ART THERAPY EXAM I QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS
What are the steps of the crisis model applied to rape crisis intervention? - Correct
Answers -1- Accompaniment to police, medical, judicial system, ongoing counseling
(behavioral/cognitive), psycho-ed, confidential services and required reporting to Adult
Protective Services or Children's Services Division.
What are the stages of treatment in individual therapy? - Correct Answers -1 -Stabilize
client, decrease life threatening and behaviors that interfere with sessions.
2-Help client to feel better.
3-Resolve problems in living and residual disorders to achieve ordinary happiness.
4- Resolve the sense of incompleteness and achieve joy.
Explain brief therapy in response to natural disaster. - Correct Answers -1-Medical
emergencies take precedence over psychological emergencies.
2-Optimal treatment 12-72 hours post event.
3- Two primary responses are; normalize feelings, help victims cope with ongoing
stress.
How can you adapt art materials to meet the needs of specific disabilities? - Correct
Answers -Mouth-stick, motorized easels, button flipping devices, adjustable drafting
boards, magnification devices, wheel chair art, precut materials. bedridden assistive
devices, quadriplegic computers, and video cameras.
How do issues of control of transference, countertransference, and therapeutic
boundaries
display in the therapeutic relationship. - Correct Answers -The psychodynamically
oriented therapist uses this to help the client to understand the origins of emotional
problems.
1- Countertransference- A therapist unconscious or conscious reaction to a client.
(should monitor this)
2- Transference- The unconscious assignment of others feelings that were associated
with early life.
3- Boundaries- Professional boundaries include fee setting, length of session, time,
personal disclosure, limit touch, and the general tone of the relationship.
, Explain the evaluation process for therapeutic treatment. - Correct Answers -The
assessment includes; questions about the problem, family history, stressors, verbal
assessment measures to determine the problem.
What is the role of autonomy and dependence in individual therapy? - Correct Answers
-Autonomy refers to the freedom to assume responsibility for one's actions. Actions and
choices are independent and should not be constrained by others.
Dependence is the opposite. It is the psychological need for emotional support, care,
comfort, attention, nurturance, and acceptance of significant others.
It is part of a continuum with autonomy on one end and dependence on the other.
What are the procedures for termination of therapy? - Correct Answers -code of ethics ;
1- The client no longer requires service.
2- It is not likely of benefit.
3- Is being harmed by the service.
or may terminate;
1- When endangered by the client/patient or a person related to such.
qualified by;
1- When preluded by actions of clients/patients or third party payors to suggest
alternative service providers as appropriate.
What is the role of externally set goals within an institution? - Correct Answers -The
change in the pattern of mental health care from institutional to community based
approach has had a significant effect. The factors from reform ideologies include
financial (who pays & for what), complexity due to public policy influences such as short
stay and community treatment.
How are intervention strategies used in art therapy? - Correct Answers -1-To enable
clients to express personal concerns.
2-Art is a tangible record of progress toward treatment goals.
3-In a group setting it involved directive aimed at specific goals.
4- Some are spontaneous others directed.
5- Specific interventions techniques include bridging exercises, feeling maps, anger
resolution, self image, loss and grief, journeys, situational topics, collage, basket
weaving and review of previous art work.
What is the difference between art therapy as adjunctive therapy and primary therapy? -
Correct Answers -1- Primary therapist(private practice)- the therapist helps clients to
communicate with symbols and expressions other than traditional verbal modes.
2-Adjunctive therapist(or complementary therapist)
the therapist works as part of a multi-disciplinary treatment team to counteract the side
effects of primary treatment, to relieve symptoms or enhance cure.
A client's emotional healing requires an individualized treatment plan. What are the
procedures used to design a plan to meet the needs of the client in individual therapy? -
Correct Answers -The during the intake process the client and clinician should agree
AND ANSWERS
What are the steps of the crisis model applied to rape crisis intervention? - Correct
Answers -1- Accompaniment to police, medical, judicial system, ongoing counseling
(behavioral/cognitive), psycho-ed, confidential services and required reporting to Adult
Protective Services or Children's Services Division.
What are the stages of treatment in individual therapy? - Correct Answers -1 -Stabilize
client, decrease life threatening and behaviors that interfere with sessions.
2-Help client to feel better.
3-Resolve problems in living and residual disorders to achieve ordinary happiness.
4- Resolve the sense of incompleteness and achieve joy.
Explain brief therapy in response to natural disaster. - Correct Answers -1-Medical
emergencies take precedence over psychological emergencies.
2-Optimal treatment 12-72 hours post event.
3- Two primary responses are; normalize feelings, help victims cope with ongoing
stress.
How can you adapt art materials to meet the needs of specific disabilities? - Correct
Answers -Mouth-stick, motorized easels, button flipping devices, adjustable drafting
boards, magnification devices, wheel chair art, precut materials. bedridden assistive
devices, quadriplegic computers, and video cameras.
How do issues of control of transference, countertransference, and therapeutic
boundaries
display in the therapeutic relationship. - Correct Answers -The psychodynamically
oriented therapist uses this to help the client to understand the origins of emotional
problems.
1- Countertransference- A therapist unconscious or conscious reaction to a client.
(should monitor this)
2- Transference- The unconscious assignment of others feelings that were associated
with early life.
3- Boundaries- Professional boundaries include fee setting, length of session, time,
personal disclosure, limit touch, and the general tone of the relationship.
, Explain the evaluation process for therapeutic treatment. - Correct Answers -The
assessment includes; questions about the problem, family history, stressors, verbal
assessment measures to determine the problem.
What is the role of autonomy and dependence in individual therapy? - Correct Answers
-Autonomy refers to the freedom to assume responsibility for one's actions. Actions and
choices are independent and should not be constrained by others.
Dependence is the opposite. It is the psychological need for emotional support, care,
comfort, attention, nurturance, and acceptance of significant others.
It is part of a continuum with autonomy on one end and dependence on the other.
What are the procedures for termination of therapy? - Correct Answers -code of ethics ;
1- The client no longer requires service.
2- It is not likely of benefit.
3- Is being harmed by the service.
or may terminate;
1- When endangered by the client/patient or a person related to such.
qualified by;
1- When preluded by actions of clients/patients or third party payors to suggest
alternative service providers as appropriate.
What is the role of externally set goals within an institution? - Correct Answers -The
change in the pattern of mental health care from institutional to community based
approach has had a significant effect. The factors from reform ideologies include
financial (who pays & for what), complexity due to public policy influences such as short
stay and community treatment.
How are intervention strategies used in art therapy? - Correct Answers -1-To enable
clients to express personal concerns.
2-Art is a tangible record of progress toward treatment goals.
3-In a group setting it involved directive aimed at specific goals.
4- Some are spontaneous others directed.
5- Specific interventions techniques include bridging exercises, feeling maps, anger
resolution, self image, loss and grief, journeys, situational topics, collage, basket
weaving and review of previous art work.
What is the difference between art therapy as adjunctive therapy and primary therapy? -
Correct Answers -1- Primary therapist(private practice)- the therapist helps clients to
communicate with symbols and expressions other than traditional verbal modes.
2-Adjunctive therapist(or complementary therapist)
the therapist works as part of a multi-disciplinary treatment team to counteract the side
effects of primary treatment, to relieve symptoms or enhance cure.
A client's emotional healing requires an individualized treatment plan. What are the
procedures used to design a plan to meet the needs of the client in individual therapy? -
Correct Answers -The during the intake process the client and clinician should agree
