Exposure Therapy & Response Prevention Flashcards
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Interoceptive exposure is most specifically indicated for which condition?
Answer: Panic disorder with agoraphobia
Interoceptive exposure targets feared bodily sensations (e.g., racing heart, dizziness) and is a cornerstone treatment for panic disorder.
A client reports that her anxiety during exposure sessions never drops below a SUDS of 60, even after 60 minutes. The MOST clinically appropriate next step is to:
Answer: Investigate potential safety behaviors or cognitive avoidance maintaining anxiety
Persistently high SUDS often signals covert safety behaviors, subtle avoidance, or cognitive strategies that are blocking inhibitory learning.
Which of the following best exemplifies 'massed exposure'?
Answer: Completing multiple high-intensity exposures in rapid succession within a single extended session
Massed exposure concentrates many exposures into one or a few intensive sessions, which research shows can produce rapid and durable fear reduction.
The term 'fear structure' as used by Foa and Kozak (1986) refers to:
Answer: A cognitive-affective memory network containing information about feared stimuli, responses, and their meaning
Foa and Kozak described a fear structure as an associative memory network linking stimulus, response, and meaning elements that must be activated and modified during exposure.
A therapist designs an exposure for a client afraid of embarrassment in which the client intentionally spills coffee on himself in a café. This technique specifically targets:
Answer: Social anxiety through shame attack exercises
Shame attack exercises, developed in REBT and adapted in CBT, involve intentionally engaging in mildly embarrassing behaviors to demonstrate that social catastrophe does not occur.
Which statement about the relationship between exposure dosage and outcome is MOST supported by current research?
Answer: Variability in exposure contexts and cues enhances long-term fear reduction
Conducting exposures across varied contexts, times, and cues strengthens inhibitory learning and reduces the probability of return of fear.
When using imaginal exposure for PTSD, the therapist typically asks the client to narrate the traumatic memory:
Answer: In the present tense with eyes closed to maximize emotional engagement
Foa's Prolonged Exposure protocol instructs clients to revisit the trauma memory in the present tense with eyes closed to promote emotional processing and activation of the fear structure.