CBT

Question 1

What kind of socialisation techniques can you use for health anxiety?

Answer 1

Symptom tracking
Intelligent disease metaphor - how would a brain tumour know when it was being reassured?
Selective attention (and for panic disorder)

Question 2

How could we challenge reassurance?

Answer 2

What is the effect of reassurance on your feelings/symptoms?

How would that work if you were actually ill?

Question 3

Name 5 change techniques.

Answer 3

Behavioural experiments
Testing predictions
Survey
Paradoxical procedures
Reducing reassurance seeking

Question 4

What are paradoxical procedures?

Answer 4

Increasing coping strategies, e.g. checking

Question 5

What are 4 hypothesis testing procedures that can be used in CBT?

Answer 5

Pie charts
Theory A/Theory B
Cost/benefit
Evidence/Counter-evidence

Question 6

In an assessment interview, what are the main pieces of information needed?

Answer 6

Background
Info about the problem
Stage of change
Strengths/weaknesses/other problems
Expectations of therapy

Question 7

When formulating what questions do we need to answer?

Answer 7

What is the problem?
How did it originate?
What is preventing it from being resolved?
How much impact is it having on the person’s life?
Is the person ready to change?
WHIMC

Question 8

For what does WHIMC stand and to what does it apply?

Answer 8

What?
How?
Impact
Maintaining
Change stage
When gathering information to formulate

Question 9

What kind of listening is important in sessions?

Answer 9

Reflective

Question 10

Name 5 aspects of reflective listening.

Answer 10

Paraphrasing
Amplified reflection
Affirmation
Summarising
Reflection of feeling

Question 11

What is a key feature of a formulation?

Answer 11

It has room for an intervention.

Question 12

What are the stages of change?

Answer 12

Pre-contemplation
Contemplation
Preparation
Action
Maintenance
Relapse

Question 13

What kinds of questions can you ask to assess stage of change?

Answer 13

How do you feel about your… ?

What concerns do you have about… ?

Question 14

What is the goal of the therapist for a pre-contemplative client?

Answer 14

Move them from ‘NO!’ to ‘I’ll think about it…’

Question 15

What types of assessment are there?

Answer 15

Interview
Self-monitoring
Observation
Questionnaire
Informer

Question 16

Who is the person to cite for formulation research?

Answer 16

Butler

Question 17

What are the three strategy areas for intervention techniques in CBT?

Answer 17

Behavioural
Cognitive coping strategies
Cognitive restructuring

Question 18

List 4 behavioural techniques.

Answer 18

Contingent reinforcement
Activity planning
Relaxation
Role-play/modelling

Question 19

List 4 cognitive coping strategy techniques.

Answer 19

Problem solving
Self instructional training
Motivation to change
Psychoeducation

Question 20

List 7 cognitive restructuring techniques.

Answer 20

Thought monitoring
Challenging NATs
Reality testing
Reattribution
Making assumptions explicit
Identify core beliefs
Schema focussed interventions

Question 21

Who do you name drop for social phobia?

Answer 21

Clark

Question 22

Who do you name drop for Panic Disorder?

Answer 22

Clark

Question 23

Who do you name drop for OCD?

Answer 23

Salkovskis

Question 24

Who do you name drop for GAD?

Answer 24

Dugas

Question 25

Who do you name drop for PTSD?

Answer 25

Ehlers and Clark

Question 26

What is one of the central processes in CBT?

Answer 26

Guided discovery

Question 27

List 5 ways of eliciting NATs.

Answer 27

Recounting a specific episode
Worst consequence scenarios
Naming emotions/affect shifts
Exposure tasks (either in vivo or analogue)
Thought diaries

Question 28

List 5 verbal reattribution techniques.

Answer 28

Defining and operationalising terms
Questioning the evidence + Counter evidence (to be done separately)
Labelling distortions
Psychoeducation
Pie charts

Question 29

Who developed the Triple Column Technique?

Answer 29

Burns (1989)

Question 30

What is the Triple Column Technique?

Answer 30

Write down NAT and belief rating
ID distortion present
Substitute a rational response (can make these into flashcards)

Question 31

What are verbal techniques used for?

Answer 31

Loosening beliefs and presenting a foundation for attitude change

Question 32

What is involved in behavioural reattribution?

Answer 32

Exposure

Question 33

What is the aim of a behavioural experiment?

Answer 33

Disconfirmation

Question 34

What process should be followed for a behavioural experiment?

Answer 34

P - prepare (focus on target thought, ID stimuli and behaviours, present rationale)
E - expose
T - test
S -summarise

Question 35

In what form can dysfunctional appraisals appear?

Answer 35

NAT
Misinterpretation
Worry

Question 36

Why is avoidance/safety behaviours problematic?

Answer 36

Do not allow disconformatory information to be gathered
They can increase arousal
Can increase salience/frequency of cognitions
Can attribute bad things not happening to that instead of to the fact that they would not happen.

Question 37

What are the cognitive biases in schema theory?

Answer 37

Information Processing
Judgement
Evaluation
Memory