River Of Life Professional Counseling
Professionally and Ethically Sound Christian Psychotherapy 20202022
Disclaimer
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Welcome to the test for the home study program entitled "Assessment and Clinical Counseling for Christian and Spirituality-Based Clients." By taking this test you are stating that you are the person whose name and address are listed in the demographics section of this test. Note: This test will only be valid for CEUs if you have already listened to and or watched the audios and videos that go with this seminar, have preregistered for the seminar with River of Life Professional Counseling, and have paid in full the home study seminar fee already. If the aforementioned are all true and understood and agreed to please continue with the test. Your results from this true/false test will immediately be sent to River of Life Professional Counseling LLC. You can expect your CEU certificate in typically about 2 weeks from receipt of the test.
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Questions (1-5)
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1) Even if a clinical approach incorporates a client’s faith it must be ethically sound.-
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2) Being multiculturally competent includes being sensitive to a client’s religious and spiritual worldviews.
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3) Spirituality is linked to meaning making which is a central issue for many clients in counseling.
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4) Counseling concepts like grace, unconditional positive regard, and forgiveness are just a few of the issues that may touch on a client’s spiritual beliefs.
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5) Understanding a client’s operational definitions of God, church, forgiveness, mercy, justice and other concepts are important.
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Questions (6-10)
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6) Another term which can be used for psychotherapy is ministry.
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7) Therapists may counsel clients to think twice about their spiritual practices if they don’t agree with them.-
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8) Psychosocial assessment should not neglect to assess a client’s spiritual narrative and journey if that is significant for the client.
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9) It is important to inquire as to what Christian counseling means to a given client if they are requesting that.-
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10) A therapist should not necessarily assume that being spiritual means that a client is more or less involved in certain religious rituals, services, or outreach activities.
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Questions (11-15)
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11) There are actually standardized measures available that can measure various religious or spiritual dimensions.
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12) Higher levels of spiritual differentiation really do not make a difference.
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13) A therapist cannot possibly counsel someone who has different spiritual beliefs than their own.
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14) Most people go through a time in life of critical evaluation and examination of their faith before coming to a sense of internalized values and beliefs about their spirituality.
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15) A sense of fulfillment and purpose are spiritual questions most people at some time struggle with.-
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Questions (16-20)
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16) Assessing the images, values, rituals and behaviors which represent God is important for spirituality based therapy to be effective.-
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17) Christians struggle with many of the same irrational thoughts as anyone else.
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18) Rational Christian therapy is a variation of CBT which Christians have found particularly helpful in combining their worldview with practical clinical technique.-
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19) Obtaining release of consent forms to consult with religious leaders in the community can assist therapists in developing competency when counseling clients
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20) One helpful concept for those requesting Christian psychotherapy is seeing clients in a collaborative partnership with God toward making healthy changes for a better future.-
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Questions (21-25)
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21) Group therapy mirrors many concepts consistent with Christianity such as grace, safety, vulnerability, responsibility, forgiveness.
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22) It is perfectly fine for a therapist to use the therapy session to disciple clients into his or her religion or church.-
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23) Clients find that professional Christian counseling helps in terms of instilling hope, increasing their insight, establishing a sense of connection, and reframing perspective on things.-
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24) Spiritual interventions may be used when a therapist is unsure how to approach a situation clinically.-
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25) It is our obligation as therapists to obtain any education to become competent in areas we claim are our scope of practice.-
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Questions (26-30)
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26) If a church or religious group is paying to assist a client with the cost of sessions we are mandated to disclose the clinical details of therapy to them
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27) Forgiveness means there has to be restoration of relationship in the end.
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28) Genuine forgiveness involves a difficult series of exchanges between the offender and offended including perspective taking, communication, sincere apology, and making amends.
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29) Humility is one of the crucial aspects in granting another person forgiveness because with humility we all realize that as some level we to have been forgiven for offenses.-
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30) Compensation means that the offender is willing to show concrete behaviors which make amends to promote the ongoing repair of the relationship.
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