CBT Exposure Therapy & Response Prevention 3

Question 1

Interoceptive exposure is most specifically indicated for which condition?

Accepted Answer

Panic disorder with agoraphobia

Answer

Interoceptive exposure targets feared bodily sensations (e.g., racing heart, dizziness) and is a cornerstone treatment for panic disorder.

Question 2

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:

Accepted Answer

Investigate potential safety behaviors or cognitive avoidance maintaining anxiety

Answer

Persistently high SUDS often signals covert safety behaviors, subtle avoidance, or cognitive strategies that are blocking inhibitory learning.

Question 3

Which of the following best exemplifies 'massed exposure'?

Accepted Answer

Completing multiple high-intensity exposures in rapid succession within a single extended session

Answer

Massed exposure concentrates many exposures into one or a few intensive sessions, which research shows can produce rapid and durable fear reduction.

Question 4

The term 'fear structure' as used by Foa and Kozak (1986) refers to:

Accepted Answer

A cognitive-affective memory network containing information about feared stimuli, responses, and their meaning

Answer

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.

Question 5

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:

Accepted Answer

Social anxiety through shame attack exercises

Answer

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.

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CBT Exposure Therapy & Response Prevention 3