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Behavioral rehearsal - correct answer Behavioral rehearsal
Rationale: Behavioral rehearsal can assist clients who experience anxiety with social
skills or interactions with others. Rehearsal may be conducted using guided imagery
where the client pictures themselves responding appropriately, or the client and
therapist may choose to explore a behavioral rehearsal using role-play.
Corinne is a 46-year-old who presents for therapy with symptoms of depression. The
therapist recommends that Corinne read Cognitive Behavioral Therapy in 7 Weeks by
Dr. Seth J. Gillihan between sessions.
What can you use to assist the client?
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Assertiveness training
Bibliotherapy
Contingency management
Behavioral rehearsal - correct answer Biblio therapy
Rationale: CBT therapists may prescribe specific readings or self-help books related to
the client's condition as an adjunct to in-session work.
cognitive-behavioral therapy - correct answer -focus on how well individuals can
adapt cognitively and functionally to their environments
-short-term, structured, goal-oriented form of psychotherapy
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-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
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Indications for SFT - correct answer -used for individual or group therapy across
settings
• marriage, family, and child therapies
• trauma
• postpartum depression
• depression
• eating disorders
• severe mental illness
how SFT is used to alleviate anxiety - correct answer 4-Step Approach for
Overcoming Anxiety