Counseling Theories & Techniques Flashcards
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Which concept from attachment theory is MOST relevant when a SAC counselor considers how a student's early relationships with caregivers affect current peer relationships?
Answer: Internal working models
Bowlby proposed that early attachment relationships create internal working models — mental representations of self and others — that guide future relationship expectations and behaviors.
A SAC counselor assigns a student to keep a daily log of situations that trigger urges to use substances, noting thoughts and feelings at each instance. This technique is called:
Answer: Self-monitoring
Self-monitoring involves clients systematically recording their own behaviors, thoughts, and feelings to increase self-awareness and identify patterns or triggers.
According to Erikson's psychosocial theory, an adolescent who fails to resolve the identity vs. role confusion stage may experience:
Answer: Role confusion and an unstable sense of self
Erikson's Stage 5 (Identity vs. Role Confusion) occurs during adolescence; failure to establish a coherent identity results in role confusion and difficulty forming a stable self-concept.
In Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), the concept of 'radical acceptance' involves:
Answer: Completely accepting reality as it is without judgment or resistance
Radical acceptance is a DBT distress tolerance skill that involves fully acknowledging reality without judgment, which reduces suffering caused by resisting what cannot be changed.
A counselor notices that a student always blames teachers for their problems and never acknowledges personal responsibility. A counselor using an existential approach would most likely address this through:
Answer: Helping the student confront their freedom and responsibility for choices
Existential therapy emphasizes personal freedom and responsibility, confronting clients who avoid owning their choices and the consequences of their actions.
When a counselor uses 'reframing,' they are:
Answer: Changing the conceptual context of an event to alter its meaning
Reframing offers a different, often more positive or neutral perspective on a situation, changing its meaning without changing the facts of the situation.
In the ABC model of REBT, what does 'B' represent?
Answer: The belief (rational or irrational) about the activating event
In Ellis's ABC model, A=Activating event, B=Beliefs about the event (rational or irrational), and C=emotional and behavioral Consequences resulting from those beliefs.