Documentation
Only Progress Notes and Assessments are legal documents that may be subpoenaed.
What is False?
The "Miracle Question" is an intervention of what modality?
What is Brief solution-focused therapy?
Escaping from an unresolved emotional attachment by distancing physically or emotionally from it is a process known as?
What is emotional cutoff?
A former client shows up unannounced and requests that you meet him for a cup of coffee at a local cafe. He indicates that he needs to talk to you. What should you do?
What is tell him to make an appointment?
Likert rating on the severity of a given problem on a 1 to 10 is known as what type of question?
What is a scaling question?
This is the process of using a strikeout and initials to correct document mistakes.
What is error-correct?
This type of troublesome interpersonal relationship is identified as an emotional triangle usually influenced by anxiety in which modality?
What is Bowenian Therapy?
What approach utilizes information transfer to the client with the objective helping them to learn about dx, symptoms, causes, and treatment options?
What is psychoeducation?
This ethical technique points out resistance and discrepancies between a client's words, behaviors, feelings, goals, or non-verbals. It is useful to increase self-awareness and direction towards a goal.
What is confronting?
Minuchin describes this developmental aspect of family organization as occurring when elements of the system automatically adjust to coordinate their functioning.
What is accommodation?
Legally, writing notes should contain only the facts and not opinions to maintain what?
What is objectivity?
The intervention of using a positive connotation to reframe the family’s problem indicates which modality?
What is Milan Therapy?
The process by which a system attempts to stay at equilibrium is called Homeo_______.
What is stasis (homeostasis)?
Being easily driven by emotionality, lacking a sense of self, exhibiting an inability to express your own thoughts, and constantly reacting to those around you are characteristics of what type of person according to Bowen's theory?
What is undifferentiated?
Asking "Why are you here in therapy?" falls under which category of questioning to gage insight? 1. Lineal, 2. Circular, 3. Strategic, or 4. Reflexive
What is lineal?
All notes should contain a statement about medical necessity, a mental status exam, and this, which measures suicidality and lethality.
What is a risk assessment?
Which model stresses the process of changing behaviors in family interactions rather than the content of the topics about behavior?
What is Structural and MRI?
When a couple establishes a clear boundary that separates their subsystem from others, they are establishing what type of structure?
What is a Hierarchical structure?
You ask a suicidal client, "Could it be that what you really want is not to kill yourself, but to end your pain?" You are:
What is reframing?
Mr. and Mrs. Nelson are worried about their son Percy's behavior. In the course of the initial interview you question them as to how much past problems in Percy's life are affecting him now. Which family therapy approach are you coming from?
What is Constructivist?
Clinician notes and client records can leave the office providing that they are always what?
What is double-locked?
Which theory states that all behavior is a way of communicating, and since people cannot stop behaving, they are always communicating?
What is Communications Theory?
Which family therapy approach uses the least amount of structured activities and techniques?
What is Experiential?
The underlying premise is that personal experience/story is fundamentally ambiguous is indicative of which type of therapy?
What is Narrative therapy?
Which technique has one family member place all other family members into positions in order to symbolize the actual relationships?
What is family sculpting?