Contemporary Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
Reality
Existential
Gestalt
Family Systems
200

The third generation of cognitive behavioral therapies (CBT) refers to the development and introduction of acceptance-based therapies, such as DBT, ACT, MBCT, and ST. What does each acronym stand for?

DBT: dialectical behavior therapy                       ACT: acceptance and commitment therapy       MBCT: mindfulness-based cognitive therapy         ST: schema therapy

200

William ________ is often credited for Reality theoretical concepts.

Glasser

200

Viktor ______, Rollo ______, & Irvin ________ are often credited for major existential concepts.

Frankl, May, & Yalom

200

Fritz & Laura ________ are often credited for Gestalt theoretical concepts.

Perls

200

A schematic diagram of the family system, it uses squares to represent certain members of the family.

Genogram

400

What are the four core skills that DBT focuses on?

Mindfulness, distress tolerance, emotions regulation, and interpersonal effectiveness

400

Reality therapy is a didactic, collaborative, and action-oriented therapeutic modality. It is based on _____ theory which aims to assist clients with changing their maladaptive behaviors so they can more effectively meet their individual needs, and experience more satisfying relationships

choice

400

Existentialism focuses on the belief that humans have freedom and ______, and thus they are responsible for their lives.

choice

400

This is an active and creative therapeutic approach that uses guided drama and role playing to work through problems.

Psychodrama

400

The _______ or interactional patterns of a family, include the ways in which members’ rules, beliefs, values, and experiences are expressed within the household and within the larger society as a whole

dynamics

600

This term defines one's willingness to experience psychological events (i.e., thoughts, feelings, memories) without having to avoid them or let them unduly influence behavior.

Acceptance

600

Reality therapy holds that all people are born with the  five basic ____ that are fixed at birth

needs

600

This term refers to being genuine, real, and aware of one’s being. Individuals are able to navigate the meaning of life, moral choices, and their innate humanness.

Authenticity

600

This term describes two extremes or opposites; generally reflect internal or interpersonal conflicts. To truly achieve wholeness, people must become aware of and integrate this term, especially when it comes to the mind and body.

Polarities

600

Feedback loops are a system in which information is going through a process of being input and output. What are the two different types of feedback?

Positive and negative feedback

800

_______ can be classified most broadly into two categorical domains of practice: (a) focused attention, or concentrative practices; and (b) open monitoring, or bare attention practices 

Mindfulness

800

Glasser states all people can do at birth is behave. All aspects of functioning are linked to behavior. Glasser called people’s overall functioning total behavior, which is composed of four inseparable components: Acting, Thinking, Feeling, and _______.

Physiology

800

Identify if the following is existential or neurotic anxiety.

Occurs as a result of being confronted with the four givens of existence: death, freedom, isolation, and meaning. All people experience this and they have apprehension caused by a threat to a value deemed critical to one’s well-being. Death is a fact of life, and as such, all humans experience some anxiety.

Existential

800

The tendency to uncritically accept others’ beliefs and standards without assimilating them to make them congruent with who we are.

Introjection

800

________ competence is a structural therapy technique of modifying interactions. Intensity is used to block the stream of interactions.

Shaping

1000

By looking at early childhood adaptive patterns, schema therapy helps clients understand how actions in the present trigger ____ _____ _____, or self-defeating emotional patterns from childhood. (3 words)

early maladaptive schemas

1000

The procedures involved in reality therapy are represented by the acronym WDEP, which includes what four main elements?

Wants, Direction and Doing, Evaluation, and Planning

1000

What are the four dimensions of the human condition that typically underlie emotional difficulties. 

 death, isolation, meaninglessness, and freedom.

1000

This Gestalt term describes unexpressed feelings from the past that occur in the present and interfere with psychological functioning.

Unfinished business

1000

This Bowen concept explains the need for psychological separation of intellect, emotions, and independence of self from others; opposite of fusion.

Differentiation of self