Counseling Flashcards
Free association
Reporting to counselor without bias or criticism
Cognitive behavior therapy process
Step 1. Correct automatic thoughts
Step 2. Develop Hypothesis
Step 3. Practice new cognitive behaviorist patterns
Guided discovery
Allows client to reassess and modify maladaptive beliefs and assumptions
Behavior Therapy Techniques
Systematic Desensitization Train Behavior Modification Biofeedback Observational Learning
What is a therapist view as in rational emotive therapy
Viewed as a teacher
3 conditions in person centered therapy
Genuineness
Unconditional positive regard
Empathic understanding
When is Gestalt Therapy often used?
Group settings
Gestalt Therapy
Awareness of the here and now
Confrontation describes a clients what?
Discrepancies
Contradictions
Omissions
False acceptance
Client verbally agrees to get counselor to leave alone
Five stages of counseling
Rapport build Assess problem Goal setting Intervention Termination
Therapeutic relationship
Creates atmosphere of trust and safety
Positive regard
Respect
Sedatives and hypnotics
Treat sleep disturbances
Anti anxiety and anxiolytics
Treat anxiety
Purpose for assessment of client problems
Identify significant variables that contribute to the clients problem
Goal setting map
Main goal
Sub goal
Immediate tasks
Termination signs
Planned future
Has achieved what she or he wanted
Purpose of client records
Communication
Care planning
Audits
Research
Counseling session record
It is the only legal document that provides a comprehensive picture of health care given
A in SOAPP
What has changed since the intake interview
O in SOAPP
Measurable findings
Education Groups
Leader is presenting education
Psychotherapy Groups
Address serious mental illness
