Lecture 1

Question 1

What is a psychological intervention?

Answer 1

An action performed to bring change to people who experience psychological difficulties

Question 2

What is the aim of psychological intervention?

Answer 2

To help people to improve their bio-psychosocial functioning, therefore to imrove well-being

Question 3

Which is the most common psychological intervention?

Answer 3

Psychotherapy

Question 4

When a psychological intervention is effective?

Answer 4

When there is a combination of the best available research
With clinical expertise in the context of patient characteristics, culture, and preferences

Question 5

5 points of therapist expertise

Answer 5

Use their relational skills to form a good therapeutic relationship with clients
Use their technical skills to assess, formulate, and select the best available treatment for client
Consider clients caracteristics, preferences, values, family factors in the choice of treatment
Set goals collaboratively with clients
Evaluate the effectivenessof intervention based on a) research evidence b) wih client’s experience

Question 6

What do we do before we meet the client? 1st step

Answer 6

CHECK CLIENT’S FILE
demographics
type of referral
background history
previous experience of therapy
risk

Question 7

What do we do before we meet the client? 2nd step

Answer 7

INVITE THE CLIENT IN THE ROOM
be discrete
check the policy of your service

Question 8

What do we do before we meet the client? 3rd step

Answer 8

Greet the client

Question 9

What do we do before we meet the client? 4th step

Answer 9

INTRODUCE YOURSELF
name
role

Question 10

What do we do before we meet the client? 5th step

Answer 10

CHECK WITH CLIENT
name
date of birth
address

Question 11

What do we do before we meet the client? 6th step

Answer 11

ICEBREAKING QUESTIONS
“Did you get here okay?”
“Thank you for being here”
(avoid disclosure or give personal information)

Question 12

What do we do before we meet the client? 7th step

Answer 12

CREATE A SAFE ENVIROMENT
Explain confidentiality (sign consent form, notes taking, supervision)
Explain the purpose of the assessment - ask the client if he is aware of the reason of the session and/or he is familiar with therapy
E.g. “DO you have any idea why are you here today?”
“Have you been to therapy before?”

Question 13

What does a first session outline includes?

Answer 13

External frame (boundaries, fees, location, structuring sessions)
Active listening/attending
Be aware of your own “first impression” of your client
Non-verbal communication
Check if client is clear with given information so far
And…..the assessment starts!!