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COUNSELING is a ______________done by a range of professionals - correct answer ✔✔activity
COUNSELING PSYCHOLOGY is the ____________ within psychology that includes the activity of
counseling - correct answer ✔✔field
Counseling involves a focus on __________ of individuals throughout the _____________ - correct
answer ✔✔development; lifespan
Counselors also focus on ____________ _____________ and ____________ of the client, their
environment/situation, career development, and individual development - correct answer ✔✔healthy
aspect; strengths
What do counselors help people with? - correct answer ✔✔physical, emotional, and mental disorders,
improve well-being, alleviate distress, and maladjustment, and resolve crises
********Name the 5 unifying themes of counseling psychology******** - correct answer ✔✔1. Focus
on INTACT PERSONALITIES
2. Emphasis on PERSON-ENVIRONMENT interactions
3. Emphasis on EDUCATIONAL AND CAREER development
4. Relatively BRIEF INTERVENTIONS
5. Focus on people's STRENGTHS and POSITIVE MENTAL HEALTH
What does a person-environment interaction mean? - correct answer ✔✔consider the role of the
environment in people's lives, recognize that when things go wrong they might not be our fault, but it is
not meant to excuse personal responsibility but acknowledge the environment
,What do some people call the heart of counseling psychology? - correct answer ✔✔educational and
career development
How many sessions are considered brief? - correct answer ✔✔3-12, creates the idea and the hope that
there will be some change and not have to wait years
What is considered long term therapy? - correct answer ✔✔three months to a year
Counseling psychology focuses on ______________ (health) rather than _______________ (sickness)
regardless of degree of disturbance - correct answer ✔✔hygiology; psychopathology
Is diagnosis the most important thing with counseling psychology? - correct answer ✔✔No, there is a
focus on optimism, assests, positive mental health, coping mechanisms, and belief in positive change
****What are the three central roles in counseling psychology?**** - correct answer ✔✔1. Remedial
2. Preventative
3. Educative-Development
Who are helped by remedial roles? - correct answer ✔✔individuals (depression), families
(communication), and groups (addictions)
What percent of counseling psychology is remedial? - correct answer ✔✔about 70%
What does primary prevention mean? - correct answer ✔✔to intervene in ways that can help prevent
problems before they occur
it involves building people up and give them an increased ability to "buffer" stress and problems that
face them as they grow
What does educative-development mean? - correct answer ✔✔-help people learn new life skills, just try
to educate without particular problems in mind
, On the counseling end... - correct answer ✔✔Development: clients tend to have problems with living,
focus on short term goals, include preventative approaches
On the psychotherapy end... - correct answer ✔✔Remediate: problems are more complex and may stem
from an underlying psychological disorder, focus on short and long term goals, settings include private
practice, hospitals, and mental health concerns
What are some professions that conduct counseling? - correct answer ✔✔counseling and clinical
psychology (Ph.D.), PsyD, Psychiatric Social Workers (MSW, LISW), Psychiatrists (MD's), Counseling/MH
Professionals (2 years master's)
What steps must you conduct with the state board of Psychology? - correct answer ✔✔licensing,
PhD/PsyD
must be supervised, pass a licensure exam with written and oral components, 1,500 hours of direct
experience before boards, take biennial CE and pay fees
What are the role of community psychologists? - correct answer ✔✔study the mental health
implications of poverty or racism,
focus on mental health and community settings, high burn out rate and do not get paid a lot for the
people and environment
What is the role of school psychologists? - correct answer ✔✔usually employed in K-12 setting, "triage",
most likely people to assess learning disabilities, ADHD, emotional and social problems
What is the role of an industrial-organizational psychologist? - correct answer ✔✔personnel selection
and training,
the client is the organization not the individual, help improve productivity and profits, help teams run
more smoothly
Compare a Ph.D. from a PsyD - correct answer ✔✔-PsyD is a "Dr. of Psychology" and is focused on
practice, rather than scholarship,follows a practitioner model rather than the scientist-practitioner
model, almost all in clinical psych
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