CBT Treatment Planning & Goal Setting 2

Question 1

Which goal-writing framework ensures CBT treatment goals are observable and time-bound?

Accepted Answer

SMART goals

Answer

SMART goals (Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant, Time-bound) are the standard framework for writing verifiable CBT treatment goals.

Question 2

A client with panic disorder refuses to include exposure tasks in the treatment plan. The most appropriate CBT response is to:

Accepted Answer

Collaboratively explore the refusal and negotiate a graduated approach

Answer

Collaborative empiricism guides CBT therapists to explore client reluctance and co-create an acceptable, graduated exposure hierarchy rather than forcing or abandoning the evidence-based intervention.

Question 3

When prioritizing treatment targets in a complex case with comorbid depression and social anxiety, the CBT principle is to:

Accepted Answer

Target whichever disorder the client finds most distressing or functionally impairing

Answer

CBT prioritizes the problem causing the greatest distress or functional impairment, collaboratively determined with the client.

Question 4

Which tool is MOST commonly used in CBT to operationalize a client's long-term goal into session-level tasks?

Accepted Answer

Problem list with subgoals

Answer

A hierarchical problem list breaks long-term goals into measurable subgoals and specific session-level tasks, making progress trackable.

Question 5

Functional analysis in CBT treatment planning primarily helps the therapist:

Accepted Answer

Understand the antecedents, behaviors, and consequences maintaining the problem

Answer

Functional analysis (ABC analysis) identifies antecedents, behaviors, and consequences to reveal the contingencies maintaining a target problem.

(CBT) Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Certification Practice Test

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CBT Treatment Planning & Goal Setting 2