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This disorder is characterized by persistent sadness, loss of interest in activities, and decreased energy.
What is Major Depressive Disorder?
This type of question encourages a detailed response rather than a simple yes or no.
What is an open-ended question?
This component of a treatment plan describes what the therapist and client decide the client should achieve through therapy.
What are treatment goals?
Goals should be specific, measurable, attainable, relevant, and this.
What is time-bound?
This therapy focuses on changing negative thought patterns to improve mood and behavior.
What is Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)?
A condition marked by significant deficits in social communication and by restricted, repetitive patterns of behavior, interests, or activities.
What is Autism Spectrum Disorder?
A question technique used to help clients discover their values and motivations by exploring how they would like to be remembered.
What is a legacy question?
This evidence-based treatment approach is often used for clients with PTSD.
What is Prolonged Exposure Therapy?
This type of goal-setting involves the client deeply in defining their own therapy goals, ensuring the goals align with their personal values and life.
What is collaborative goal setting?
A therapeutic approach that emphasizes understanding the unconscious processes as they are manifested in a person's present behavior.
What is Psychodynamic Therapy?
This disorder involves excessive worry and anxiety occurring more days than not for at least six months, about a number of events or activities.
What is Generalized Anxiety Disorder?
This questioning technique involves asking the client to consider the best possible future for themselves.
What is the "Best Possible Self" technique?
A type of therapy plan that changes as new information is gathered and as clients progress over time.
What is a dynamic treatment plan?
A technique used to help clients identify a small, achievable goal as a first step toward a larger goal.
What is setting a "stepping stone" goal?
This type of therapy involves acceptance and mindfulness strategies, along with commitment and behavior change strategies, to increase psychological flexibility.
What is Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)?
Characterized by the presence of intrusive thoughts (obsessions) and repetitive behaviors (compulsions) aimed at reducing anxiety.
What is Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder?
A strategy for understanding a client's perspective by having them explain or teach it to you as if you know nothing about it.
What is the "Explain Like I'm Five" technique?
An essential part of treatment planning that involves measuring a client's progress towards their goals.
What is outcome monitoring?
This approach ensures that therapy goals are directly linked to improving clients' daily functioning and quality of life.
What is functional goal setting?
A technique in which clients are asked to imagine a feared object or scenario in order to reduce anxiety through habituation.
What is systematic desensitization?
A disorder featuring symptoms of both depression and mania, but at a less severe level than bipolar I or II disorder.
What is Cyclothymic Disorder?
This approach involves asking questions to explore how a client has managed to survive or cope with adversity, focusing on strengths and resilience.
What is strength-based questioning?
This evidence-based approach is recommended for treating Borderline Personality Disorder.
What is Dialectical Behavior Therapy?
The process of revisiting and potentially revising goals based on therapy progress and changing client needs.
What is goal reassessment?
This therapeutic approach is designed to help people understand and accept their inner emotions and develop skills to manage them without avoiding or acting upon them impulsively.
What is Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)?