CBT Anxiety Disorders & CBT Protocols 4

Question 1

In Prolonged Exposure (PE) therapy for PTSD, 'in vivo exposure' refers to:

Accepted Answer

Confronting safe but avoided real-world trauma reminders

Answer

In vivo exposure in PE involves confronting real-world situations, places, or objects avoided due to trauma reminders, despite them being objectively safe.

Question 2

A CBT conceptualization for a client with OCD would emphasize which maintaining factor above all others?

Accepted Answer

Compulsions that provide short-term relief, reinforcing the obsessive-compulsive cycle

Answer

Compulsions are negatively reinforced because they temporarily reduce obsessional distress, which maintains and strengthens the OCD cycle.

Question 3

Which breathing technique is CONTRAINDICATED during exposure therapy for Panic Disorder?

Accepted Answer

Controlled breathing used as a safety behavior during panic to prevent feared outcomes

Answer

Using controlled breathing as a safety behavior during panic exposure interferes with inhibitory learning and prevents clients from discovering that panic is not dangerous.

Question 4

The Unified Protocol (UP) developed by Barlow targets anxiety and mood disorders by focusing on:

Accepted Answer

Core transdiagnostic processes such as emotional avoidance and maladaptive emotion regulation

Answer

The Unified Protocol targets transdiagnostic mechanisms—especially emotional avoidance and neuroticism—that underlie multiple emotional disorders.

Question 5

A therapist working with a client who has Social Anxiety Disorder notices the client focuses on an internal mental image of themselves as appearing foolish. This is an example of:

Accepted Answer

Self-focused attention that increases self-conscious anxiety

Answer

In social anxiety, an observer-perspective self-image (seeing oneself as others supposedly see them) is a form of self-focused attention that amplifies anxiety.

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CBT Anxiety Disorders & CBT Protocols 4