NR 605 WEEK 5 FINAL STUDY GUIDE Questions with Verified
Answers (Correct Update)
Question 1: What stabilization technique is the hallmark of CBT and explain more...
Answer: Socratic Dialogue is the hallmark of CBT and helps facilitate guided discovery.
Therapist guides the client through a series of questions and answers to draw out the client's
automatic thoughts and assumptions to collaboratively examine the logic underlying the
assumptions and to identify thought processes that may be creating problems for the client. Can
be used to facilitate cognitive reappraisal, information processing, emotional regulation and
support treatment processes.
Question 2: what stabilization technique is common for clients with anxiety and explain what kind of
thinking is associated with it...
Answer: Decatastrophizing; catastrophic thinking is common for clients with anxiety. This
involves focusing on the most negative possible outcome of a given situation.
Question 3: what type of technique is used to improve social skills or interactions with others? and
explain
Answer: Behavioral rehearsa; 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
Question 4: what kind of therapy helps individuals accept life's challenges while focusing on their
values and goals. Learning how to relate to thoughts and feelings which impact life rather than
changing those thoughts and feelings
Answer: acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT)
Question 5: What is referred to as the third wave of CBT therapy and describe the acronyms?
Answer: ACT is referred to as a "third wave" of CBT therapy: ACT: Accepting reactions and
being present, Choosing a valued direction, Taking action
Question 6: which conditions is ACT indicated for?
Answer: depression, anxiety, substance use, chronic pain, transdiagnostic and combinations of
conditions
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Answers (Correct Update)
Question 1: What stabilization technique is the hallmark of CBT and explain more...
Answer: Socratic Dialogue is the hallmark of CBT and helps facilitate guided discovery.
Therapist guides the client through a series of questions and answers to draw out the client's
automatic thoughts and assumptions to collaboratively examine the logic underlying the
assumptions and to identify thought processes that may be creating problems for the client. Can
be used to facilitate cognitive reappraisal, information processing, emotional regulation and
support treatment processes.
Question 2: what stabilization technique is common for clients with anxiety and explain what kind of
thinking is associated with it...
Answer: Decatastrophizing; catastrophic thinking is common for clients with anxiety. This
involves focusing on the most negative possible outcome of a given situation.
Question 3: what type of technique is used to improve social skills or interactions with others? and
explain
Answer: Behavioral rehearsa; 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
Question 4: what kind of therapy helps individuals accept life's challenges while focusing on their
values and goals. Learning how to relate to thoughts and feelings which impact life rather than
changing those thoughts and feelings
Answer: acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT)
Question 5: What is referred to as the third wave of CBT therapy and describe the acronyms?
Answer: ACT is referred to as a "third wave" of CBT therapy: ACT: Accepting reactions and
being present, Choosing a valued direction, Taking action
Question 6: which conditions is ACT indicated for?
Answer: depression, anxiety, substance use, chronic pain, transdiagnostic and combinations of
conditions
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