boxers or brief therapies Flashcards
What is the primary focus of Interpersonal Psychotherapy (IPT)?
Interpersonal factors contributing to a client’s current symptoms
IPT views mental disorders as treatable medical illnesses and aims for symptom relief and improved interpersonal functioning.
Who originally developed Interpersonal Psychotherapy?
Klerman and Weissman
The therapy was developed as a treatment for acute depression.
What are the primary problem areas addressed in IPT for depression?
- Interpersonal role disputes
- Interpersonal role transitions
- Interpersonal deficits
- Grief
These areas are identified during the initial stage of therapy.
What is the initial stage of IPT focused on?
Determining the client’s diagnosis and the interpersonal context of symptoms
This information helps to identify the primary problem area for treatment.
What strategies are used in the middle phase of IPT?
- Encouragement of affect
- Role-playing
- Communication analysis
- Decision analysis
These strategies address the problem area identified in the initial stage.
What is the final stage of IPT concerned with?
Termination and relapse prevention
This stage addresses issues related to the end of therapy and maintaining progress.
What is the focus of Solution-Focused Therapy?
Solutions to problems instead of the etiology and nature of problems
It adopts a goal-directed collaborative approach.
What type of question is the ‘miracle question’ in Solution-Focused Therapy?
A question that helps establish the focus of treatment as the future
It encourages clients to visualize how they would know their problem was solved.
Provide an example of an exception question used in Solution-Focused Therapy.
Can you think of a time in the past two weeks when you and your partner did not argue?
This question helps clients identify times when their problems did not exist or were less intense.
What do scaling questions in Solution-Focused Therapy help clients evaluate?
Their current status or progress toward achieving their goals
An example would be asking clients to rate their stress level on a scale from 1 to 10.
What structure is typically followed in each session of Solution-Focused Therapy?
Asking questions, providing feedback, and assigning a task
The formula first session task requires clients to identify something they want to continue in their lives.
What is the Transtheoretical Model?
A model that integrates concepts and strategies from multiple therapeutic approaches, focusing on matching strategies to a person’s stage of change
Developed by Prochaska & DiClemente in 1983.
What are the six stages of change in the Transtheoretical Model?
- Precontemplation
- Contemplation
- Preparation
- Action
- Maintenance
- Termination
Each stage represents a different level of readiness to change.
What characterizes the Precontemplation stage?
Clients have no intention of changing their behaviors in the next six months and may be in denial
They may resist advice or change interventions.
What strategies can benefit clients in the Precontemplation stage?
- Consciousness raising
- Dramatic relief
- Environmental reevaluation
These strategies help clients become aware of their problems.
What defines the Contemplation stage?
Clients plan to change in the next six months but feel ambivalent about it
Ambivalence can hinder their transition to the next stage.
What strategies are useful for clients in the Contemplation stage?
- Self-reevaluation
- Strategies from the Precontemplation stage
Self-reevaluation helps clients evaluate their feelings about the situation.
What is the focus of the Preparation stage?
Clients plan to take action within the next month
This stage involves making a commitment to change.
What strategies support clients in the Preparation stage?
- Self-reevaluation
- Self-liberation
These strategies help clients believe in their ability to change.
What happens in the Action stage?
Clients actively change their behaviors
This stage involves implementing change strategies.