Regarding General Counseling Skills That You Can Use to Help

question 622

Multiple Choice

Regarding general counseling skills that you can use to help anyone in distress, which of the following statements is FALSE?

• A)Your efforts to help will be wasted if you fail to respect the privacy of someone who has confided in you.
• B)Remember that feelings are neither right nor wrong; and by focusing on them, you can encourage the outpouring of emotion that is the basis for catharsis.
• C)Listening patiently to people in distress lets them feel unhurried and encourages them to speak freely.
• D)When people tell you their problems, passing judgment on what is said helps people to be more objective and realistic about their problems.

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Definitions:

Strategic Contingencies

Critical factors affecting organizational effectiveness that are controlled by a key subunit.

Organizational Effectiveness

The degree to which an organization achieves its goals and objectives efficiently and effectively.

Subunit Power

The degree of power held by various organizational subunits, such as departments.

Contracted Out

The process of hiring external organizations or individuals to perform services or tasks rather than using in-house resources.