CBT Treatment Planning & Goal Setting 3

Question 1

Which of the following BEST describes the role of psychoeducation at the treatment planning stage?

Accepted Answer

It helps clients understand the CBT model and rationale, increasing goal commitment

Answer

Early psychoeducation about the CBT model increases client buy-in and strengthens commitment to collaboratively set treatment goals.

Question 2

A client's treatment goal is: 'Reduce OCD compulsions from 4 hours/day to under 30 minutes/day within 12 weeks.' This goal is best characterized as:

Accepted Answer

Specific, measurable, and time-bound

Answer

The goal specifies the behavior, quantifies baseline and target, and includes a clear timeframe, meeting SMART criteria.

Question 3

Safety planning in CBT treatment planning is MOST critical when:

Accepted Answer

The client presents with suicidal ideation or self-harm behaviors

Answer

Suicidal ideation or self-harm requires a safety plan as the first treatment priority before other CBT goals are addressed.

Question 4

When using a case conceptualization to guide the treatment plan, the 'maintaining factors' section is important because it:

Accepted Answer

Identifies the cognitive and behavioral mechanisms keeping the problem active

Answer

Maintaining factors (e.g., avoidance, safety behaviors, rumination) are the proximal targets of CBT interventions.

Question 5

A therapist revises a client's treatment plan after session 6 because progress is stalled. This reflects which core CBT principle?

Accepted Answer

Empirical evaluation and plan adjustment based on outcome data

Answer

CBT's scientist-practitioner model requires ongoing monitoring of outcome data and willingness to revise the plan when progress is insufficient.

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