Clinical Application & Case Management Flashcards
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A CLT practitioner is asked to provide testimony in a guardianship hearing for a client with chronic schizophrenia. The LEAP-consistent role of the practitioner in this context is:
Answer: Advocate for the least restrictive arrangement that still supports the client's stated needs
LEAP practitioners advocate for autonomy and the least restrictive option, bringing the client's own expressed needs into legal proceedings.
When applying LEAP with a client from a collectivist cultural background, the practitioner should:
Answer: Incorporate family and community values as part of what the client defines as meaningful goals
LEAP adapts to the client's worldview; for collectivist clients, meaningful goals often include family harmony and community roles, not just personal wellness.
A client tells their LEAP therapist that they have decided to stop therapy because 'it isn't doing anything.' The most LEAP-consistent response is:
Answer: Ask what the client had hoped therapy would do that hasn't happened yet
Asking what the client hoped for but hasn't experienced returns the therapist to the Listen phase and uncovers unmet needs that can be addressed.
In a group LEAP-based intervention, the facilitator notices that one group member is speaking over others and dismissing their experiences. The facilitator's best move is to:
Answer: Use reflective listening with the dominant member while creating space for quieter voices
Applying LEAP listening skills to the dominant member while modeling inclusive listening maintains the therapeutic environment without shaming anyone.
A LEAP practitioner realizes mid-session that they have been arguing a clinical point with a client rather than listening. The recommended corrective action is:
Answer: Acknowledge the rupture aloud and return to asking what the client's experience has been
Naming the rupture and returning to listening in real time models transparency and repairs the alliance before it further deteriorates.
A CLT supervisor is reviewing a trainee's session recording and notices the trainee said 'I understand how you feel' before the client finished speaking. This is best classified as:
Answer: Premature empathy that closes off further exploration of the client's experience
Declaring understanding before the client has fully expressed themselves forecloses listening and signals the therapist's discomfort with the client's distress.
Which of the following best describes how LEAP differs from motivational interviewing (MI) in clinical application?
Answer: LEAP focuses on building alliance with clients who lack illness insight, while MI targets ambivalence about behavior change in clients with some insight
LEAP was specifically developed for anosognosia — lack of illness awareness — whereas MI presupposes some client recognition of a problem worth changing.