OHIO Course Questions - Samrudhi Inc. Presents: Mindfulness and the Art of Letting Go

OHIO PARTICIPANTS ONLY WHO VIEW THE PRE-RECORDED WEBINAR - The State of Ohio Counselor, Social Worker and Marriage & Family Therapist Board requires each participant to answer the following 30 questions with a minimum of 23 correct answers out of 30 questions, for a passing grade of 75%. This will ensure your receipt of your CE certificate. We will notify you of your score via email ASAP, or within approximately 3 business days, and if necessary, you can retake the quiz.

IN ADDITION TO THIS QUESTIONNAIRE, you will need to complete the course evaluation which is required by the licensing board. The course evaluation is separate from this questionnaire. All feedback is welcomed. Please enter your full name and phone number as it appears on your license.

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* 1. Name

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* 2. Phone Number

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* 3. The approach taken in this workshop is that of exploring and looking more deeply an individual’s:

Everyday experience

Stress and Emotions

Thoughts

All of the above

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* 4. The word “mindfulness” come from a translation of the word “sati,” a word from the Pali language of ancient India that can be translated as

Awareness

Thought

Present moment awareness

A and C

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* 5. If you are not aware of thoughts going on in your mind from moment to moment……then you will have minimal or no awareness of what is moving you in a given direction at any given time and will not know why you’re feeling “stressed” or just “down.”

True

False

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* 6. The Rocket Science diagram helps the client to:

Appreciate the benefit of the relationship of science and mindfulness

Depicts the benefits of mindfulness in relation to forgiveness

Depicts the benefits choosing a positive thought over a negative thought

None of the above

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* 7. Taken from one of the evidenced-based research studies, a mental-set is:

A confusing view point that limits your emotional response

Type of fixed thinking can make it difficult to come up with solutions, i.e., fixed thinking

Being uncertain on how to proceed with your life

All of the above

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* 8. Regarding the nature of the mind, the primary tasks of the mind is to have, what the instructor refers to, as “thought images” or the “inner voice” going on in your head.

True

False

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* 9. According to this instructor, when attempting to feel your breath coming in through your nose, the best approach to addressing your thoughts in the process is:

Don’t do anything with your thoughts

Don’t attempt to stop them

Don’t attempt to stop, control, or struggle with your thoughts …

As a thought or thoughts emerge, practice refocusing back to your breath

C and D

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* 10. When dealing with clients, or those whose who have experienced trauma, asking permission places them in a position of having a choice, and with that, comes the other four principles of trauma informed care:

Empowerment, safety, empowerment, and collaboration

Empowerment, being affirmed, trust, and collaboration

Empowerment, safety, trust, and collaboration

Empowerment, safety, and collaboration

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* 11. Resistance acts as a defense mechanism, but also allows the client to feel

Safe, protected, and in control

Safe and protected

Safe

None of the Above

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* 12. According to this instructor, here is a list of different ways to describe mindfulness…while you go through your moment to moment experience of everyday life:

Paying attention

Being conscious, or, being aware

Being aware of being focused

Being conscious of being aware

All the above

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* 13. As described in this presentation, the opposite of Mindfulness is:

Confusion

Apathy

Autopilot

Resistance

None of the above

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* 14. In this presentation, according to Jon Kabat-Zinn, there are seven primary attitudes to incorporate into your daily practice of mindfulness: beginner's mind, non-striving, trust, acceptance, letting go, patience, and empathy.

True

False

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* 15. Heartfelt Invocations are intended to:

Help the client explore deeper therapeutic issues by creating new positive beliefs

Addresses their confusion

Are intended to be more effective than affirmations

A and C

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* 16. Which description below best describes “non-judging:”

Notice them and don’t find a reason to react to your own reaction.

It’s ok to have some judgments and if you can’t let them go, it’s ok.

Don’t add more fuel to the process if you do have judgments

Just let go of judgments – “It is what it is.”

A, C and D

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* 17. In response to the question, “What do you do with thoughts?” The instructor suggests, just feel your breath. But you should attempt to: get rid of your thoughts, or stop your thoughts, or push them away, or control your thoughts.

True

False

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* 18. When consciously feeling your breath coming in and out of your nose, Thich Nhat Hanh suggested, while inhaling, you may wish to repeat the following word(s):

When breathing in, “I’m breathing in.” And on the exhalation, “I’m breathing out.”

When breathing in, “Just relax and breathe in” – when breathing out, “relax and breathe out”

"Breathe"

None of the above

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* 19. A term used in some researched based studies on mindfulness is, “dispositional mindfulness.” This refers to:

Paying attention to thoughts and emotions

Paying attention

Paying attention to thoughts

Paying attention to emotions

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* 20. The “Threeee-way” Conversation is a great illustration of how challenging it can be to:

Be here in the present to this moment

Be listening to your client

Be listening to your client while you are also entertaining other thought images about other things…and listening to the inner voice in your head

All of the above

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* 21. Regarding the clinical implications for the therapist regarding the “Threeee-way” conversation: This example challenges the practitioner to be more disciplined in how they manage their thoughts, not just in session with a client, but throughout the entire day.

True

False

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* 22. Summary Details about the Observer: According to this instructor, which of the following statements is true?

The Observer doesn’t judge, talk, or make comments. Observer watches the thoughts.

The mind listens to the comments and offers the commentary.

The Observer is always silent.

The Observer doesn’t do the thinking – that is what your mind is doing. The mind is producing images while the Observes and Listens.

A, C and D

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* 23. Being the Observer allows for a healthy distancing from our thoughts.

True

False

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* 24. Regarding negative feelings versus negative emotions, when it comes to identifying the 3 primary emotions, they are:

Anxiety, sadness, anger

Fear, sadness, frustration

Anxiety, tears, anger

Fear, sadness, anger

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* 25. According to this instructor, stress involves one or all of these components:

The resistance that almost spontaneously emerges.

The emotional upset (fear, sadness, anger) you are experiencing internally is from "somewhere" in your past.

Not adequately releasing the emotional upset perpetuates the “stress” experience.

All of the above

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* 26. Your experience of what you describe as “stress” is a symptom of the intensity of what you are experiencing emotionally - inside of you - in response to the stressful encounter.

True

False

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* 27. (Identify the answer below that best completes this statement.) The symptoms of stress (which results from resistance to the emotional pain) creates pressure on the physiology, commonly referred to as “Stress.” As a result of this pressure:

Individuals feel stressed and discussed how “stressed” they are

People have a difficult time with the symptoms of stress.

It’s the resistance to buried emotions surfacing - Not Stress - that results in many of the symptoms we attribute to stress.

None of the above

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* 28. Regarding potential risks and/or downfalls of mindfulness, the primary point researchers make is that: participants should be evaluated carefully for utilizing mindfulness as a practice. The suggestion the instructor makes is to walk your client through the skills:

One at a time

Carefully and slowly over a period of time, if necessary

If all they can do is practice breathing as a routine, that is sufficient

All of the above

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* 29. Maintaining an awareness of the present moment enhances the practitioner’s ability for self-assessment and self-awareness

True

False

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* 30. (According to the content presented by the instructor, identify the answer below that best completes the following statement.) Stress and the role of Rumination: What is rumination? Rumination is a symptom of going over the same thing in your head - over and over because:

You don’t know how to proceed with your life.

You’re either anxious, fearful, angry, sad or emotionally upset about something and have not adequately released the emotional upset.

You have not had an opportunity to speak to the person who has upset you.

A, B, and C

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* 31. A specific slide that is repeatedly used throughout the webinar to help you launch your mindfulness practice is:

Stress is a symptom.

The importance of paying attention.

Are you Consciously Breathing right now?

None of the above

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* 32. One of the primary sources of stress are the repressed/suppressed emotions an individual holds inside.

True

False