Psychotherapy

Question 1

What is the term in family therapy that refers to the therapist asking the family to go through a routine that they find dysfunctional?

Answer 1

Enactment

Question 2

In treatment of bulimia and binge eating disorder, what is the from of therapy that normalizes disturbed eating behavior, and instead aims to reduce episodes of binge-purging by focusing on interpersonal stressors believed to precipitate/promote the behavior?

Answer 2

Interpersonal psychotherapy

Question 3

What are the most evidence-based therapies for adolescent substance use disorders? (2)

Answer 3

1) Family based treatments
2) Motivational enhancement/brief intervention (BI)

Question 4

What are the 5 core components of CBT for childhood anxiety disorders?

Answer 4

Psychoeducation, somatic management skills training, cognitive restructuring, exposure methods, relapse prevention

Question 5

1) In family therapy theory, how did Minuchin coceptualize the “psychosomatic” family? 2) What therapy model was developed using this family theory?

Answer 5

1) Rigid, enmeshed, over-involved, and conflict avoidant
2) The Maudsley Method

Question 6

What is the therapeutic intervention that consists of group based interventions to help parents guide their children in the adjustment to divorce/separation?

Answer 6

New Beginnings Program (NBP)

Question 7

What is the term for the cognitive distortion that leads a person to draw conclusions based on false assumptions, without sufficient evidence, or evidence at all?

Answer 7

Arbitrary Inference

Question 8

What is another term for the cognitive distortion known as “black and white” thinking?

Answer 8

Absolutism