Helping Relationships NCE Practice Test

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• What is the Jungian goal of psychology, discovering your inner self?
• Which Adlerian technique invites the client to behave as the person they want to become to test possibilities?
• What strategic family therapy technique does this illustrate: "Research shows your wife is yelling at you because she loves you so much but feels foolish hugging you in that situation"?
• Which therapeutic approach emphasizes free will and personal responsibility?
• Which therapy is known for employing counter paradox as a core technique?
• Which Freudian concept refers to unconscious strategies that distort reality and protect against anxiety?
• Structural family therapy is most closely associated with which therapist?
• Who is the father of rational behavior therapy (RBT), emphasizing written self-analysis?
• Which family therapist introduced the idea of family legacy, a family ledger, and relational ethics?
• In Adlerian psychology, what term describes people's beliefs about themselves and others that are false?
• What term describes the feedback loop in which a person's behavior influences others who then influence the original person back?
• Client imagines a hypothetical situation that would cause extreme anxiety to get desensitized; created by Stampfl is known as what therapy?
• Which term describes a slip of the tongue as evidence of the unconscious?
• Which therapy posits that people operate from three ego states (Parent, Adult, Child) and analyzes life scripts and strokes?
• Milan concept that asks family not to change too quickly
• Which therapy is characterized by the client being the expert and the therapist as a collaborator emphasizing baby steps?
• In an alternate-term usage, which concept refers to the capacity for a family system to modify its organization in response to life changes?
• Which term refers to a slip of the tongue considered evidence of the unconscious?
• Who created a scale to measure counselor empathy?
• Which defense mechanism involves adopting others' values as your own?
• Which therapy is associated with Lazarus's BASIC ID and bridging to identify the dominant domain from which a client operates?
• Which Adlerian technique asks, 'How would your life be different if you were well?'
• In structural family therapy, what is the term for the map showing coalitions, boundaries, and alliances?
• In strategic therapy, which technique involves the therapist exaggerating the client's condition to provoke change (for example, telling the client they may never recover)?
• The intergenerational concept coined by Boszormenyi-Nagy that refers to expectations and loyalties passed down through generations is called what?
• Which therapy was developed by Viktor Frankl and centers on meaning and purpose?
• Cognitive therapy technique - interrupt a pattern of negative self-talk.
• Minuchin technique where counselor draws family's coalitions, boundaries, alliances
• Which therapy emphasizes rewriting self-narratives with thick descriptions to strengthen identity?
• Minuchin technique also called joining where counselor imitates the family's style
• Gestalt technique where the client is asked to act like a person they dislike.
• Which technique involves the therapist commanding a task to disrupt dysfunctional patterns (for example, stay home together for a day)?
• Which theory emphasizes focus on current interpersonal relationships and interactions?
• Which cognitive distortion involves catastrophizing or assuming the worst will happen?
• Which cognitive distortion is exemplified by focusing on a situation's worst potential outcome rather than considering other aspects?
• Which term describes randomly using many techniques without a plan to integrate them?
• Which set of techniques includes here and now, psychodrama, and the empty chair?
• What is the goal of Bowen's family systems therapy?
• Which therapy approach is most associated with prescribing sequences of actions to patients to disrupt problematic patterns?
• Does strategic therapy focus on causes or symptoms?
• In which therapy is the Miracle Question a core technique?
• Reality Therapy is also called choice theory; emphasizes personal responsibility and control over actions.
• Which concept emphasizes that reality is constructed by individuals and is not objective?
• Which defense mechanism channels an unacceptable impulse into a safe or socially acceptable outlet?
• In Jungian psychology, what term describes the process of integrating different aspects of the psyche to realize the true self?
• Which type of family therapy is linked to intergenerational perspectives?
• Which approach emphasizes resolving conflicts to strengthen the ego and is considered neo-Freudian?
• In Gestalt theory, what term describes the drive to maintain balance?
• What is the name of the wellness model based on Adler's theory that has 17 wellness dimensions?
• Cognitive therapy technique - practice using new thoughts.
• Who else besides Erickson and Haley is associated with strategic family therapy?
• Which therapy focuses on the organization of the family, subsystems, and boundaries, using structural maps, enactment, restructuring, and unbalancing?
• Which theory is associated with Self Psychology and emphasizes empathy and developmental needs?
• Which core for effective counseling includes expertise, attractiveness, and trustworthiness?
• Kohut's neo-Freudian view emphasized empathy over interpretation and linked problems to unsatisfied developmental needs. Which approach does this describe?
• In the WDEP system used in Reality Therapy, which component follows Doing?
• Which term describes a therapy approach that uses a variety of techniques from different theories?
• Which technique group includes exception questions, miracle questions, scaling questions, positive blame, and skeleton keys?
• Which therapy is known for its hypothesizing and positive connotation approach?
• Carl Rogers - therapeutic relationship more important than techniques - unconditional positive regard and empathy - reconcile ideal self with real self
• Which therapist is associated with the Human Validation Process Model (Conjoint Therapy) emphasizing congruent communication?
• Focus on clients' perception of event rather than event itself
• Behavioral technique where a child who throws a tantrum must put toys back and sweep the floor is called what?
• Which therapy centers on differentiating self from the family of origin and acknowledges parental anxiety projection onto children?
• Reality Therapy technique - Wants, Doing, Evaluation, Plan
• Which type of family therapy uses hypothesizing and positive connotation?
• In strategic therapy, which technique involves telling the family that change might not be advisable and outlining the negative consequences of changing?
• Which approach involves long-term, monthly sessions over about a year, with counselors working in teams and using counter paradox to avoid rapid change?
• Structural family therapy technique where family acts out a typical situation (like an instant replay)
• Which set of techniques includes circular questioning, hypothesizing, neutrality, and ritual prescription (paradoxical assignments)?
• Which therapist is best associated with structural family therapy?
• In transactional analysis, what term describes concealment of true ego state leading to 'games'?
• Which theory posits personality develops through early parent-child interactions and can involve splitting?
• Which Big Five trait is associated with being organized and reliable?
• Which theorist emphasizes improving family communication styles by identifying placaters, blamers, intellectualizers, and distracters to foster congruent communication?
• Which therapy uses BASIC ID and bridging to identify the client's operating domain?
• Which therapy uses the here-and-now focus and techniques like the empty chair?
• How many dimensions does the Indivisible Self wellness model have?
• In family dynamics, when two members coordinate against a third, what is this called?
• In multimodal therapy, which technique has the counselor identify the sequence of events in a stressful situation?
• Which term describes universal symbolic patterns inherent in the collective unconscious?
• Which family therapist's theory is sometimes referred to as intergenerational family therapy?
• Structural family therapy is best characterized by which practice that realigns subsystems and boundaries?
• Adlerian technique of taking the fun out of a problem behavior by explaining its payoffs and purposes is known as which technique?
• The Milan approach is characterized by hypothesizing and positive connotation. Which option list contains Milan as the second item?
• What is the major concept in family therapy that states everyone influences everyone else?
• Which cognitive distortion involves focusing only on the negative aspects of a situation?
• VRT, used for phobias and PTSD, stands for which therapy?
• Term coined by Adler, describing the feeling that you’re not as good as others?
• The term for expectations and loyalties passed down across generations in family therapy is called what?
• Carl Whitaker is associated with which approach that seeks balance between togetherness and independence and looks for hidden symbols?
• In Solution-Focused Brief Therapy, which type of client is considered better prepared for therapy than a visitor or complainant?
• Purging of emotion is referred to as what?
• Adlerian technique that teaches client to focus on positive thought to create positive emotion is known as which technique?
• Which therapy uses enactment as a technique to reveal interaction patterns and restructure family dynamics?
• Which cognitive distortion involves focusing on the negatives and ignoring positives?
• Adler believed personality is influenced by the number and order of siblings. Which psychologist is this associated with?
• Which Adlerian technique emphasizes explaining the payoffs of a problem behavior to reduce its appeal?
• Which concept refers to a subgroup of family members forming against another member?
• Which therapy is good for trauma, PTSD, and unprocessed memories and uses bilateral stimulation of the brain to process memories?
• In strategic family therapy, the concept "you treat others the way you are treated; give something in return for something else" is captured by which term?
• Which statement correctly matches a technique with its description?
• Which theory advocates viewing reality from the client's perspective, and includes brief therapy and narrative therapy?
• Which Jungian technique involves linking dream content to myths and fairy tales to find symbolic meaning?
• Which core for effective counseling includes empathy, positive regard, and genuineness?
• In strategic family therapy, what concept describes the mistaken belief that a person's statement is caused by what another person says?
• Stress Inoculation Therapy (SIT), developed by Meichenbaum, is a form of which overarching approach?
• In Solution-Focused Brief Therapy, which technique refers to something that has worked before and can be used in many situations?
• In transactional analysis, what is the term for a transaction in which both participants respond from the same ego state?
• What computerized simulation technique is being used as a promising treatment for phobias and PTSD?
• What type of therapy has the purpose of making the unconscious conscious?
• In transactional analysis, which term describes a transaction where both participants respond from the same ego state?
• Which term describes alliances formed to oppose another family member?
• Which TA transaction type describes people concealing their true ego state and is associated with games?
• Which term describes causes such as anxiety control, homework noncompliance, and negative social influence in therapy?
• Henry Stack Sullivan focused on current interactions and relationships, with less emphasis on past experiences. Which theorist is associated with this focus?
• Which theoretical group is described as being more concerned with social factors than Freud?
• Family therapists Framo and Skynner used what theoretical orientation?
• Which family model advocates having balance in cohesion and adaptability?
• Which theory or model emphasizes the analysis of multigenerational patterns in families?
• Which framework emphasizes viewing family relations as circular rather than linear and uses tools like genograms and detriangulation?
• Which technique involves prescribing the symptom, such as telling a client to cry all day?
• Which defense mechanism involves adopting someone else's values as your own?
• How many layers did Fritz Perls suggest must be pulled away to reach emotional stability?
• In multimodal therapy, which technique involves the counselor identifying the domain the client prefers and beginning in that domain?
• Behavioral technique described as reducing a behavior by removing positive reinforcement, used in token economies is called what?
• After Erickson, who carried on work with strategic family therapy and coined the term?
• Which approach is defined by the focus on family organization, including subsystems and boundaries, often using structural maps?
• Albert Ellis - rational and irrational beliefs produce emotion.
• The Circumplex Model assesses family functioning along two core dimensions. Which pair is typically used?
• Which of the following is a Big Five personality trait?
• Which therapy emphasizes the integration of mind and body and the experience of the whole person?
• Strategic family therapy is often linked to which institution?
• Which family therapist described "experience changes families" and used the psychology of the absurd?
• Which therapy uses hypothesizing and positive connotation as a hallmark?
• Which term describes the therapy approach that aims to alter interaction patterns by deliberate interventions rather than exploring psychodynamics?
• White and Epston are associated with which therapy that externalizes problems and seeks unique outcomes?
• In SFBT, which of the following is considered the most ready and engaged client compared with others?
• Which boundary type, according to Minuchin, allows some exchange between subsystems while maintaining separateness?
• Gestalt concept describing turning outward-directed energy inward toward oneself?
• Which kind of change is better in a family because it's a structural change - first-order or second-order?
• Glasser -also called choice theory - goal is to make choices that result in happy, positive life - people are in control of actions
• Who is associated with structural family therapy?
• In psychoanalytic theory, if you treat only symptoms and ignore the unconscious, what phenomenon may occur?
• Which strategic therapy technique requires performing a healthy behavior before an undesirable one, such as 'you must run on a treadmill before you can cry'?
• In Solution-Focused Brief Therapy, which technique refers to resources that have previously worked?
• Which Jungian technique involves comparing dreams to myth or fairy tale?
• Strategic family therapy technique where the counselor tells family what to do; "I want the entire family to stay home for one day"
• Dichotomous thinking is also known as all-or-nothing thinking.
• Victor Frankl's approach centers on the search for meaning to prevent existential vacuum. What is this therapy called?
• Which therapist is noted for introducing the concept of 'or deal' as a behavior-changing intervention?
• Which therapy involves externalizing problems, thick narratives, external witnesses, and therapeutic letters?
• Adlerian technique that encourages client to act like the person they hope to be someday is known as which technique?
• Which theorist developed Individual Psychology, defining health as possessing social interest and compassion for others?
• Which Jungian technique involves having clients talk to characters in their dreams?
• Which term describes when a client applies feelings about someone else to the therapist?
• Adlerian technique where you ask the client, 'How would your life be different if you were well?'
• Milan technique where one family member comments on other members
• What is the effect of reframing in family therapy?
• Gestalt term describing the act of doing something to yourself that you'd like to do to someone else.
• Relationship-building, action/intervention, termination are examples of what stage or concept in counseling?
• In transactional analysis, which type of transaction occurs when one person's ego state doesn't fit the other person's needs, such as a spouse seeking an adult interaction while the other acts like a playful kid?
• Who is associated with psychodynamic family counseling?
• Which defense mechanism is associated with Object Relations Theory, involving seeing others in all-or-nothing terms?
• Beck's approach posits emotions and behavior are caused by thoughts; the primary goal is to change automatic thoughts.
• Explication in Jungian therapy is best described as which of the following?
• Which Neo-Freudian described three modes of experience: protaxic, parataxic, and syntactic?
• Which Jungian technique helps clients find out why certain things were in their dreams?
• Which therapy is associated with changing behavior through quid pro quo, the redundancy principle, and debates on symmetrical versus complementary relationships?
• In family therapy, which boundary type is considered most effective, offering some permeability while maintaining structure?
• Which term describes acting in the opposite way to your true feelings?
• Which defense mechanism redirects an impulse to a safer target, such as kicking a dog when angry at the boss?
• Which defense mechanism channels an unconscious impulse into a socially acceptable activity?
• In family therapy, which term denotes an alliance among some members against a third member?
• Who is the father of rational behavior therapy (RBT)?
• Situation in a family where two members team up against a third
• In family therapy, the term for when some members align against another member is what?
• Which of the following is an example of distorted thinking?
• In Milan therapy, what term refers to asking family members about how their actions influence others in a circular fashion?
• What term describes a family system's capacity to maintain its given structure in the face of stress?
• What concept named for mathematician Wiener refers to families having feedback loops they use to self-correct their system?
• Which defense mechanism involves acting opposite of how you really feel?
• What term is associated with strategic family therapy and refers to a change in who's in control in the family?
• Templates for human thought and behavior - ex. persona, shadow, animus/anima are known as what?
• The Adlerian set of techniques including Encouragement, Acting 'as if', 'How would your life be different if you were well?', Spitting in the client's soup, Catching oneself, Pushbutton is associated with which approach?
• Which Adlerian technique is described as focusing on positive thought to create positive emotion?
• What is the central concept of Bowen's family systems therapy?
• Which of the following is NOT a Big Five trait?
• What Gestalt concept describes past events that continue to affect present experience?
• Concept in strategic family therapy; mistaken belief of people that what they say is caused by what another person says
• Whose personality theory led to the establishment of child guidance centers and inspired Dreikurs and Dinkmeyer to research children and parenting?
• Meichenbaum - Stress Inoculation Therapy (SIT) is a form of which therapy?
• What term refers to a family system's ability to alter its structure in response to stress?
• Strategic family therapy is often associated with which organization?
• What is the most important predictor of therapy success?