clinical psych key terms and errors Flashcards
In Gestalt therapy, retroflection is
the process of turning one’s thoughts, emotions, and behaviors back onto themselves, rather than expressing them
In Gestalt therapy, confluence is
a defense mechanism that occurs when someone loses their sense of individuality and blends into the world around them. People experiencing confluence may say or do anything to gain approval and be liked
another name for counterconditioning
reciprocal inhibition
counterconditioning examples
sensate, assertiveness training, antabuse
aversive conditioning
Pairs a stimulus that elicits an undesirable behavior with an unpleasant stimulus to discourage that behavior.
Example: Using a bitter spray on an object a dog shouldn’t chew to deter chewing behavior.
Scaling questions are used by __to ___
solution-focused therapists; help clients evaluate their current status or their progress toward achieving their goals.
Practitioners of motivational interviewing who are familiar with Miller and Rollnick’s (2013) current view of decisional balance (DB) are most likely to say that DB is most useful for:
assessing client’s readiness to change
Narrative family therapy
is based on the assumption that the presenting problem is the problem. Consequently, therapy involves obtaining a description of the problem from family members, separating the family from the problem by externalizing it, and determining how the problem has affected family members.
Structural family therapists use which of the following to identify and alter the family’s dysfunctional family structure and reassure family members that they’re supported and understood?
joining
Building a positive therapeutic alliance, reducing feelings of hopelessness, increasing motivation for change, and developing a family-focused understanding of the family’s problems are most characteristic of the initial stage of:
functional family therapy
When using ___, a therapist aligns with a client’s position but exaggerates it to make it less desirable to the client.
positioning
A primary goal of Milan systemic family therapy is to
disrupt destructive family games (“dirty games”) that involve deceit and power struggles and lead to and maintain symptoms.
Practitioners of Milan systemic family therapy use:
circular questions, hypothesizing, positive connotation
Functional family therapy (FFT) is an evidence-based intervention for:
adolescents with conduct disorder or oppositional defiant disorder and their families.
The three main phases of structural family therapy are
joining the family and accommodating to its style (answer C),
evaluating the family’s structure to make a structural diagnosis, and
intervening to transform the family’s structure.
___is a core strategy of narrative family therapy and involves “reframing the problem from an internal deficiency or pathological condition in the individual to an objectified external and unwelcome narrative with a will of its own to dominate their lives”
Externalizing the problem
When using Meichenbaum’s (1977) self-instructional training to help impulsive children control their behaviors while completing certain tasks, the initial step of training involves which of the following?
cognitive modeling
Mental imagery serves several functions in cognitive behavior therapy (CBT). For example, __________ is used to replace involuntary distressing and intrusive images related to a client’s presenting problem with more adaptive images.
imagery rescripting
When using Meichenbaum’s (1977) self-instructional training to help impulsive children control their behaviors while completing certain tasks, the initial step of training involves which of the following?
cognitive modeling
Research suggests that using cognitive behavioral therapy as an adjunct treatment for patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA):
reduces pain intensity and fatigue, especially when it is provided early in the course of the disease.
Cognitive therapy for suicide prevention (CT-SP) has been found to be effective for reducing suicidal ideation, repeat suicide attempts, and depression in adolescents and adults who recently attempted suicide. As described by Bryan (2019), the primary targets of the three stages of CT-SP are, in order:
emotion regultion, cognitive flexibility, relapse prevention
