Intervention Techniques Flashcards

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What is therapy

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An interpersonal interaction that aims to improve the emotional well-being of one or more persons

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Examples of therapists or clinicians

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Psychologist MFT psychiatrist social worker

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Qualities of a therapist or clinician

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Professionally trained at a recognized University

licensed or certified to provide psychological services

his or her emotional needs are not the focus of treatment

maintains therapeutic boundaries no sexual relations

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What is the fishing boat analogy

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Therapist at the rudder client rows the oars meaning therapist gives direction client decides how fast

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What does medicine mainly help with in therapy

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Symptom management// does not get to the root of the external problem

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What are the characteristics of an effective therapist

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Genuine 
listen with empathy 
provides unconditional positive regard 
analytical 
psychologically minded 
emotionally well adjusted 
well trained 
interest in others 
warm 
self-aware
 tolerant of ambiguity 
 aware of own and others’ values
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What are the three systems of therapy

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Humanistic(insight oriented)
psychodynamic(insight oriented)
behavioral(behaviorism and cognates)

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Humanistic therapy

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Individual struggle for meaning and self-fulfillment

under proper interpersonal conditions person reverts to a healthy state

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Psychodynamic therapy

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Aggressive and sexual impulses are pushed down to the social expectations

the self (ego)monitors the conflict between the ID and super ego and is a product of this conflict( usually societal demand)

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Behavioral therapy

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Determinants of behavior using classical conditioning operant conditioning social determinants and cognitive determines

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What are some ways therapists Are similar according to Jerome franks common factors

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Personal commitment to help clients

active involvement

some degree of authority

inspires faith or hope

mediates between clients and society

helps release emotions and rethink problems

listens empathetically

provides explanatory systems that helps client understand the development, maintenance and change of the emotional problem or dysfunctional behavior

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For a good therapist to find meant begins in

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Graduate school

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What are the ethics for the practicing clinician

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Do not harm

practice in areas of competence

confidentiality and its limitations

avoid dual relationships
no romantic relations with clients
no therapy with former romantic partners
no therapy with family friends acquaintances

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What do you do if a patient discloses sexual relationship with former therapist

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You don’t report it but you let them know they could or should

give them a pamphlet that says therapy doesn’t include sex

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What are the micro skills of counseling

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Attending skills(nondirective)
 listening skills(non directive)
 influencing skills 
focus 
confrontation
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What are attending skills and examples of them

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Signs that the therapist is attending an interested

Forward body lean 
relax body posture 
open arms not closed 
direct Eye contact 
warm voice tone with some emotion 
moderate speech rate 
head nod
 interpersonal distance arms length for example 
respond on topic 
sometimes interrupt 
avoid sudden topic shit
 be responsive the clients non-verbal feedback and cultural differences
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What is the aim of listening skills and what are some things you can do to show you are listening

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The aim is to bring out the clients facts and feelings about the facts

Open ended questions 
close ended questions 
encouraging them 
paraphrasing 
reflection of feeling 
summarization
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What do open ended questions do

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Allows the client to elaborate requires many words to answer allows therapist to see how client views the problem
Generate content in specific areas for example what was elementary school like for you

the open ended non-question” tell me more”

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What are closed ended questions and when do we use them

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Questions that can be answered with only a few words for example how old were you when you started graduate school

we can use this to pull for a specific content

limit your use of close ended questions as they reduce the flow of therapeutic conversation

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How do we encourage and what does it lead to

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By repeating back the clients main words

this encourages elaboration of the specific words and their meanings

Example I hate my life I feel like a prisoner of my marriage

therapist: a prisoner of your marriage

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Paraphrasing(Reflection of content)

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Repeating back the gist Of a clients words and thoughts using the clients own Main words

this promotes the discussion
shows the client that she is being heard
checks the clarity of the therapist understanding

Example :my husband is totally incompetent he has been unable to leave her home for a month my son and I have been taking care of everything

therapist: when your husbands depression worse since you and your son have to take care of everything

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Reflection of feeling

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Therapist response that focuses on the emotional content of the clients words

checks the clarity of the therapist perception of the clients feelings

promotes discussion of feelings

example/ it sounds like this is a very difficult time for you and your family it sounds like your husbands depression is causing you to feel overwhelmed and depressed

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Summarization

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Repeating the clients facts and feelings to the client in an organized way( every 5/10 mins)

Useful at beginning of interview periodically

used in session to clarify where what has been said to that point used to close the session

Example: This is what I’m hearing from you your husband is very depressed and the strain this has put on you and your family is causing you to feel overwhelmed and depressed

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What are the different sections to influencing skills

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Reframe 
directive 
advice/ information 
self disclosure 
feedback 
logical consequence 
influencing summary
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Re-frame interputation

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Provide the client with the new or alternative view of the situation of himself or herself

the therapist puts her spin on
the situation so the client may come to view the situation more positively
as the therapist does
within the theoretical framework of the therapist

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What is the core influencing scale

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Re-frame

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Directive influencing skills

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Tells the client what action to take by a simple suggestion or a theory bound technique

so you are saying you need to…

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Advice/information giving

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Rarely used
suggestions instructions are or advice on how to act think oh behave

if I were in your situation

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Self disclosure

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Therapist shares a life experience that relates to the therapeutic conversation this is rarely used and risky

Therapist shares his or her current emotional reaction to the client this is used more often but still has risk

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Feedback

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Provide client with specific information about how he or she is seen by the therapist or others maybe a call to soften a harsh self perception

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Logical consequences

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Therapist explains the logical outcome of the clients current thoughts or behaviors

if/then format is often used

Help clients anticipate outcomes builds motivation for changing thoughts and behaviors

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Focus influencing skill

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Focus first on the person then over sessions brought it out the relations with husband and children boss etc.

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Confrontation influencing skill

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In a nonhostile fashion the therapist points discrepancies between expressed attitudes and behaviors between what the client is saying in the clients true feelings

I’m confused you’re saying that you’re committed to staying sober but you have not attended any AA groups this month

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What are common therapist pitfalls

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Premature problem-solving
 failure to set limits 
fear of silence 
using too many questions 
impatiens 
moralizing 
reluctance to refer
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The Hyppa privacy rule is triggered when a providerTransmits protected health information electronically in connection with

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Health care claims 
healthcare payment 
health care plan payment 
Enrollment or disenrollment in a health plan 
any of the above 

it’s any of the above

36
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Welfare and institutions code 5150 allows for the involuntary commitment hospitalization of a psychiatry patient up to how many hours

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72

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When a therapist learned that the client has engaged in a sexual relationship with another therapist and the client should provide

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The brochure professional therapy never include sex
the explanation of the brochure both ANB
neither a or B

It’s both a and b

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How do minority groups and non-minority groups compare in therapy outcome

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Clients belonging to my Nordie groups didn’t do as well in therapy compared to non-minority groups

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What does studies suggest about the impact of the matching client and therapist in terms of culture or race or ethnicity

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May reduce premature dropout rates but does not have a predictable effect on therapy outcome

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Of the following groups which under utilize or overutilize therapy African-American American Indians Asian Americans are Hispanics

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Overutilize by African Americans and American Indians

under utilized by Asian Americans and Hispanics

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What are the five stages of the racial cultural identity development model

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Conformity
distance
resistance and immersion introspection
synergistic articulation and awareness

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In four sentences or less right about functional versus cultural paranoia in African-Americans

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Cultural paranoia represents healthy reaction to racism for example not telling a white therapist something in fear of not being understood functional paranoia is an unhealthy condition that is an illness for example not disclosing to any therapist due to general miss trust and suspicions

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What does social displacement theory suggest about the emotional adjustment of immigrants during their first few years in their new country

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Asian refugees and immigrants experience and initial period of optimism when arriving to the US which is likely followed by frustration and depression and confusion

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What are three common therapeutic issues when treating homosexual clients

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Social recognition
role model’s
family and social relationship

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Appetitive classical conditioning

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Pairing a biologically driven stimulus that causes a pleasurable response with the neutral stimulus

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Classical conditioning

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Concerns behavior that is involuntary or paired By a particular stimulus

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Aversive classical conditioning

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Pairing a biologically driven stimulus that causes an unpleasant response with a neutral stimulus

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Operant conditioning

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Havior that is voluntary not triggered by stimuli

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Thorndike’s law of effect

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Behaviors that are followed by pleasant experiences tend to be continued behaviors that are followed by unpleasant experiences tend to disappear

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Skinners operant behavior’s

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Behaviors that are strengthened or weekend as a function of the environmental events that follow them

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Positive reinforcement

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Increases the frequency of a behavior when the behaviors followed by the addition of a pleasant stimulus

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Negative reinforcement

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Crease in the frequency of a behavior when the behaviors followed by the removal or reduction of an unpleasant stimulus

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Positive punishment

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Decrease in the frequency of a behavior when the behaviors followed by the addition of a unpleasant stimulus

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Negative punishment

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Decrease in the frequency of the behavior when the behaviors followed by the removal of reduction of a pleasant stimulus example time out

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What are the factors that influence the effectiveness of reinforcement

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Contingent application of consequences(reinforcer is only applied when the behavior is done)

Immediacy of consequence

magnitude of the reinforcer
Satiation a reinforcer may lose it’s reinforcing properties when given an excessive amounts

Quality of the reinforcer

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What are the schedules of reinforcement

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Fixed ratio
variable ratio
fixed interval
variable interval

Fixed: usually behavior pause
Variable:More consistent responding

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Fixed ratio

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Reinforcer is delivered after a specific number of responses the number is always the same

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Variable ratio

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When forces delivered after a specific number of responses but the number changes from occasion to occasion

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Fixed interval

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Reinforces a delivered after the first response after certain time period time Does not change

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Variable interval

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Enforcer is delivered after the first response after certain time period time period varies

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Extinction

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A reduction in the frequency of a response when reinforcement is discontinued

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Shaping

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Reinforcing small steps or success of the proclamations towards the desired response

this is for desired behaviors that are not currently in a person’s behavior repertoire

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Prompts

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Specific antecedence that directly facilitate behavior

through verbal prompts environmental cues modeling or physical guidance

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Setting events

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Environmental factors that influence behavior

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Discriminative stimulus SD

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A cue that signals the behavior is going to be rewarded

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Non-discriminative stimulus S Delta

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No reinforcement no reward

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Stimulus control

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When the stimulus is shown the behavior always happens