Treatment Stages

Question 1

Beginning Stages of Therapy

Answer 1

• Build rapport and identify clt’s reasons for seeking tx
• Gather hx/complete a biopsychosocial ax
• Set goals and create tx plan

Question 2

Middle of Treatment

Answer 2

• Where most of the ‘work’ takes place.
• Actively engaging in interventions.
• Change oriented

Question 3

Termination Stage of Treatment

Answer 3

• Clt has met agreed upon tx goals.
• Focus on strategies for maintaining progress
• Gradually decrease
  frequency of sessions as you move towards termination
• Anxiety around the termination is normal, not a reason to add new tx goals or indefinitely continue tx
• Good way to approach clt’s anxiety about termination is to normalize experience and then gradually decrease frequency of therapy, helps clt
  build competency that they can maintain change w/o therapy.

Question 4

Terms Associated With Early Stages of Interventions

Answer 4

● Joining
● Assessing
● Prioritizing
● Partialization - breaking down probs into smaller parts
● Goal setting
● Objectives
● Trust building
● Problem identification
● Treatment planning
● Reason for referral

Question 5

Terms Associated With Middle Stage of Interventions

Answer 5

● Resistance
● Tasks
● Resolution
● Implementation
● Rehearsal
● Replacing
● Learning, teaching
● Change
● Better

Question 6

Terms Associated With Termination of Interventions

Answer 6

● Reviewing
● Planning
● Anticipatory guidance - helps ppl prep for sig changes in their lives, e.g. help fams care for dev of child by providing them with psychoeducation and resources
● Regressing
● Successful
● Achievement
● Completion
● Maintenance
● Loss