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National Counselor Examination Questions 41–45 (page: 10)

Updated On: 9-Feb-2026

Talking about difficulties to purge them is a curative process known as:

  1. Catharsis
  2. Problem solving
  3. Release
  4. Sounding off

Answer(s): A

Explanation:

While Aristotle was the first to describe catharsis, it was the psychoanalyst Josef Breuer who first used it as a technique. He found that while recalling traumatic experiences under hypnosis, his clients experienced relief after expressing the repressed emotions.



Who developed the technique of paradoxical intention?

  1. Wolpe
  2. Super
  3. Frankl
  4. Jung

Answer(s): C

Explanation:

Victor Frankl developed the technique of paradoxical intention and used it with clients who had severe anxiety. Systematic desensitization is a behavioral therapy technique developed by Wolpe to help clients overcome phobias.



Which person is associated with the beginning of the guidance movement?

  1. Adler
  2. Parsons
  3. Freud
  4. Ellis

Answer(s): B

Explanation:

Frank Parsons is known as the founder of the guidance movement. His talent matching approach was later developed into the Trait and Factor Theory of Occupational Choice. Adler was the founder of individual psychology, Freud was the founder of psychoanalysis, and Ellis was the founder of rational emotive behavior therapy.



The archetype of the "Shadow" encompasses which of the following?

  1. All that is evil
  2. Everything that is wrong with a person
  3. All of the things about a person that he or she will not acknowledge
  4. None of the above

Answer(s): C

Explanation:

Carl Jung believed the ג€Shadowג€ represented the dark side of someone's personality.



A counselor that decides his consultancy fee job-by-job instead of setting a standard rate is using a variable-ratio reinforcement schedule.

  1. True
  2. False

Answer(s): A

Explanation:

A variable ratio schedule is when a reward occurs after an unpredictable amount of responses and typically provides a high rate of response. The counselor's rate is unpredictable from one job to the next. A fixed ratio schedule occurs when a response is reinforced after a set number of responses. Fixed interval schedules reinforce the response only after a certain amount of time has passed. Variable interval schedules reinforce the response after an unpredictable amount of time has gone by.



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