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Theories Terms Flashcards

1
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Which theory puts a focus on the Here and Now

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Gestalt

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Reparative experiences with the therapist

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Object Relations/Psychodynamic

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3
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Identify Unique Outcomes

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Narrative

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4
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Emphasis on finding solutions, not on discovering the cause or origins of the problem

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Solution Focused

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5
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Therapist is nondirective

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Client Centered/Humanistic

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Change occurs through action-oriented directives

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Strategic

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7
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Restructure the family’s organization

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Structural

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8
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Philosophical meaning in the face of anxiety

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Existential

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9
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Change occurs by learning to modify dysfunctional thought patterns

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CBT

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10
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Increase the client’s awareness in the present moment

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Gestalt

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11
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Insight-Oriented

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Object Relations/Psychodynamic

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12
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Choosing to think and act authentically and responsibly

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Existential

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13
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Enlist a witness

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Narrative

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14
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Accessing client’s strengths and resources

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Solution-Focused

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15
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Paradoxical Interventions

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Strategic

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16
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Systematic desensitization

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CBT

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17
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Exploring experience by description

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Gestalt

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18
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Emphasis on transference and countertransference

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Object Relations/Psychodynamic

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19
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Finding alternatives: Clients review all possible options and alternatives for either interpreting a situation or resolving a problem.

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CBT

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20
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Empty Chair Technique

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Gestalt

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21
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Thought record

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CBT

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22
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Projection Identification

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Object relations/Psychodynamic

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23
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Restraining: The therapist will discourage change or changing too quickly in an effort to elicit the desire to change from the client.

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Strategic

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24
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Client confronts anxiety inherent in living

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Existential

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25
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Mimesis: The therapist tracks the family’s style of communication and uses it.

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Structural

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26
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Increase congruent communication

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Satir/Communications

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27
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Understanding multigenerational dynamics

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Bowen

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28
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Relaxation techniques

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CBT

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29
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Exception question

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Solution Focused

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30
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Unbalancing

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Structural

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31
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Maladaptive automatic thoughts

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CBT

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32
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Congruence/genuineness

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Client Centered/Humanistic

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33
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Anxiety is part of the human condition

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Existential

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34
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Promote insight and growth through interpretation

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Object Relations/Psychodynamic

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35
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Miracle Question

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Solution Focused

36
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Telling, talking about, and naming emotional pain places the emotional experience into the world of mutual encounter, where the relationship between client and practitioner can be used to process the situation with increased support.

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Existential

37
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Family life chronology: Gathering history as far back as possible. Include: ideology,
values, rules, disruptions, moves, and major events. What the family has been through and how those events impact the family. How past events and unresolved issues are carried out presently.

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Satir/Communications

38
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Prescribing the symptoms

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Strategic

39
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Deconstruct problem-saturated stories

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Narrative

40
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Honoring the pain

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Existential

41
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Enactment

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Structural

42
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Differentiation

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Bowen

43
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Monitor thoughts and moods

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CBT

44
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Scaling Questions

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Solution-Focused

45
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Ordeals: Particular type of symptom prescription in which clients are encouraged to
carry out harmless but unpleasant tasks whenever symptoms occur;

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Strategic

46
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Reduce anxiety and emotional turmoil in family system

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Bowen

47
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Experiments: Encourages the clients to experience their feelings rather than just talk about them.

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Gestalt

48
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Rearrange how people sit together in the room

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Structural

49
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Establish a holding environment

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Object Relations/Psychodynamic

50
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Family Sculpting: people into a spatial metaphor – a physical representation of
family members characterizations.

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Satir/Communications

51
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Coping questions

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Solution Focused

52
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Affirmations/Compliments: Regularly acknowledge progress, strengths, and resources.

Example: Tell the client, “I am impressed you are sitting in that chair again after what you just went through.”

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Solution Focused

53
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Everyone must accept the responsibility that comes with freedom

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Existential

54
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Therapist is directive

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Strategic

55
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Unconditional Positive regard

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Client Centered/Humanistic

56
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Body awareness

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Gestalt

57
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Empathy

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Client Centered/Humanistic

58
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Self-actualization

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Client Centered/Humanistic

59
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Facilitated detriangulation

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Bowen

60
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Exposure

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CBT

61
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Understand problem’s effects

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Narrative

62
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Labeling distortions

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CBT

63
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Teach “I” statements

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Satir/Communications AND Bowen

64
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Emotional Cutoff

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Bowen

65
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Three-column Technique

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CBT

66
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Reframing family dynamic as “problem”

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Structural

67
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Separate patient from problem

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Narrative

68
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Boundary making

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Structural

69
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Self-acceptance

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Client-Centered/Humanistic

70
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Write a letter to self and others

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Narrative

71
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Boundary making

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Structural

72
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Mindfulness

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DBT

73
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Homeostasis

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General Systems Theory

74
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What theory puts an emphasis on self-acceptance?

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Client Centered/Humanistic

75
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What do we provide unconditional positive regard to in Client Centered/Humanistic?

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The client, NOT their symptoms

76
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Circular Questioning: Asking questions to find out what happens next and how it is responded to

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Systems, finding out what happens after something occurs, and asking to see how the system responds, and continuing the cycle of questioning, Cause and Effect circle

77
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The person has easy access to a wide range of feelings and
memories, positive and negative. Has a balanced view of parents and has worked
through hurt and anger from the past. Has developed a strong sense of self and
empathy for others.

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Secured Attachment

78
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The person is still embroiled with anger and hurt at
parents. They sometimes value intimacy to such an extent that they become overly
dependent on the attachment figure both past and present. They often recall role
reversal in childhood and have a hard time seeing their own responsibility in
relationships. They dread abandonment.

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Preoccupied/Anxious Attachment

79
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The person dismisses the importance of love and
connection– and the value of emotions in general. Often idealizes parents, but actual
memories don’t corroborate. They dislike looking inward and often have a shallow, if any, self-reflection. They often are very independent, dismissive of their own emotionality, and have difficulty tolerating the heightened emotions of others.

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Dismissive/Avoidant Attachment

80
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The person usually has a history of trauma and or loss.
Similar to Dismissive/Avoidant, they dismiss the importance of love and connection but usually out of fear or a belief that they are unworthy of love. They have difficulty trusting others and may feel uncomfortable with emotional closeness.

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Fearful/Avoidant Attachment:

81
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This theory puts an emphasis on providing a secure base for the client by demonstrating empathy and care.

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Attachment-Based Therapy

82
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This theory puts an emphasis on disruptions in the client’s life, especially those in early life and in current relationships, including the relationship with the therapist.

Supporting the client in regulating and expressing emotions in relationally difficult situations.

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Attachment-Based Therapy

83
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What does Motivational Interviewing focus on

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Motivational interviewing emphasizes providing empathy and rolling with the client’s resistance

84
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Holding to the structure and boundaries of the treatment unit

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Psychodynamic

85
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When you have a question regarding group therapy, the best answer will include engagement of the entire group. The exceptions to this general rule would include…

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a group member who has a personal need that is unrelated to the group or if there are safety concerns.

86
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