Don't be Defensive!
Pt repeatedly redirecting discussion by talking about irrelevant topics is an example of
What is Resistance?
Psychotherapy where pts realistically evaluate their interactions with others & therapist offers direct advice/helps pts make decisions/ignores transference issues.
What is Interpersonal Therapy?
Behavioral technique used to de-escalate agitated patient
What is "acknowledging patients frustrations".
Pt with addiction and social anxiety talks about painful anxiety experiences at AA. Statement consistent with 12 step therapy?
YOU DID THE MOST IMPORTANT THING, YOU WENT TO THE MEETING. IT WILL GET EASIER.
Behavioral frequency altered by application of positive and negative consequences.
What is Operant conditioning?
"Could leave more time for questions during class"
"I'm a terrible professor I just talk the whole time"
What is selective abstraction?
For the treatment of pts with compulsive sexual behavior, the best results have been seen with this approach.
What are 12 Step Groups?
Major therapeutic goal of self-help groups?
What is OVERCOMING MALADAPTIVE BEHAVIORS
HOW INDIVIDUALS LEARN AND UNDERSTAND THE WORLD
What is Piagets theory of Development?
Abstinence compliance increases with random UDS.
What is Partial reinforcement?
An important counter-transference issue in an interethnic psychotherapeutic relationship.
What is Denial of Differences?
Therapy for depression that focuses on increased socialization, weekly pleasurable tasks, and sharing progress/challenges
What is Behavioral Activation?
Pt with schizoid personality disorder has elaborate fantasy relationships but has no real friends. Most helpful therapy to assist pt in forming satisfying interpersonal relationships.
What is Group Psychotherapy?
Normal autism, symbiosis, differentiation, and practicing are among the developmental subphases of separation and individuation.
Who is Margaret Mahler?
A person afraid of loud noises has a panic attack in a grocery store after the shelving unit hits the floor, person takes lorazepam after hearing a loud noise, person then avoids grocery store. The conditioned stimulus is
What is a grocery store?
Beginning therapist feels great empathy for depressed pt fails to maintain sufficient distance to observe self-destructive patterns. To avoid this pay attention to
What is Overidentification?
Therapy modality is efficacious in treating trichotillomania
What is Habit Reversal ?
Psychotherapy which is contraindicated in patients with Paranoia
What is Hypnosis?
Recently a retired woman with recent life transitions has regrets about job and daughter. Wants meaningful last few decades.
What is ego integrity vs despair?
Pt works near a train and soon doesn't notice the noise anymore.
Habituation
SEARCHING FOR A SYNTHESIS BETWEEN SEEMINGLY CONTRADICTORY IDEAS.
What is Dialectical Behavior Therapy?
Therapeutic technique where therapist instructs the patient to hold onto a symptom.
What is Paradoxical Intervention?
Young female in psychodynamic psychotic admitted to seeing the resident downtown last weekend, followed him around, thinking she could later shop at the same stores and eat at the same places as her greatly admired therapist. Pt not dangerous, convincingly apologized, stated that she would never repeat this behavior and hoped the therapist would not ͞fire͟ her. Next step the therapist should take?
INTERPRET PATIENT’S LONGING TO IDENTIFY WITH THE THERAPIST
Toddler soothed at night by inner memory of a secure relationship with mother. Called what (in attachment theory):
What is Object constancy?
A 10-yo child is afraid of dogs and has exposure therapy to the point where he can tolerate a small dog. A week later, he encounters a large dog. What is his response?
GIVEN THE NON-CLINICAL SETTING, THE REACTION IS IMPOSSIBLE TO PREDICT