Coun 601 Hope Focused Review Questions
PART ONE -- THEORY Chapter 1: Brief Marital Counseling (p 17-27)
1. The success rate for marital counseling is better if
a. only one partner seeks counseling. b. each partner goes to separate counselors. c. the couple is counseled together. d. the couple is counseled separately by the same counselor.
Chapter 2: Bird’s-Eye View of Hope-Focused Marriage Counseling (p 28-44) 2. “Waitpower” is
a. having good communication skills. b. having strong motivation. c. persevering with God’s help even when change is not happening. d. knowing how to solve a marital problem.
Chapter 3: Using the Strategy to Promote Hope (p 45-58)
3. In the author’s view, the primary cause of marital problems is
a. a loss of love. b. financial problems. c. parenting struggles. d. job stress.
4. Marital researcher John Gottman has determined that marriages suffer drastically when the ratio of positive to negative interactions drops below
a. fifty-fifty. b. five positives to one negative. c. three positives to one negative. d. two positives to one negative.
5. To help reduce resistance, the author encourages counselors to
a. pursue a client who is an emotional distancer. b. interpret clients’ motives. c. use paradoxical directives. d. use statements which presuppose hopeful outcomes.
PART TWO -- INTERVENTIONS Chapter 5: Precounseling Interventions (p 75-83)
6. In Table 5.2, the author’s pamphlet describing hope-focused marriage counseling, he advises the couple to do all of the following EXCEPT
a. regain a willingness to work on the marriage. b. help your partner change his/her behavior. c. focus on the good things and temporarily ignore the failures. d. increase efforts to value one another.
Chapter 6: Assessment Interventions (p 84-100)
7. According to Table 6.3, which of the following decreases the likelihood of successful marriage counseling?
a. a couple who has children in the home. b. a couple who has been married
1. The success rate for marital counseling is better if
a. only one partner seeks counseling. b. each partner goes to separate counselors. c. the couple is counseled together. d. the couple is counseled separately by the same counselor.
Chapter 2: Bird’s-Eye View of Hope-Focused Marriage Counseling (p 28-44) 2. “Waitpower” is
a. having good communication skills. b. having strong motivation. c. persevering with God’s help even when change is not happening. d. knowing how to solve a marital problem.
Chapter 3: Using the Strategy to Promote Hope (p 45-58)
3. In the author’s view, the primary cause of marital problems is
a. a loss of love. b. financial problems. c. parenting struggles. d. job stress.
4. Marital researcher John Gottman has determined that marriages suffer drastically when the ratio of positive to negative interactions drops below
a. fifty-fifty. b. five positives to one negative. c. three positives to one negative. d. two positives to one negative.
5. To help reduce resistance, the author encourages counselors to
a. pursue a client who is an emotional distancer. b. interpret clients’ motives. c. use paradoxical directives. d. use statements which presuppose hopeful outcomes.
PART TWO -- INTERVENTIONS Chapter 5: Precounseling Interventions (p 75-83)
6. In Table 5.2, the author’s pamphlet describing hope-focused marriage counseling, he advises the couple to do all of the following EXCEPT
a. regain a willingness to work on the marriage. b. help your partner change his/her behavior. c. focus on the good things and temporarily ignore the failures. d. increase efforts to value one another.
Chapter 6: Assessment Interventions (p 84-100)
7. According to Table 6.3, which of the following decreases the likelihood of successful marriage counseling?
a. a couple who has children in the home. b. a couple who has been married