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Skills and Interventions Flashcards

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  1. A counselor working with a grieving client uses empty chair technique. This technique is most associated with:

    Answer: Gestalt Therapy

    The empty chair technique is a hallmark Gestalt intervention that facilitates unfinished business and emotional expression.

  2. A client with borderline personality disorder struggles with emotional dysregulation. Which manualized treatment is specifically designed for this population?

    Answer: Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)

    DBT was developed by Marsha Linehan specifically to address emotional dysregulation and self-destructive behaviors in BPD.

  3. During a clinical simulation, a client presents with obsessive thoughts and compulsive hand-washing. The first-line behavioral intervention is:

    Answer: Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP)

    ERP is the gold-standard behavioral treatment for OCD, involving exposure to feared stimuli while preventing compulsive responses.

  4. A counselor uses scaling questions with a depressed client. This technique is most characteristic of:

    Answer: Solution-Focused Brief Therapy

    Scaling questions are a core SFBT technique that help clients quantify their experience and identify small steps toward goals.

  5. A client reports recurrent nightmares following a traumatic event. Which specific intervention targets trauma-related nightmares most directly?

    Answer: Imagery Rehearsal Therapy (IRT)

    IRT is an evidence-based intervention in which clients rewrite and mentally rehearse a modified version of the nightmare to reduce recurrence.

  6. When a counselor uses paraphrasing, the primary purpose is to:

    Answer: Reflect the essence of what the client said to demonstrate understanding

    Paraphrasing restates the client's message in the counselor's words to convey accurate empathy and check understanding.

  7. In ACT, 'defusion' refers to:

    Answer: Creating distance from thoughts so they have less influence on behavior

    Cognitive defusion in ACT involves learning to observe thoughts rather than be dominated by them, reducing their behavioral impact.