Counseling Theory - Chapter 6

Question	Answer
When a client is describing an intense emotional experience and reports feeling very angry but smiles while telling the story, a person-centered counselor might use which intervention to address discrepancies in the client’s presentation?	Confrontation
When a person-centered counselor focuses on the process in counseling, this means what?	The counselor focuses on how the client interacts with self and others
When a counselor asks, “Can you say more about what you mean by feeling angry?” This is an example of what type of question?	Clarifying
Phenomenology is the study of the internal, subjective world. What person-centered intervention is most important for attending this internal world of clients?	Listening
Which of the following is the overarching goal in person-centered counseling?	Self actualization
In person-centered counseling the focus of the approach is on?	How things happen
Person-centered counselors view what as the primary vehicle for change?	The counseling relationship
What is the fundamental instrument of change in person-centered counseling?	The counselor
Humanistic counseling approaches are grounded in a type of philosophy that examines a person’s subjective inner reality. This is known as what?	Phenomenological philosophy

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