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NR605 / NR 605 Final Exam (Latest Update 2024 /
2025): Diagnosis & Management in Psychiatric-Mental
Health -Questions and Verified Answers | 100% Correct
A+ Grade
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
Indications for SFT
-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
4-Step Approach for Overcoming Anxiety
-Identify the meaningful parts of life that the anxiety is blocking.
-Shift the focus away from the anxiety itself toward the meaningful goal.
-Create a list of positive messages that would motivate you toward that goal.
,-Be gentle with yourself - you're not alone. Many of the people you meet may be working
through something similar.
Behavioral theory
-Personality is a result of the interaction between an ind. and their environment.
-focus on observable and measurable behavior
-Skinner
• associated with the concept of operant conditioning, using rewards and punishments to
increase or decrease a behavior
-Pavlov
• Russian Physiologist, father of behaviorism, associated with classical conditioning, Pavlov
dog,
Cognitive theory
-Study of mental processes and complex behaviors
-Albert Bandura combines concepts of observing, thinking, and behaving.
-Tying external behaviors in with internal mental processes that facilitate them
• learning, memory, language development, mental problem solving.
Cognitive Distortions
-faulty, exaggerated, or irrational thinking patterns
• cause ind's to inaccurately perceive reality
• lead to (-) emotions & psychopathological states, including depression & anxiety
common cognitive distortions
-Should statement
• "I shouldn't yell at my kids. I should always be able to keep my temper. I'm the adult
here."
-All-or-nothing thinking
• "I got an A- on the biology exam! I never get below an A. I am such a complete failure!"
,-Catastrophizing
• "I know my relationship is in trouble. If my girlfriend leaves, I know I'll never find someone
else and will be alone forever."
-Filtering
• "I just read my student evaluations for the term. While they're almost all positive, one
student felt that I was insensitive and never responded promptly even though I answered
every email within 24 hours. I'm a terrible teacher."
-Overgeneralization
• "Every single time I work the night shift at the hospital, they always give me the worst
assignments! It's always a nightmare!"
-Mind reading
• "I was at lunch with my friend today. She kept looking at her phone the whole time. I just
know she didn't want to be there and is bored with our friendship."
-Emotional reasoning
• "I started a diet on Monday and was doing well until they brought in pizza for lunch on
Thursday. I feel like I'll never be able to succeed at this, so I'm giving up."
Cognitive Techniques for Stabilization
-Socratic dialogue (SD)
-Decatastrophizing
Socratic dialogue (SD)
-hallmark of CBT
-helps facilitate guided discovery
-therapist guides the client through a series of questions & answers to draw out the client's
automatic thoughts & assumptions
• collaboratively examine the logic underlying the assumptions
• ID thought processes that may be creating problems
, -can be used to:
• facilitate cognitive reappraisal
• information processing
• emotional regulation
• support tx processes
Socratic questions
-Socratic questions
• What is the evidence your belief is true?
• What is the evidence your belief is not true?
-Alternative Explanation Socratic Questions
• Is there another point of view?
• Are you paying attention to only one aspect of the situation?
• Are you misinterpreting the evidence?
• Are you making assumptions?
-Impact of the automatic thought Socratic Question
• What is the effect of believing "If I'm not perfect then I'm a failure?"
-Distancing Socratic Question
• What would you advise a friend who told you something similar?
-Problem solving Socratic Question
• What would be good to do now?
• What would you like to do about this situation?
Decatastrophizing
-Catastrophic thinking
• common for clients with anxiety
• focusing on most (-) outcome of a situation
-Decatastrophizing
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