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NR605 Final Exam
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1. cognitive-behavioral therapy: -focus on how well individuals can adapt cognitively and functionally to
their environments
-short-term, structured, goal-oriented form of psychotherapy
-stresses necessity of challenging maladaptive thoughts that lead to behavioral problems
-first emerged in 1955
-most widely practiced psychotherapy
-help clients recognize and address cognitive distortions
• by Albert Ellis, widely known as the grandfather of cognitive behavior therapy
-Beck
• originally trained in psychoanalysis, pioneered cognitive therapy in the 1960s, through his research on depression
• also developed the popular Depression Inventory instrument
2. CBT Relationship to Nursing Theory: -Orem's self-care deficit nursing theory
• provides a framework to view CBT as a supportive intervention
• fosters effective self-care behaviors

-Roy's Adaptation Theory
• premise that individuals use coping mechanisms to adapt to stimuli, both internal and external
• share underpinnings with CBT.
3. Indications for CBT: -treatment of a wide range of diagnoses
• depression
• anxiety disorders
• substance use disorders
• eating disorders
• severe mental illness
• PTSD
4. Principles of CBT include:: -way an ind cognitively structures thoughts about self & the world determines
how the ind feels & behaves
-Dysfunctional thoughts are rooted in irrational assumptions
-Dysfunctional thinking and learned patterns of maladaptive behavior contribute to psychological problems
-Ind's can learn more adaptive behaviors which can relieve symptoms & improve quality of life
-CBT is (+) & stresses collaboration & active participation
-CBT includes action plans in the form of therapy homework


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5. Role of the Psychotherapist in CBT: -using a structured, collaborative approach to help clients
recognize and reevaluate cognitive distortions
-help clients:
• better understand the behaviors of others
• develop improved coping skills
-Psychoeducation
-Homework
• to help clients reinforce & build on what was learned during the therapy session
6. motivational interviewing (MI): -helps individuals prepare for change
-person-centered, evidence-based approach to behavior change
-using a collaborative, goal-oriented communication style
-empowers clients to draw on their meanings & capacities to facilitate change
• addressing issues with ambivalence and resistance
-grew out of William R. Miller's clinical practice working with clients with substance use disorders in the 1980s
• collaborated with Stephen Rollnick to write book: Motivational interviewing
7. Indications for MI: -reduction of substance use and health promotion
-improving medication adherence in clients with schizophrenia
8. MI Guiding Principles: -acceptance
-empathy
-compassion
-respect of client autonomy
-acknowledgment of the client's strengths & efforts
-Spirit of MI
• Partnership, compassion, acceptance, evocation
9. MI Role of the Psychotherapist: represented by the mnemonic RULE:

Resist the righting reflex
Understand the patient's motivation
Listen to the patient
Empower the patient
10. OARS: Communication skills for MI:
-Open questions


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• cannot be answered with a yes or no, require elaboration

-Affirming
• provide encouragement, are (+) comments on a client's strengths or efforts

-Reflecting
• mirror the content or feelings explicitly or implicitly stated by the client
• convey empathy, demonstrate listening, highlight emotions & beliefs, • provide opportunities for the client to elaborate
on their concerns
• empower clients to take control of the conversation
• recommended to use at least two reflections for every question

-Summarizing
• links together what has been stated to help the client organize their experiences
11. MI Phases of the Change Process: -engagement
• establishment of trust & a helping relationship between the therapist & client
• uses reflections that communicate understanding

-focusing
• identification of the direction or target of the change
• uses open-ended questions


-evoking
• identifying the client's motivation for change and evoking hope
• uses reflections and summaries

-planning
• creating a plan for change
12. acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT): -helps individuals accept life's challenges while
focusing on their values and goals
• learning how to relate to thoughts & feelings which impact life rather than changing those thoughts & feelings
-referred to as a "third wave" CBT therapy


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-Accepting reactions and being present
-Choosing a valued direction
-Taking action
-Used for:
• depression, anxiety, substance use, chronic pain, transdiagnostic combinations of conditions
13. solution-focused therapy (SFT): -future-oriented approach
-helps client ID problems & construct solutions that will result in change
-postmodern thinking
• reality is shaped by multiple and conflicting "truths" & constructed through human interaction
• there are as many stories of meaning as there are people involved
-fourth force of psychotherapy
• transpersonal, going beyond the ideas of humanness, identity, and self-actualization
-client is considered to be the expert of their lives
-focus from the problem to the solution
-grew out of the work at the Brief Family Therapy Center in Milwaukee in the 1970s
• influenced by many psychotherapists, work at the Mental Research Institute in California, and the philosophies of
Buddhism and Taoism
14. solution-focused therapy Key Concepts and the Role of the Psychotherapist-
: -Solutions talk
• Shift talk from problems to solutions

-Positive orientation
• Shift focus from problems to new possibilities

-Looking for what is working
• Focus on the exceptions within problem patterns
15. Indications for SFT: -used for individual or group therapy across settings
• marriage, family, and child therapies
• trauma
• postpartum depression
• depression
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