Question 1.
Group Therapy primary purpose
ANSWER
The primary purpose of group therapy is to facilitate changes by the patient to address identified problems.
Question 2.
A technique for dealing with an over talkative client and silence from other participants in a group during therapy
ANSWER
make an observation about the group's silence and invite the others to comment
Question 3.
the technique of "Information Giver ".
ANSWER
During group members sharing methods they personally use for dealing with problems
Question 4.
CBT
ANSWER
consists of active questioning, homework assignments, and dream survey. The therapist helps the patient consider personal ideas and beliefs in order to
increase the patient's realization about how thoughts influence behaviors.
Question 5.
Attachment
ANSWER
Attempts to explain the dynamics of interpersonal relationships between humans. A child needs to form a relationship between at least one primary
caregiver.
Question 6.
Mileu
ANSWER
Milieu therapy requires consideration of the client's social, economic, and cultural status.
Question 7.
Complementary Alternative Medicine vs Western major difference
ANSWER
Western medicine focuses on what is done to the patient whereas CAM focuses on mind-body interactions.
, Question 8.
Beck
ANSWER
Beck developed the cognitive model of depression and the concept that cognitive processing distortions underlie psychological disorders ACTIVE,
TIME-LIMITED APPROACH
Question 9.
depression can be understood via schemas:
ANSWER
Beck; cognitive errors, and the cognitive triad (i.e., negative views of self, tendency toward interpreting experiences in a negative manner, and holding
negative views of the future).
Question 10.
Beck assumption
ANSWER
Distorted thinking contributes to and maintains bheavior (symptoms)
Question 11.
Ellis
ANSWER
RET (Rational Emotive Therapy) a form of cbt
Question 12.
ret
ANSWER
unrealistic and irrational beliefs cause many emotional problems. The purpose of RET is to identify an irrational belief and dispute it through active,
philosophical, confrontational therapy.
Question 13.
RET assumption
ANSWER
People make themselves sick anytime they escalate a desire or preference into a demand or absolute must. (People become who they become based on
their beliefs).
Question 14.
Skinner
ANSWER
operant conditioning
, Question 15.
Operant conditioning
ANSWER
voluntary behaviors are learned through consequences, and behavioral responses are elicited through reinforcement, which causes a behavior to occur
more frequently. Positive reinforcementgetting a gift, or negative reinforcementremoval of objectionable' or aversive stimulus
Question 16.
Skinner
ANSWER
Absence of reinforcement, or extinction, also decreases behavior by withholding a reward that has become habitual. Teachers employ this strategy in the
classroom when they ignore acting-out behavior that had previously been rewarded by more attention. Skinner's behavior model provides a concrete method
for modifying or replacing behaviors. Behavior management and modification programs based on his principles have shown to be successful in altering
targeted behaviors. Programmed learning and token economies represent extensions of Skinner's thoughts on learning. Behavioral methods are particularly
effective with children, adolescents, and individuals with many forms of chronic mental illness.
Question 17.
Universality
ANSWER
Yaslom: The recognition of shared experiences and feelings among group members and that these may be widespread or universal human concerns,
serves to remove a group member's sense of isolation, validate their experiences, and raise self-esteem.
Question 18.
Altruism
ANSWER
Yaslom: The group is a place where members can help each other, and the experience of being able to give something to another person can lift the
member's self esteem and help develop more adaptive coping styles and interpersonal skills.
Question 19.
Instillation of hope
ANSWER
Yaslom: In a mixed group that has members at various stages of development or recovery, a member can be inspired and encouraged by another member
who has overcome the problems with which they are still struggling.
Question 20.
Imparting information
ANSWER
Yaslom: While this is not strictly speaking a psychotherapeutic process, members often report that it has been very helpful to learn factual information from
other members in the group, for example, about their treatment or about access to services.