Law & Ethics
This document is required before initiating treatment.
What is informed consent
This theory focuses on the connection between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors.
What is Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
According to Erik Erikson, this is the primary psychosocial task of adolescence.
What is Identity vs. Role Confusion
The acronym “OCD” stands for this
What is Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
A treatment goal should be x.
What is measurable
Only X can legally authorize release of a minor’s records.
Who is the parent or legal guardian
This theory focuses on resolving unconscious conflicts and emphasizes early childhood experiences.
What is Psychodynamic Theory.
This developmental theorist proposed the stages of cognitive development, including sensorimotor, preoperational, concrete operational, and formal operational.
Who is Jean Piaget
This is the minimum duration of symptoms required for a diagnosis of Major Depressive Disorder.
What is at least two weeks
This is the first step after identifying suicidal ideation is present.
What is assess for risk (plan, means, intent, history)?
This is the term for when a therapist engages in multiple roles with a client, increasing the risk of impaired objectivity and exploitation
What is dual relationship
Within this theory a therapist use “miracle questions” and scaling techniques to highlight client strengths and future goals.
What is Solution-Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT)
According to Piaget, this is the stage (birth–2 yrs) where infants learn through sensory and motor activity.
What is the Sensorimotor Stage
This key feature distinguishes Bipolar I Disorder from Bipolar II Disorder.
What is a full manic episode
Treatment goals and interventions must be directly linked to this.
What is the diagnosis
A client discloses they committed a serious crime years ago that was never reported. Are you legally required to report it.
What is No
This theory views the family as a system where symptoms are expressions of dysfunction in family roles, boundaries, or communication patterns.
What is Structural Family Therapy?
According to Bowlby’s attachment theory, this type of attachment is associated with inconsistent caregiving, leading to anxiety and uncertainty in relationships.
What is Anxious-ambivalent (insecure) attachment?
What are re-experiencing, avoidance, negative alterations in cognition/mood, and hyperarousal are symptoms of the following disorder
What is Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
This acronym is commonly used to structure treatment objectives
What is SMART (Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant, Time-bound
According to California law, adult client records must be maintained for this minimum number of years following the end of treatment.
What is 7 years
A therapist using this theory might reframe problems as part of a client’s larger social narrative, helping them externalize issues and rewrite their story.
What is Narrative Therapy
Freud believed this stage, occurring around ages 3–6, involved the development of the Oedipus complex.
What is the Phallic Stage
A client presents with fluctuating moods, intense fear of abandonment, unstable relationships, identity disturbance, impulsive behaviors, and recurrent suicidal gestures. This is the most likely diagnosis.
What is Borderline Personality Disorder
You would address ambivalence in treatment planning by using the following modality/techniques:
What is motivational interviewing