Chapter 16: The Good Counselor

Test Bank

Multiple Choice

1. No one is issue-free. It is important to have ______ inside and outside of the treatment center.

A. sponsorship

B. personal space

C. supervision

D. a support network

Learning Objective: 16-2: Understand that good counselors do not become overly involved.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Good Counselors Do Not Become Overly Involved

Difficulty Level: Medium

2. A caring counselor will ______.

A. hammer their clients but not enough to deeply hurt them

B. praise clients for strength not just focus on their weaknesses

C. consistently confront faults especially early in treatment

D. extend their own morals and beliefs onto clients

Learning Objective: 16-1: Describe a good, caring counselor who loves their work.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Good Counselors Are Caring

Difficulty Level: Medium

3. Which of the following statements are true?

A. A good counselor will sometimes lie.

B. Without trust, love cannot occur.

C. Often a counselor will make up a story but only when it will clinically benefit the client.

D. Without trust, good treatment is impossible.

Learning Objective: 16-3: Discuss that counselors do not lie.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Good Counselors Do Not Lie

Difficulty Level: Medium

4. Good counselors make their clients feel ______.

A. better

B. their feelings

C. understood

D. grief

Learning Objective: 16-6: Discuss how good counselors are also active listeners, who do not talk too much.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Good Counselors Are Active Listeners

Difficulty Level: Easy

5. A common mistake for new counselors is to ______.

A. talk too much

B. let silence linger

C. actively listen

D. get guidance from peers

Learning Objective: 16-6: Discuss how good counselors are also active listeners, who do not talk too much.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Good Counselors Do Not Talk Too Much

Difficulty Level: Easy

6. Active listening ______.

A. involves knowing when to speak

B. involves knowing when to really focus on what clients are saying

C. allows clients to feel that they can just sit and be quiet if they want to

D. involves pulling the truth out of the client by asking probing questions

Learning Objective: 16-6: Discuss how good counselors are also active listeners, who do not talk too much.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Good Counselors Are Active Listeners

Difficulty Level: Medium

7. Good counselors know who they are as people and will not allow others to violate ______.

A. rules

B. laws

C. their boundaries

D. procedures

Learning Objective: 16-7: Summarize the boundaries that good counselors maintain.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Good Counselors Maintain Boundaries

Difficulty Level: Easy

8. Which of the following would be considered crossing a boundary?

A. keeping your relationships with your clients professionals

B. becoming involved in business dealings with clients

C. relaxing and enjoying your role as the counselor

D. using the techniques you have learned through professional training

Learning Objective: 16-7: Summarize the boundaries that good counselors maintain.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Good Counselors Maintain Boundaries

Difficulty Level: Easy

9. Good counselors are ______.

A. client-centered

B. counselor-centered

C. program-centered

D. 12-step-centered

Learning Objective: 16-8: Describe how good counselors are able to stay client-centered.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Good Counselors Are Client-Centered

Difficulty Level: Easy

10. If clients have roadblocks to learning, you should ______.

A. repeat the assignment

B. refer them to an academic advisor

C. do something different to make the program more understandable

D. keep pushing, they will eventually get it

Learning Objective: 16-8: Describe how good counselors are able to stay client-centered.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Good Counselors Are Client-Centered

Difficulty Level: Medium

11. Effective relationship skills include which of the following?

A. manipulating only to get good clinical outcomes

B. helping clients work through transference

C. telling people what to think

D. assertiveness and aggressiveness

Learning Objective: 16-9: Discuss the relationship skills that good counselors have.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Good Counselors Have Effective Relationship Skills

Difficulty Level: Medium

12. The NAADAC is the ______.

A. National Academy of Alcohol and Drug Abuse Counselors

B. National Association of Alcohol and Drug Abuse Counselors

C. Nondenominational Alliance and Advocacy for Drug and Alcohol Counselors

D. National Alcoholic Anonymous endorsed Drug and Alcohol Counselor

Learning Objective: 16-10: List the ethical principles that good counselors maintain.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Good Counselors Have a Sound Code of Ethics

Difficulty Level: Easy

13. NAADAC has published a list of ______ ethical principles.

A. 6

B. 12

C. 24

D. 35

Learning Objective: 16-10: List the ethical principles that good counselors maintain.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Good Counselors Have a Sound Code of Ethics

Difficulty Level: Easy

14. You should always accurately represent your ______.

A. finances

B. age

C. relationships

D. experience

Learning Objective: 16-10: List the ethical principles that good counselors maintain.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Good Counselors Have a Sound Code of Ethics

Difficulty Level: Easy

True/False

1. Sometimes, clients can actually meet a good counselor’s needs.

Learning Objective: 16-2: Understand that good counselors do not become overly involved.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Good Counselors Do Not Become Overly Involved

Difficulty Level: Medium

2. On occasion, but rarely, a good counselor may have to lie.

Learning Objective: 16-3: Discuss that counselors do not lie.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Good Counselors Do Not Lie

Difficulty Level: Easy

3. Good counselors spend some quality time alone.

Learning Objective: 16-4: Recognize that good counselors are gentle, like themselves, are supersensitive, and have a sixth sense.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Good Counselors Like Themselves

Difficulty Level: Easy

4. You should only use techniques you have learned through education, training, or experience.

Learning Objective: 16-7: Summarize the boundaries that good counselors maintain.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Good Counselors Maintain Boundaries

Difficulty Level: Easy

5. You should inform clients of the legal limits of confidentiality law.

Learning Objective: 16-10: List the ethical principles that good counselors maintain.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Good Counselors Have a Sound Code of Ethics

Difficulty Level: Medium

Short Answer

1. What are professional boundaries?

Learning Objective: 16-10: Summarize the boundaries that good counselors maintain.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Good Counselors Maintain Boundaries

Difficulty Level: Medium

2. The chapter discusses client-centered practice. What is this? How is it different from counselor-based practice?

Learning Objective: 16-8: Describe how good counselors are able to stay client-centered.

Cognitive Domain: Analysis

Answer Location: Good Counselors Are Client-Centered

Difficulty Level: Medium

3. What are some methods that help insulate a good counselor from getting overly involved?

Learning Objective: 16-2: Understand that good counselors do not become overly involved.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Good Counselors Do Not Become Overly Involved

Difficulty Level: Medium

4. Why should a good counselor never lie?

Learning Objective: 16-3: Discuss that counselors do not lie.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Good Counselors Do Not Lie

Difficulty Level: Medium

5. Why is it important for a counselor to like themselves?

Learning Objective: 16-4: Recognize that good counselors are gentle, like themselves, are supersensitive, and have a sixth sense.

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Good Counselors Like Themselves

Difficulty Level: Hard