Planning a CBT session

Question 1

Intake assessment - instruments used (4)

Answer 1

• questionnaires
• interviews
• discussion of goals
• case conceptualisation

Question 2

Intake assessment - information gathered (6)

Answer 2

• behavioural consequences of presenting problem
• severity of issue
• frequency of issue
• duration of occurrence
• coping mechanisms
• personal history (social, medical, developmental)

Question 3

Pearsons Case formulation (1989) (5)

Answer 3

Gathers information regarding

• development
• current issues
• core beliefs
• stressors
• underlying maintaining mechanisms

Question 4

Becks Case conceptualisation

Answer 4

Pearsons case formulation +

- assumptions and rules client holds based on their core beliefs