems
D) open up and resolve problems
Q3) How does a person's thoughts shape emotional and behavioral responses?
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Chapter 10: Evidence-Based Cognitive-Behavioral
Approaches: Dialectic Behavior Therapy and
Trauma-Focused Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy
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Q1) The DBT relationship in counseling is characterized by ____________________.
A) three sets of dialectic tensions
B) personality traits that get magnified or minimized
C) a loose set of rules applied by the counselor in an unplanned way
D) a rigid set of goals
Q2) TF-CBT uses the _______________ and _______________ both before and after the trauma narrative in order to help children learn to distinguish between thoughts and feelings and challenge unhelpful beliefs.
A) counselor; counselor empathy
B) cognitive triangle; cognitive coping skills
C) breath; focus on the breath
D) cognitive assessment; cognitive restructuring
Q3) What is the cognitive triangle and what is it used for?
Q4) What is the role of the counselor in DBT?
Q5) In addition to trauma assessment,TF-CBT assessment includes all of the following EXCEPT:
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A) areas of function using the CRAFTS approach.
B) baseline narrative and functioning prior to trauma.
C) incident recall.
D) parental function.
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Chapter 11: Systemic Family Counseling and Therapy
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Q1) Systemic approaches are a set of theories that conceptualize an individual's symptoms as arising ______________________________.
A) in the unconscious mind
B) from social oppression
C) when a person is not self-actualized
D) within family and relational dynamics
Q2) In a session with a single-parent family,a mother and daughter,the systemic counselor notices that mom often makes remarks about her daughter's father,such as "I am so glad you didn't get your father's kinky hair" or "Most men are unreliable." The daughter has regular visits with her father and appears distressed when her mother makes these comments.The counselor might categorize the mother's comments as a form of ______________.
A) commands
B) coalitions
C) subsystems
D) triangulation
Q3) How do boundaries play a role in the family system?
Q4) How does homeostasis play a role in the family structure and system?
Q5) List and describe 3 effective interventions employed by systemic therapists?
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Chapter 12: Solution-Based Approaches
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Q1) In solution-based approaches,the counselor collaborates with the client to envision _______________ for the problem.
A) alternatives
B) insights
C) explanations
D) solutions
Q2) Solution-based counseling usually involves clients leaving the first session with ________________________________.
A) their problem resolved
B) action steps toward solutions
C) insight into the cause of their problem
D) increased emotional awareness
Q3) When a counselor asks a client,"Are there any times when the problem is less likely to occur or be less severe?",the counselor is asking a(n)
A) pre-suppositional question
B) exception question
C) coping question
D) scaling question
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Chapter 13: Narrative and Collaborative Approaches
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Q1) Elan is a 19-year-old Native American who recently lost his best friend in a drunk-driving accident.His friend was driving while under the influence on his way home from Elan's house when he hit a tree and was killed upon impact.Due to his extreme guilt,Elan did not initially drink for several months following the accident.Now that he has resumed drinking,he is drinking more than ever before,although he does not drink on days he has to go into work.He says that his friend's spirit is haunting him and he is considering contacting a medicine man whom his mother knows to help deal with the spirit.As a narrative counselor,what is a unique outcome you might help Elan to see?
A) The guilt that he experiences as a result of his friend's death
B) The fact that he chooses to not drink on days he has to work
C) His statement that his friend's spirit is haunting him
D) His unique cultural heritage
Q2) When a narrative counselor wants to separate the problem,such as depression,from the person,they might ask a question such as:
A) What is it like for you to be a depressed person?
B) How has Depression affected your life?
C) In what ways are you depressed?
D) How often are you depressed?
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Chapter 14: Feminist and Multicultural Counseling and Psychotherapy
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Q1) The experience a client has,in which he or she rejects parts of self,becoming disconnected from the self as well as others,is referred to as
A) internalized oppression
B) disempowerment
C) shame
D) self-control
Q2) The principle of authenticity as it relates to counselor-client relationships in feminist counseling is best explained as the counselor
A) using unfiltered self-disclosure
B) expressing responsiveness keeping the wellbeing of client's in mind
C) putting counselor reactiveness before the client's needs
D) not taking responsibility for relational disconnection
Q3) Feminist counselors see women as developing the self
A) in isolation
B) in and through relationships
C) autonomously
D) separate from others
Q4) How does connection play a role in feminist counseling?
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Chapter 15: Introduction to Theoretical Integration
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Q1) Discuss briefly each of the following: constructivism,social-constructivism,structuralism/postconstructuralism.
Q2) Carlos,a narrative therapist for 9 years,at times integrates practices from other approaches in order to broaden intervention options that may work for his client,but remains essentially narrative in his approach.This is referred to as _______________.
A) common factors
B) assimilative integration
C) systemic treatment selection
D) favorite intervention integration
Q3) Syncretism refers to _________________________________________.
A) combining philosophies that fit well
B) a haphazard approach of doing whatever the counselor feels like
C) organizing evidence-based theories to create a template for treatment
D) careful thinking and weighing of integrating theories and approaches
Q4) The author identifies four philosophical schools.What are they?
A) Purism, phenomenological, systemic, postmodern
B) Psychodynamic, cognitive-behavioral, systemic, narrative
C) Modernism, phenomenological, systemic, postmodern
D) Theoretical, philosophical, behavioral, emotional
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Chapter 16: Integrative Case Conceptualization
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Q1) List and describe three elements of a case conceptualization.
Q2) All of the following are considered a core component of a counseling case conceptualization for working with an individual EXCEPT:
A) defining who a client is.
B) the fee the client will be paying for sessions.
C) understanding how the client defines the problem.
D) identifying client strengths.
Q3) When a counselor is developing an understanding of the client's presenting concern,the description of the presenting concern should include all of the following EXCEPT:
A) the reason(s) each client states he/she is seeking counseling or has been referred.
B) one definition or description of the problem.
C) any information from the referring agent (teacher, doctor, psychiatrist, etc.) and his/her description of the problem.
D) descriptions of the attempted solutions and the outcome of these attempts.
Q4) How does a counselor utilize client strengths in the formation of a case conceptualization?
Q5) How does obtaining background information further the therapeutic work?
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