LPC Study Guide 2026
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✍️ Sample LPC Questions & Answers
1. Which of the subsequent describes a negative symptom of schizophrenia?
Sharp or flat affect, lack of energy and passivity (anergia), lack of motivation and inability to initiate tasks (avolition), poor speech production and content, and sudden disruptions in speech and thought patterns, such as the client stopping speaking in the middle of an idea or losing track of what they were saying (thought stopping), are some of the negative symptoms linked to schizophrenia. Negative symptoms cause the client to struggle with communication and decision-making, which hinders social functioning and the capacity to hold down a job.
2. Informed consent in counseling must typically cover all of the following EXCEPT:
Counselors are not ethically required to disclose a suspected diagnosis prior to formal assessment; informed consent focuses on the nature of services, not tentative diagnoses.
3. The 'empty chair' technique in Gestalt therapy is primarily used to:
The empty chair technique allows clients to engage in dialogue with an absent person or a disowned part of themselves, facilitating expression of unexpressed feelings and unresolved conflicts.
4. When a counselor attributes a client of color's distrust of the counseling system to pathological interpersonal difficulties rather than to historical experiences of racism, this exemplifies:
Confusing 'healthy cultural paranoia' (a realistic response to racism and institutional mistreatment) with pathological distrust represents a diagnostic error rooted in cultural insensitivity.
5. Which of the following represents a Type II error in hypothesis testing?
A Type II error (false negative) occurs when a researcher fails to reject a null hypothesis that is actually false, often due to insufficient statistical power.
6. Which assessment approach involves gathering information from multiple sources such as interviews, standardized tests, and behavioral observations?
Multimodal assessment gathers data from multiple sources and methods to provide a comprehensive and well-rounded picture of a client's functioning.
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