PASTORAL CRISIS COUNS
Test
Dr. James Gordon Psy.D, DTh, Dsw, Dsm (1V) PhD
Each question is multiple choice or true and false. Read each question carefully and choose the correct answer.
- Counselors are often called upon to be an integral part of the healing process after a traumatic event or disaster. Besides their love of others, what is necessary to becoming the spiritual backbone to recovery?
a. Experience on the front lines during a disaster or terrorist event
b. A degree in Pastoral Counseling and Psychology
c. The desire to do God’s work
d. To be a post 911 survivor - How would you describe a crisis?
a. Cognitive distortion
b. Cortical inhibition syndrome
c. Numbing down
d. All the above - A crisis may vary in nature and severity and the impact on a person’s physical, mental and spiritual well-being depends on:
a. The nature of the incident
b. The mental maturity of the person
c. The amount and type of intervention received
d. All of the above - Assessment functions pertain to physical needs and:
a. Spiritual concerns
b. Psychological needs
c. Monetary needs
d. Emotional needs - What is another definition of urgent and acute psychological support?
a. Crisis Intervention
b. Early intervention
c. Generic intervention
d. Emotional first aid - While Assessment, Spiritual intervention, religious intervention and psychological intervention are part of the crisis intervention element, what is another part of the element that depends on pastoral care intervention?
a. Liaison/Advocacy intervention
b. Critical Incident Stress Management
c. Psychological Counselor
d. The Observation processes - There are many forms of dependencies that a person may experience after a crisis situation. However, when a person has experienced vicious cycles of trauma early in life, what particular behavior is one of the hardest to treat?
a. Physical abuse
b. Mental abuse
c. Violence
d. The victim role - A crisis may occur as an unexpected sudden disaster, but it can be a predictable part of life’s cycle brought about by what?
a. Aging
b. Maturity
c. Progressive changes
d. Possessive actions - There is a difference between a disaster and a crisis and the two can be used interchangeably as they can be caused by difference circumstances, one can be caused by terrorism, nature or accidents, what is another cause?
a. Persons and organizations
b. Politics
c. Economics
d. Bio-chemical studies - There are the two historic roots of a crisis? The first is medical-natural-science tradition what is the second root?
a. Acute homeostasis
b. Unresolved belief
c. Potential deterioration
d. Dramaturgical - Each type of crisis starts with one thing, what is it?
a. Reaction
b. The call to 911
c. The precipitating events
d. A medical situation - The trauma’s impact on a person is determined by:
a. It’s cause and extent
b. The caused reaction
c. The precipitating events
d. The current mental psyche of the victim - When a person re-experiences, symptoms associated with a trauma it is a sign that the body and mind are actively struggling to cope with the traumatic experience.
a. True
b. False - When individuals experience feelings of insecurity, lack of personal control and alienation from others they are more likely to experience higher levels of:
a. Anger
b. Hostility
c. Depression
d. Guilt - Reactions and responses to stress are:
a. Normal
b. Individual
c. Abnormal
d. Environmental - It is abnormal for a person suffering from crisis related stress to take out his/her anger on perfect strangers.
a. True
b. False - The most common form of stress is:
a. Episodic Stress
b. Psychological Stress
c. Mental Stress
d. Acute Stress - What type of stress is more often the cause of physical disabilities?
a. Episodic Stress
b. Mental Stress
c. General Stress - Psychological trauma is a type of damage to the psyche that occurs as a result of a traumatic event.
a. True
b. False - There are different types of therapy used when considering a client’s needs, what is the type of therapy used when meeting once or twice a week?
a. Cognitive therapy
b. Psychoanalysis therapy
c. Conscientious therapy
d. Psychodynamic therapy - What type of therapy is used in relieving a wide range of fears, limiting beliefs, suffering du e to losses, and depression?
a. Cognitive Psychotherapy
b. Brief therapy
c. Traumatic Incident Reduction (TIR)
d. Desensitization therapy - When our beliefs have been challenged the relational dimension of our convictions and ideologies should include a relationship with who?
a. Jesus
b. God
c. Our pastor
d. Our family - When dealing with situations where interpretations of belief are substantiated during a crisis experience by interpretations of unbelief, we call this what?
a. Fundamental Belief
b. Negative conversion
c. Positive conversion
d. Stable unbelief - What is the third phase of assessment?
a. Development phase
b. Recovery intervention phase
c. Victimization phase
d. Resolve phase - Once assessment has been done, the next step is to develop what?
a. Directive for Counselors
b. Action plan
c. Calendar of events
d. Appointment schedule - During an assessment you must determine not only the impairment but the degree of impairment to the victim.
a. True
b. False - Religious elements of Pastoral Crisis Intervention is based upon specific religious doctrine, beliefs and scripture.
a. True
b. False - Another definition for liaison/advocacy during crisis intervention would be that of:
a. Good listener
b. Spiritual leader
c. Buffer or insulation
d. Ventilator - Caution should be taken when attempting crisis intervention. Why?
a. Permanent damage can result
b. Severe repercussions can occur
c. Liability reasons
d. All the above - Critical incident stress management is what type of intervention?
a. Long term
b. Short term
c. Informal
d. Formal - What is the primary purpose of CISM?
a. To determine the type of traumatic incident
b. To determine the mental status of the person
c. To determine the severity of the traumatic event
d. To determine necessary treatment - A licensed mental health counselor must be present during a defusing.
a. True
b. False - During a CISD, emotional responses should be given:
a. Objectively
b. Subjectively
c. Actively
d. Rapidly - All interventions are strictly confidential unless:
a. The person or persons are extremely upset
b. You feel the person or someone else is in danger
c. The person is suicidal
d. The person is unwilling to talk - What is the primary role of a Pastor during CISM?
a. To make sure no one gets angry
b. To bear a moral or spiritual perspective
c. To be a source for referrals
d. To enhance wholeness for victims - People who are volunteers, who have experience in CISM activities are known as:
a. Friends
b. Advocates
c. Peers
d. Mental health workers - A CISM defusing can be performed on scene.
a. True
b. False - Demobilization is generally used during a disaster or in a large scale catastrophic critical incident.
a. True
b. False - Demobilization should be applied immediately after personnel are released from the scene and before they return to normal duties.
a. True
b. False - Follow up services are extremely important to crisis counseling and should be mandatory.
a. True
b. False - What is another word for compassion fatigue?
a. Exhaustion
b. Mental aguish
c. Vicarious trauma
d. Psychological implosion - The definition of vicarious trauma is the state of tension and preoccupation with the individual or cumulative trauma of clients as manifested in one or more ways including re-experiencing the traumatic event, avoidance/numbing of reminders of the event and persistent arousal.
a. True
b. False - When a crisis care giver begins to feel apathetic about their work or patients and becomes preoccupied with the disease process, illness or trauma, it is considered to be:
a. Cognitive compassion fatigue
b. Emotional compassion fatigue
c. Physical compassion fatigue
d. Professional compassion fatigue - When a care giver becomes intolerant to others, it is considered to be:
a. Spiritual compassion fatigue
b. Cognitive compassion fatigue
c. Personal compassion fatigue
d. Spiritual compassion fatigue - It is extremely important to have a support system consisting only of your family or friends.
a. True
b. False - A person’s response to a crisis depends on:
a. The individual’s perception of the event
b. The support and willingness by family and friends
c. The availability of counsel
d. All of the above - A situational crisis occurs in response to a sudden unexpected event.
a. True
b. False - Making poor decisions is a symptom of an emotional crisis.
a. True
b. False - One common cause of chronic stress is bullying and harassment.
a. True
b. False - Trauma is most always thought of in negative terms, but it can have positive aspects when someone has overcome traumas and moved on to become inspirational figures. This type of growth is called posttraumatic growth.
a. True
b. False
