Interventions Flashcards
what are the 6 core counselling skills?
attending skills
basic questioning skills
confrontation
focusing
reflection of meaning
influencing skills
What is attending skills and when is it used
encourages clients to talk
show’s interest
used throughout (particularly important in intials stages to build relationshiop)
examples: body language
When is questioning useful
In the formation gathering stages and throughout
what is the therapeutic alliance?
The establishment of a collaborative
relationship characterized by common goals and understanding.
what do you do when clarifying client thoughts
(Reflecting and Paraphrasing)
If someone
tells you that her husband cheated on her and that her son stole
money from her don’t say “suck it up princess” or give her a
Freudian interpretation or tell her how you can’t trust people in
this world anymore and it also happened to you. Say something
like: “You have been hurt by your husband and also your son”
what are the criteria for interventions? (4)
time limited
structured
have a beginning, middle, end
are specific to goals and outcomes
what’s the evidence based interventions for PTSD
TF=-CBT
EMDR
prolonged exposure
psychodynamic
You get referred someone because they have a driving phobia. And they were in car accident and can’t sit in drivers seat without getting anxious. What is most appropriate therapy to use in this situation?
- Cognitive restructuring
- Narrative therapy
- Graded exposure
- Imaginative exposure
- Motivational interviewoing
- Graded exposure
Imaginative exposure: exposure to symbolic representation of their fear.
A 45-year-old woman is referred to a psychologist for treatment of spider phobia. The psychologist decides to use a form of exposure therapy. Which of the following exposure methods is likely to be most effective?
1. Graduated exposure and habituation to live spiders.
2. Graduated exposure and habituation to plastic spiders
3. Exposure and habituation using pictures of spiders.
4. Exposure and habituation of the response to live and plastic spiders
5. Graduated exposure and habituation using spiders and other insects.
- Graduated exposure and habituation to live spiders.
what are the general concepts for any intervention question on NPE (5)
think about stages of treatment
meet client where they are at
start slow and gentle
start with validating and exploring
find common goals
what are the 9 steps in the sequence of therapy?
- establish rapport
- explore concerns
- assessment
- diagnosis and formulation
- psycho education / socialisation to treatment
- develop treatment plan / goals with client
- Intervention
- Evaluate treatment
- closing: summarise / discharge / followup
what are the evidence based treatments for depression?
CBT / IPT / brief psychodynamic therapy
What is IPT and what 4 areas does it specifically focus on?
Interpersonal Therapy
grief and loss
interperonal disputes (depression in relation to conflict in relationship)
role transitions (adjustment problems; adolescence-adulthood, parenthood, aging, job, relationships)
Interpersonal sensitivities (depression with establishing or maintaining interpersonal relationships) Style of attachment that results in problems with interpersonal functioning.
how does IPT work
delivers a structured and formulised treatment plan based on comprehensive assessments of clients attachment style.
what is attachment theory?
how individuals form, maintain, develop and end relationships
what conditions would you use IPT with
eating disorders
bipolar
substance abuse (not chronic)
anxiety
postnatal
suicide prevention
depression
what conditions WOULDN’T you use IPT with (5)
chronic substance abuse
psychosis
sever cognitive deficits
personality disorders
acute suicide risk
IPT : phase 1: how many sessions and what does it involve?
Phase 1: sessions 1-2
assessment diagnosis
interpersonal inventory
determine treatment focus
interpersonal formulation
treatment contract
IPT: phase 2: how many sessions and components of sessions?
Phase 2: session 2-14
interventions:
clarification
communication analysis
clarifying interpersonal incidents
expressions of affect
role playing
homework
problem solving
IPT: phase 3: how many session and components of sessions
Phase 3: session 15+
therapeutic review: with interpersonal inventory
anticipate future problem areas
maintenance contract.
with IPT, what needs to be taken into account when assessing attachment? (4)
content of clients description of relationships
quality of client’s narrative: ability to describe dialogue, emotional content and non verbal information
description of other individuals
client / therapist relationship
what factors are relevant when assessing for IPT suitability (4)
severity of illness (not suitable if severe)
motivation
therapeutic relationship
resilience (capacity to withstand internal or external stress)
what is an interpersonal inventory in IPT
The interpersonal inventory is a brief description of the important people in the client‟s life. It documents the nature of the relationship, quality, expectations and problems.
purpose is to determine which relationships to work on and to gather further info on attachment style and communication patterns
used to develop and orient therapy
You are seeing a new client 40 yr old man in first session, tells you doesn’t want to be seeing you, gp sent him, had an accident 2 yrs ago, now doing well and drive in local area, outside local area he gets wife to drive. He doesn’t see this is a problem. What is your next step:
1. Refer to OT to look at driving and advice driving skills
2. Start assessment of difficulties to drive outside local area
3. Develop graded exposure hierarchy for driving difficulties
4. Explore reasons for only driving in local area
5. Do assessment for ptsd.
- Explore reasons for only driving in local area
Need a soft start as he doesn’t want to be there. Need to explore before doing assessment. First build reapor, then explore, then assessment.
Never start with assessment. Look for words such as explore, validate, listening to client (especially those not keen to have treatment).
Answer is most often in the questions. Why did she bother to tell you that the guy doesn’t want to be there. There is the answer.