What term best fits the description: 'a set of interrelated skills used to achieve three overarching goals'?

• A. Intake
• B. Basic Listening Sequence
• C. Rapport
• D. Verbal underlining

Answer: (B)

The idea being tested is a structured, interactive set of listening skills designed to move a counseling session toward specific outcomes. The Basic Listening Sequence fits this description because it combines attending, following, reflecting, and summarizing in a deliberate sequence. Those interrelated skills work together to achieve three broad goals: first, establishing a trusting working relationship with the client; second, clarifying the client’s concerns and perspective; and third, guiding the session toward concrete next steps or action planning.

This makes it the best fit because it emphasizes both the process (a sequenced toolkit of listening responses) and the purpose (three actionable outcomes within the session). The other options don’t describe a structured set of listening skills. Intake refers to gathering information at the outset, not a live in-session skill sequence; rapport is the relational outcome that the sequence aims to build, rather than the set of skills itself; verbal underlining isn’t a standard term for a recognized counselor skill set.