Terms/definitions
These are Strategies taught to help clients manage distress and unhelpful emotions.
What are Coping Skills
Cognitive behavior therapy (CBT) assumes that thoughts, feelings, and behaviors are independent and do not impact each other.
False: (They are interconnected).
Assuming the worst possible outcome will happen, no matter how unlikely.
What is Catastrophizing
"She didn't text me back. She must hate me" is an example of which cognitive distortion?
What is Mind-reading
What does the "A" in the A-B-C-D model stand for?
What is Activating Event
These are errors in logic that lead to irrational beliefs (e.g., catastrophizing, black-and-white thinking).
What are Cognitive Distortions
Within CBT, the case formulation approach involves the development of an in-depth and individualized formulation of the client and his or her problem areas.
True
This cognitive distortion is Assuming you know what others are thinking.
What is Mind Reading
"If I don't get an 'A' on this exam, I am a total failure" is an example of what Cognitive Distortion?
What is "All-or-Nothing" thinking
What Cognitive Distortion is an example of "If I miss this deadline, I'll lose my job and end up homeless"?
What is Catastrophizing
These are rapid, unthinking thoughts that pop into one's mind, often influencing mood and behavior
What are automatic thoughts
A key aspect of CBT is to use behavioral experiments to test the accuracy of alternative beliefs.
True
What is Taking a single negative event as a sign of a never-ending pattern of failure.
This Sticky Thought involves excessive fear of contamination (germs), violent or sexual intrusive thoughts, intense need for symmetry, moral/religious scrupulosity, or fear of causing harm to oneself or others.
What are Obsessions
"I made a mistake in the report; I am an idiot" is an example of which cognitive distortion?
What is Labeling
This is Identifying and questioning automatic negative thoughts (e.g., "I will fail at everything") to replace them with more realistic, positive ones.
What is Cognitive Restructuring
CBT strategies have the greatest impact on treatment outcomes, whereas the therapeutic relationship has no impact on outcomes.
False. (The therapeutic relationship is crucial).
This is a repetitive, passive, and uncontrollable mental cycle of dwelling on negative feelings, past mistakes, or distressing problems without reaching a solution
What is Ruminations
This Sticky Thought involves replaying social interactions, self-blame, or questioning "why" something happened. Often associated with feelings of guilt or shame.
What are Ruminations
What does the "C" in the A-B-C model stand for?
What is Consequences?
A tool for understanding that problems stem not from activating events (A), but from beliefs (B) about those events, which lead to consequences
What is The ABC(D) Model
CBT is only helpful with mood and anxiety disorders.
False. (It is used for many conditions, including eating disorders and addiction).
These are unwanted, intrusive, and recurrent thoughts, urges, or images that cause significant anxiety, distress, or disgust
What are Obsessions
This Sticky Thought involves involuntary, repetitive, and distressing memories or scenarios that "loop" in the mind, often causing feelings of guilt, danger, or brokeness.
What is Trauma Replay
This is Learning to be present and aware without judgment.
What is Mindfulness