HSCO 506 Exam 4 Questions With Answers 2020/2021 - Liberty University

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HSCO 506 Exam 4 Questions with Answers • Question 1 4 out of 4 points It is important that counselors help clients overcome resistance to legitimate confession. Which of the following statements... does NOT fit with the lecture emphasis in that discussion? Selected Answer: A hesitancy to confess is rarely rooted in a wrong concept of God. Answers: A strong trust relationship and guarantee of confidentiality can help a client get beyond the fear of honest self-disclosure. A hesitancy to confess is rarely rooted in a wrong concept of God. Offering grace and hospitality can lay the foundation for honest confession. Some clients have experienced a lack of grace even in their churches. • Question 2 4 out of 4 points Based on McMinn’s counseling “map,” the lecture posed a series of questions to help a client identify where the client was in terms of self/need/relationship. What is a true statement from that discussion? Selected Answer: If clients hope that the counselor is the ultimate solution to their problems, this reveals what they believe about “need.” Answers: If clients hope that the counselor is the ultimate solution to their problems, this reveals what they believe about “need.” An addict who denies he/she has a problem indicates an accurate awareness of need. According to McMinn, a client who recognizes a need for relationship in the healing process would not be willing to be confronted. Honesty with friends and the counselor has little to do with an accurate selfawareness in McMinn’s map. • Question 3 4 out of 4 points McMinn (as reviewed in the lectures) describes several ways to confront sin in the life of a counselee. What factors should a counselor take into account before choosing one of the confrontation techniques? Selected Answer: Whether a trust relationship has been established between the counselor and client Answers: Whether a trust relationship has been established between the counselor and client Whether the client can pick up subtle clues Whether the client is good at analysis None of these are important since sin should immediately be confronted. • Question 4 4 out of 4 points The lectures talked about some important points with regard to confidentiality. What is a true statement from that discussion? Selected Answer: All of these points were discussed in the lecture. Answers: In couples counseling, it sometimes is appropriate to divulge “secret” information to the other spouse. There are times when confidentiality MUST be broken. A counselor needs to examine his/her own ability to hold information in confidence and problems in this area may indicate that the counseling profession is not a good fit for some counselors-in-training. All of these points were discussed in the lecture. • Question 5 4 out of 4 points Which statement below is true concerning the work of the Holy Spirit in counseling? Selected Answer: All the above Answers: Conviction, contrition, and repentance are gifts of God. Healing begins with the admission of powerlessness. We deal with the person in front of us; let God deal with the sin. All the above • Question 6 4 out of 4 points From McMinn’s discussion on confrontation during counseling (as reviewed in the lecture) what is a true statement? Selected Answer: Helping a client see potential outcomes to behavior (the concept of acherit) can be a legitimate form of confrontation. Answers: Simply remaining silent never works as a means of confronting wrong behavior. The same level of trust is necessary no matter what confrontation technique the counselor uses. Helping a client see potential outcomes to behavior (the concept of acherit) can be a legitimate form of confrontation. There is relatively little risk in just being “directly honest” with clients. • Question 7 4 out of 4 points The lecture explained how psychology would explain the “concept of sin.” What is a true statement from that discussion? Selected Answer: In psychology, the real problem is how one interprets or feels about a behavior, not the behavior itself. Answers: In the psychological perspective, guilt can be a helpful process. In psychology, the real problem is how one interprets or feels about a behavior, not the behavior itself. Psychologists would suggest to a client that there are universal absolutes with regard to behavior. According to psychology, counseling should help the client be more aware of how sin is a part of his/her problems. • Question 8 4 out of 4 points McMinn emphasizes that the counselor’s motivation needs to be examined as the counselor confronts the client. What is a true statement based on that discussion? Selected Answer: All of these are true. Answers: Counselors need to be very aware of why they respond to the client as they do. If a counselor is simply angry with the client, that may determine the way the counselor chooses to confront a client. When and how to confront should be determined by the “best interest” of the client at all times. All of these ar..................................................................continued [Show More]

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