CBT Anxiety Disorders & CBT Protocols 2

Question 1

Which cognitive distortion involves predicting a negative outcome without sufficient evidence, commonly seen in anxiety disorders?

Accepted Answer

Fortune-telling

Answer

Fortune-telling is the distortion of predicting a negative future outcome as if it were fact, a hallmark of anxious thinking.

Question 2

In CBT for Panic Disorder, interoceptive exposure involves:

Accepted Answer

Deliberately inducing feared bodily sensations in a safe setting

Answer

Interoceptive exposure deliberately induces feared physical sensations (e.g., dizziness, racing heart) to reduce fear of those sensations.

Question 3

A CBT therapist helping a client with Social Anxiety Disorder addresses 'post-event processing.' This refers to:

Accepted Answer

Ruminating on perceived social failures after an interaction

Answer

Post-event processing is the tendency to ruminate on social situations after they occur, focusing on perceived flaws or mistakes, which maintains social anxiety.

Question 4

Which model best explains the development and maintenance of OCD according to CBT?

Accepted Answer

Misappraisal of intrusive thoughts as meaningful and requiring action

Answer

The cognitive model of OCD holds that obsessions are maintained by misappraising normal intrusive thoughts as highly significant or dangerous.

Question 5

In treating PTSD with CPT (Cognitive Processing Therapy), 'stuck points' refer to:

Accepted Answer

Maladaptive beliefs that interfere with natural trauma recovery

Answer

Stuck points are maladaptive cognitions—such as self-blame or world-danger beliefs—that prevent the natural processing and integration of a traumatic event.

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CBT Anxiety Disorders & CBT Protocols 2