Week 8: Transdiagnostic and Dialectical Behaviour Therapy Flashcards
Describe Transdiagnostic Therapy
Principal target of treatment is higher order temperament that underpins emotion disorder (rather than specific DSM diagnoses)
Designed to target a full range of emotional problems, considers the extensive comorbidity among emotional disorders
What is ‘Triple Vulnerability’ in transdiagnostic therapy?
A generalised biological vulnerability
A generalised psychological vulnerability
A specific psychological vulnerability (life stress)
What are the current CBT three broad principles of change for emotion disorders?
- Altering emotion
- Preventing avoidance of negative, emotional charged triggers - facilitating extinction of fear
- Reducing anxiety and distress over the experience of intense emotion
What DSM disorders are treated with CBT?
What DSM disorder is treated with DBT?
CBT - OCD, GAD, PTSD, SAD, insomnia, trauma, chronic pain, ED
DBT - BPD
What is Unified Protocol by David Barlow?
Form of CBT for people diagnosed with emotional disorders with an emotion focused approach and mindfulness.
Consists of 8 modules (5 core)
What emotion disorders are targeted by UP?
Anxiety, depressive, obsessive-compulsive & trauma related disorders.
Other disorders in which regulation of emotion plays a prominent role (somatic disorders, dissociative disorders, eating disorders, BPD)
What is module 1 of UP. Is it a core module?
Setting up treatment goals and motivation
Increase clients readiness and motivation for behaviour change. Foster a sense of self-efficacy.
Not a core module.
What is module 2 of UP. Is it a core module?
Psychoeducation - about the nature and function of emotions.
Primary emotions & secondary (social - judging or interpreting or own or others’ responses to our primary) emotions
Concept of negative reinforcement in avoidance.
Not a core module.
What is module 3 of UP. Is it a core module?
Emotion awareness training.
Promoting a more non-judgemental, present-focused approach to the experience of emotions - through mindfulness.
This is a core module.
What is module 4 of UP. Is it a core module?
Cognitive flexibility.
Help clients develop an understanding of how the interpret or appraise situations and how their appraisals influence patterns of emotional responding.
This is a core module.
What is module 5 of UP. Is it a core module? What are the three general categories of emotion avoidance strategies?
Identifying and countering emotion avoidance behaviours.
Three general categories of emotion avoidance strategies:
- Subtle behavioural avoidance (procrastination)
- Cognitive avoidance (distraction; worry)
- Safety signals (medication, lucky undies, prayer book)
This is a core module.
What is module 6 of UP. Is it a core module?
Awareness and tolerance of physical sensations; acceptance of emotions
Increase awareness of bodily sensations and how to confront those sensations if they are unpleasant
This is a core module
What is module 7 of UP. Is it a core module?
Situational and interoceptive emotion-focused exposure.
Interoceptive exposure - Practicing with stimuli to confront physical sensations and learn to control them
Situational exposure - a hierarchy of public speaking situations which are acted upon.
This is a core module.
What is module 8 of UP. Is it a core module?
Recognising accomplishments and relapse prevention.
This is not a core module.
What is probability overestimation and what is catastrophising?
Probability overestimation - the probability of a negative event happening
Catastrophizing - the consequences if the negative event does happen