Chapter 6
Who created inner circle strategy and explain it.
Arnold Lazarus. It challenges client to go deeper into issues. Labels them in layers
When to use confronting skills?
Later in the relationship
What assessment is used for suicide?
Suicide Assessment
What is Adlerian therapy based on?
Evidence based
What is baseline?
Current level of target behaviors.
A pattern of basic listening skills repeated for each client topic is called?
Non judgemental listening cycle
Increase his or her emotional arousal, enhance therapeutic relationship, & help them see themselves more clearly.
What is the MSE?
Mental Status Exam. Used to make own observations on a client.
What therapy goes into the past
Adlerian therapy
In order to uncover meaning in a clients story, a helper generally uses which two methods?
Open questions and attentive silence.
Summarizing can be used to?
Signal client to address next topic, link content or meanings across several sessions, and address past progress and future direction.
Friends and family tend to withhold accurate feedback because
They don't want to risk losing the relationship.
What is the DSM?
The diagnostic statistical manual of mental health disorders. Diagnostic bible, misdiagnosis can occur when helpers not familiar with culture.
Reality therapy
clients initially respond to confrontation by
denial
When is it appropriate to summarize?
After completing the Non Judgemental listening cycle.
Confrontation works because it
Creates dissonance, breaks down defense mechanisms, and helps the client acknowledge the discrepancy.
What is the first step of boiling down the problem?
Summarizing
Does reality therapy acknowledge mental illnesses?
No
Reflect feelings, Reflect meaning, and Reflect content of this statement.
I have been getting all A's in all of my classes the last three semesters.
Feelings: You felt happy when you got all A's.
Content: (Paraphrase) You've been doing well in school.
Meaning: You felt happy because you've been doing well in school.
View of self, other and world.
When is it best to use confrontational skills?
Later in the relationship after rapport has been built.
What are three things you can say to an addict or alcoholic?
Have you ever gotten arrested for driving under the influence?
How much do you use or drink?
Do your friends and family think you have a substance abuse problem?What is reality therapy also called?
Choice therapy
If one says "I believe in marriage but I don't want to leave my girlfriend." This is incongruity between
Values and Behaviors