LPC Trauma-Informed Care and PTSD Treatment 2

Question 1

Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT) for PTSD focuses on changing which type of maladaptive cognition associated with trauma?

Accepted Answer

Stuck points — distorted beliefs about the trauma and its meaning related to safety, trust, power, esteem, and intimacy

Answer

CPT targets 'stuck points' — maladaptive beliefs about the trauma's meaning related to five domains: safety, trust, power/control, esteem, and intimacy.

Question 2

Secondary traumatic stress (STS) in mental health professionals is best described as:

Accepted Answer

Trauma symptoms that develop as a result of indirect exposure to others' trauma through therapeutic work

Answer

STS involves the development of PTSD-like symptoms — intrusion, avoidance, and hyperarousal — in professionals as a result of indirect exposure to clients' traumatic material.

Question 3

Somatic therapies for trauma, such as Somatic Experiencing (SE), address PTSD by:

Accepted Answer

Working with body sensations and the discharge of trauma-related physiological activation

Answer

Somatic Experiencing, developed by Peter Levine, helps clients track and discharge the trapped physiological activation (survival energy) associated with traumatic experiences.

Question 4

The polyvagal theory, developed by Porges, is relevant to trauma treatment because it explains how the autonomic nervous system:

Accepted Answer

Creates hierarchical defensive responses (social engagement, fight/flight, freeze) that shape trauma responses

Answer

Porges' polyvagal theory describes three hierarchical ANS states — ventral vagal (social engagement), sympathetic (fight/flight), and dorsal vagal (freeze) — that underlie trauma responses.

Question 5

Trauma-focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT) is specifically designed for use with which population?

Accepted Answer

Children and adolescents who have experienced trauma, and their caregivers

Answer

TF-CBT was developed by Cohen, Mannarino, and Deblinger specifically for trauma-exposed children and adolescents and their non-offending caregivers.

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LPC Trauma-Informed Care and PTSD Treatment 2