Attending Skills
Technique that ties together all that has been said and can be used to capture the essence of the crisis?
What is summarization?
What is the common group intervention for alcoholics called.
What is AA/12 step meetings?
Name the three invisible wounds commonly associated with OIF/OEF veterans.
What is TBI, Depression, and PTSD?
What is the name of the event which prompted the development of crisis intervention.
What is Cocoanut Grove fire?
Modes of transmission for HIV (name three).
Exchange of bodily fluids via sexual activity
Sharing of contaminated equipment
Mother-to-infant
Transfusion of infected blood/blood products
Contact with feces that enter bloodstream
“You were left homeless and injured after the hurricane. Since this happened, you haven't been able to go back to work, you've been crying all the time, and you feel hopeless. Did I get that right?” - This is an example of what?
What is summarization?
Name the phases of the "battering cycle".
Honeymoon phase
Tension-building phase
Explosive phase
Name four substances that can qualify under a substance use disorder diagnosis.
(Name any four substances)
Most commonly abused drug (currently).
What is alcohol (ethanol)?
What are the exceptions to client confidentiality.
What is threat of harm to self or others; abuse; court order from a judge?
Technique where a counselor tells a client that their feelings are normal and suggests that others would feel the same way under the same conditions.
What is validation?
A cognitive style intervention which is commonly used, and seen as gold standard, for the treatment of PTSD.
What is cognitive processing therapy (CPT)?
What is the difference between PTSD and Acute Stress Disorder.
PTSD symptomatology is present for >1 month, whereas, for Acute Stress Disorder, symptoms are present for at least 3 days and <1 month.
The term for an alcoholic who behaves worse when they are not drinking.
What is a dry alcoholic?
What type of cognitive distortion is this:
A client believes that they are inadequate because they feel inadequate, would be engaging in which cognitive distortion?
What is emotional reasoning?
A client who was a successful professional who values family worked 70 hours a week prior to a recent stroke. Before the stroke, she was hardly able to quality spend time with her husband and children due to the demands of her job. She is currently depressed due to all that has happened and is recovering at home. What might be a good reframe here?
Denial
Bargaining
Anger
Depression
Acceptance
Four categories of symptoms associated with PTSD (hint; negative alterations is one).
What is arousal, intrusive, negative alterations and dissociative symptoms?
The current leading cause of injury for women aged 15-44 years old?
What is DV?
Name two potential crisis areas a client with HIV might present with.
Name any two plausible crises (e.g., disclosure, medication issues, mortality, loss of sexual prowess).
Give an empowering statement for a client who was very much in love with their ex-partner and saw them at a resturant being intimate with someone else.
(any empowering statement that communicates to the client they have some control in their decisions right now)
- continuing therapy/counseling
- can find another, more suitable partner too
- can process feelings and emotions now you have closure
The acronym used which is an approach for working with veterans that takes the military culture into account.
What is LANDNAV?
Name the nine (9) criteria for major depressive disorder (hint; SIG-E-CAPS)
Sleep difficulties
Interest (anhedonia; loss of interest/pleasure)
Guilt (excessive; feelings of worthlessness)
Energy (loss of energy or fatigue)
Concentration (difficulty concentrating)
Appetite (weight gain/loss)
Psychomotor slowing/agitation
Suicidal (ideation/thoughts of death)
& Low mood (Dysphoria)
The T cells range when an official diagnosis of AIDS is made.
What is <200 (less than 200)?
Four categories of child abuse.
What is physical, emotional, sexual, and neglect?