BrainscapeTest Flashcards
Why is effectiveness more important that competence?
Competence doesn’t guarantee effectiveness.
What is bridging in CBT?
The process of brining into this session information of what occurred for the client in the last session, and since the last session.
What is Parkinson’s law?
The idea that therapy will fill all the time that is avialable.
In CBT: What factors go towards the creation of coping strategies?
Relevant Childhood Data, Core Beliefs, Conditional Assumptions or Rules, Coping Strategies
In CBT: What is the processes that connect events to emtions and behavior?
Situation, Automatic Thought, Meaning of Automatic Thought, Emotion, Behavior
In CBT: What is the ABC process flow?
Activating Event, Beliefs, Consequences or Results
Can SFBT be used in conjuction with other therapies?
Yes.
Client ratings of therapeutic alliance have a higher correlation with ____ and _____ than the therapist’s ratings.
Engagement and outcome
What is one of the best predictors of successful outcome between any pairing of client and therapist?
Client’s subjective experience of change early in treatment.
What are the basic components of client-directed therapy?
Backdrop: Client strengths and resources. Client’s theory of change depicted as a stool with 3 legs. 1) Shared goals, 2) Consensus on means, methods or tasks of treatment, 3) Emotional bond.
What are some key skills necessary for Motivational Interviewing
Expressing Empathy, Developing Discrepancies, Avoiding Arguing, Rolling with Resistance, Supporting Self-Efficacy
What are 5 key elements of brief treatment?
Quick formulation of working alliance, Rapid but thorough assessment, A language of hope and expectation of change is pervasive, Interventions are structured and therapy is action-oriented, Progress is monitored each session and informs tx decisions
Who were leading proponents of CBT?
Aaron Beck and Albert Ellis
What are the 3 most common core beliefs?
I am helpless, I am unloveable, I am worthless
What are the elements of the cognitive triad?
Negative view of the self, Negative view of the future, Negative view of the world.
Define 3 types of automatic thought?
Catastrophizing (Extreme consequences), All or nothing (seeing this as either black or white), Emotional Reasoning (If I feel it, it must be true).
What would be an example negative triad associated with depression?
Self, I am unloveable. Others, People do not care about me. Future, The future is bleak.
What would be an example negative triad associated with anxiety?
Self, I am unable to protect myself. Others, People will humiliate me. Future, It is only a matter of time before I am embarrassed.
What are 6 outlooks of SFBT?
1) Competency based behaviors, 2) Mastery of a goal, 3) Small changes lead to bigger ones, 4) Looking for exceptions, 5) The future without the problem, 6) Conversational skills.
What are 7 techniques used in SFBT?
1) The miracle question, 2) Use of scaling questions, 3) A consulting break and giving the client a set of compliments, 4) Assigning homework tasks, 5) Looking for strengths or solutions, 6) Goal setting, 7) Looking for exceptions to the problem.
Name some populations that SFBT has research indicating it was helpful for?
Clients who batter, couples dealing with inter-personal-violence, medication adherance with clients with schizophrenia.
What are the 8 skills needed for Motivational Interviewing?
1) Openness to collaboration with client’s own expertise, 2) proficiency in client-centered counseling, including accurate empathy, 3) recognition of key aspects of client speech that guide the practice of MI, 4) eliciting and strengthening client change talk, 5) rolling with resistance, 6) negotiating change plans, 7) consolidating client commitment, 8) switching flexibly between MI and other intervention styles.
What are the 5 stages of change?
1) Pre-contemplation, 2) Contemplation, 3) Preparation, 4) Action, 5) Maintenance
Define the pre-contemplation stage?
Client is not thinking about making any changes within in the next 6 months
