CCIM FINAL ORAL EXAM QUESTIONS WITH
CORRECT ANSWERS | RATED A+
Balanced Compassionate Caring Model - CORRECT ANSWER -describes the optimum level of
emotional involvement to elicit positive outcomes for both the patient and the clinician
negatively involved - CORRECT ANSWER -attitude or behavior that is explicitly hostile to the
patient
neutral/detached - CORRECT ANSWER -clinician has suppressed emotional engagement and
taken a solely objectifying attitude towards the patient, like one might have with chopping
vegetables
emotional overinvolvement - CORRECT ANSWER -feeling more about or doing more for a
patient than is necessary for the patient's situation, feeling like you have to solve all of your
patient's problems
zone of balanced compassionate caring or C^2 - CORRECT ANSWER -optimal level of emotional
involvement for patient outcomes, giving the patient what they need -- not more or less -- but
still having an attitude of emotional investment
How is balanced compassionate caring important for a clinician's career? - CORRECT ANSWER -It
has positive effects for both the patient and the clinician
- gives the clinician better protection against burnout than excessive attachment or objectivity
- it increases effectiveness and patient outcomes which increases personal satisfaction
- optimum level of concern for patients allows the clinician to feel the rewards of their work
Caritas Attitude - CORRECT ANSWER -- core driving force in helping relationships
- most fundamental attitude for compassionate caring
, - represents an attitude of charity and compassion that needs to be cultivated and sustained
throughout caring
Balanced notion of personal responsibility and outcome - CORRECT ANSWER -- balanced
responsibility occurs when the clinician assures the patient they are doing the best they can and
is invested in the best possible outcome. there is not a guarantee but the clinician is working
hard
- excessive responsibility: clinician feels completely responsible for what happens to the patient
- no responsibility: increases the likelihood that the helping interaction will not be successful
compassionate empathetic concern versus emotional detachment or emotional engulfment -
CORRECT ANSWER -- empathetic concern is a critical part of C^2 because it increases intrinsic
motivation for helping a patient and allows us to distinguish self and other
- detachment is bad because we lack this internal desire to help
- engulfment is bad because we cannot distinguish self and other when encountering suffering
Therapeutic perspective versus detached objectivity - CORRECT ANSWER -therapeutic
perspective: gives us a broader lens that comes from knowledge base and life experiences to
give us optimism amidst patient's pathology and despair
- allows us to gain perspective in challenging helping situations and engage with more difficult
patients by remembering that a patient's experiences could account for negative behaviors
detached objectivity: becoming more callous with patients and overall more negative even with
other relationships
Being centered - CORRECT ANSWER -focused, emotionally regulated state in which the clinician
can put aside concerns to be emotionally present with the promise that they will return to them
later
- keeps clinician grounded and invested without being overwhelmed
- being fully present
CORRECT ANSWERS | RATED A+
Balanced Compassionate Caring Model - CORRECT ANSWER -describes the optimum level of
emotional involvement to elicit positive outcomes for both the patient and the clinician
negatively involved - CORRECT ANSWER -attitude or behavior that is explicitly hostile to the
patient
neutral/detached - CORRECT ANSWER -clinician has suppressed emotional engagement and
taken a solely objectifying attitude towards the patient, like one might have with chopping
vegetables
emotional overinvolvement - CORRECT ANSWER -feeling more about or doing more for a
patient than is necessary for the patient's situation, feeling like you have to solve all of your
patient's problems
zone of balanced compassionate caring or C^2 - CORRECT ANSWER -optimal level of emotional
involvement for patient outcomes, giving the patient what they need -- not more or less -- but
still having an attitude of emotional investment
How is balanced compassionate caring important for a clinician's career? - CORRECT ANSWER -It
has positive effects for both the patient and the clinician
- gives the clinician better protection against burnout than excessive attachment or objectivity
- it increases effectiveness and patient outcomes which increases personal satisfaction
- optimum level of concern for patients allows the clinician to feel the rewards of their work
Caritas Attitude - CORRECT ANSWER -- core driving force in helping relationships
- most fundamental attitude for compassionate caring
, - represents an attitude of charity and compassion that needs to be cultivated and sustained
throughout caring
Balanced notion of personal responsibility and outcome - CORRECT ANSWER -- balanced
responsibility occurs when the clinician assures the patient they are doing the best they can and
is invested in the best possible outcome. there is not a guarantee but the clinician is working
hard
- excessive responsibility: clinician feels completely responsible for what happens to the patient
- no responsibility: increases the likelihood that the helping interaction will not be successful
compassionate empathetic concern versus emotional detachment or emotional engulfment -
CORRECT ANSWER -- empathetic concern is a critical part of C^2 because it increases intrinsic
motivation for helping a patient and allows us to distinguish self and other
- detachment is bad because we lack this internal desire to help
- engulfment is bad because we cannot distinguish self and other when encountering suffering
Therapeutic perspective versus detached objectivity - CORRECT ANSWER -therapeutic
perspective: gives us a broader lens that comes from knowledge base and life experiences to
give us optimism amidst patient's pathology and despair
- allows us to gain perspective in challenging helping situations and engage with more difficult
patients by remembering that a patient's experiences could account for negative behaviors
detached objectivity: becoming more callous with patients and overall more negative even with
other relationships
Being centered - CORRECT ANSWER -focused, emotionally regulated state in which the clinician
can put aside concerns to be emotionally present with the promise that they will return to them
later
- keeps clinician grounded and invested without being overwhelmed
- being fully present
