Question

    The goings-on in the consulting room have become more transparent (透明的) recently. Thank goodness. We know more than the lines supplied by the movies in which the therapist knows all and gives wisdom to those who, sitting on a couch, consult with them. Therapists are interested in how the individual, the couple or the family experiences and understands their difficulties. That has to be a starting place. We can be of value if our first port of call is to listen, to gradually feel ourselves into the shoes of the other, to absorb the feelings that are being conveyed and to think and then to say some words.

The thinking and talking that I do inside the consulting room is at odds with many features of ordinary conversation. Not that it is mysterious, but it isn’t concerned with traditional ways of sharing or identifying. The therapist makes patterns and theorizes, but they are also reflecting on the words that are spoken, how they are delivered and how the words, once spoken, affect the speaker and the therapist themselves.

Words can give voice to previously unknown feelings and thoughts. That’s why it’s called the talking cure. But just as words reveal so, too, can they obscure, and this gets us to the listening and feeling part of the therapy. Whatever and however the words are delivered, they will have an impact on me as a therapist. I might feel hopeless, I might feel energized, I might feel pushed away, I might feel demanded of, I might feel pulled to find solutions.

The influence of the other is what makes any relationship possible or impossible. A therapist is trained to reflect on how those who consult with them affect them. As I try to step into the shoes of the other and then out again, my effort is to hold both those experiences, plus an awareness of my ease or discomfort with what I encounter in the relationship.

Feelings are the bread and butter of our work in the consulting room. They inform or modify our ideas and they enable us to find an emotional bridge to what can so hurt for the people we are working with. Along with the more commonly thought-about theories and ideas we have about the psyche, they are an essential part of the therapist’s toolkit, certainly for me. The talking cure means talking, yes. It also means the therapist is listening, thinking and feeling.

1.The word “obscure” (paragraph 3) is closest in meaning to ________.

A. cancel B. clarify

C. confirm D. hide

2.Which of the following is the writer most likely to agree with?

A. Patients’influence has been neglected by therapists for too long a time.

B. Therapists need to think from their own perspectives as well as patients’.

C. It is no easy job for therapists to realize how uncomfortable their patients are.

D. Therapists had better push away those negative emotions acquired from patients.

3.Which of the following might be the best title of the passage?

A. Awareness of feelings

B. It’s good to talk and listen

C. Theories that help therapists

D. What is the point of being a therapist

Answer

1.D

2.B

3.B

【解析】

本文介绍了心理咨询师工作的谈话方式、咨询的环节以及咨询中很重要的一部分情绪管理。说明了心理咨询不仅仅是谈话治疗，很重要的是这个过程中咨询师在听、在想、在感受。

1.词义猜测题。划线单词所在句子句意：正如语言可以揭露心理一样，它也可以隐藏，这就进入到我们治疗的听和感受部分。解题思路有两个方向：①根据副词too，可知划线词汇与reveal（揭露，暴露）是反义词。②划线句子后半句（this gets us to the listening and feeling part of the therapy 这就进入到我们治疗的听和感受部分）是对obscure的进一步解释。进入到我们治疗的听和感受部分说明一部分信息被隐藏了需要咨询师去揣测。A. cancel取消； B. clarify澄清；C. confirm确认；D. hide隐藏。故D选项正确。

2.细节理解题。从文章第四段中的“As I try to step into the shoes of the other and then out again, my effort is to hold both those experiences”可知，作者提供咨询时需要先站在咨询者的立场去体会，再从咨询者的角色中走出来，他需要努力去平衡这两种经历。故B选项正确。

3.主旨大意题。从本文最后一句话“The talking cure means talking, yes. It also means the therapist is listening, thinking and feeling.”可知，作者想强调的观点是：谈话治疗不仅仅是谈话，更多是咨询师在听、思考和感受的环节。故B选项正确。