COUN 502 Final Exam Questions and Correct Verified Answers
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Course
COUC
Institution
COUC
Crisis
-perception of an event as an intolerable difficulty that exceeds resources and/or
coping mechanisms
-state of disorganization, people face frustration of life goals
-critical phase when ways of dealing with the world are interrupted
-Precipitating event, perception of the event th...
COUN 502 Final Exam Questions and
Correct Verified Answers
Crisis
✓ -perception of an event as an intolerable difficulty that exceeds resources and/or
coping mechanisms
✓ -state of disorganization, people face frustration of life goals
✓ -critical phase when ways of dealing with the world are interrupted
✓ -Precipitating event, perception of the event that leads to subjective distress,
diminished functioning when distress is not alleviated by customary resources
Double ABCX Model of a Crisis
✓ A: crisis depending on resources
✓ B: perception
✓ C: individual/family and degree of stress
✓ X: from low to high generated by event/situation
4 groups of crises
✓ 1. developmental crisis
✓ 2.situational crisis
✓ 3. existential crisis
✓ 4. ecosystemic crisis
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Developmental Crises
✓ -occur during normal flow of human growth and maturation
✓ -when child leaves home, retirement, teen pregnancy, early/delayed puberty
Situational Crises
✓ -Occur when unexpected, extraordinary event occurs that the person could not
control
✓ -car accident, job loss, death of a loved one, illness, rape
Existential Crises
✓ -intensive, pervasive inner conflict and anxiety associated with existential issues
of purpose, meaning, responsibility
✓ -will not have children, will never get married, will not make a difference in their
career field
Ecosystemic Crises
✓ -natural or human-caused disasters
✓ -terrorist attacks, school shootings, persecution of particular populations, war
✓ time-limited treatment directed at reactions to a specific event in order to help
client return to pre-crisis level of functioning
Goals of Crisis Management
✓ -help clients diffuse emotions
✓ -rearrange cognitive processes
✓ -organize and interpret what has happened
✓ -integrate traumatic event into his/her life story
✓ -interpret traumatic event in a way that is meaningful
Duration of crisis mangement
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✓ no more than 6 weeks
3 counselor functions
✓ 1. assessment
✓ 2. listening
✓ 3. acting
Equilibrium
✓ state of emotional mental stability and balance
Disequilibrium
✓ lack of emotional stability or balance
Mobility
✓ state of being able to autonomously change or cope in response to different
moods, feelings, emotions, needs, and influences
Immobility
✓ state of being incapable of change or coping in response to different moods,
feelings, emotions, needs, and influences. Being unable to adapt to the
immediate physical and social world
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