LPC Trauma-Informed Care and PTSD Treatment

Question 1

According to SAMHSA's trauma-informed care framework, which of the following is NOT one of the six key principles?

Accepted Answer

Mandatory reporting

Answer

SAMHSA's six key principles are: Safety; Trustworthiness and transparency; Peer support; Collaboration and mutuality; Empowerment; and Cultural, historical, and gender issues. Mandatory reporting is a legal requirement, not a TIC principle.

Question 2

Prolonged Exposure (PE) therapy for PTSD involves which two core components?

Accepted Answer

In vivo exposure to avoided situations and imaginal exposure to the trauma memory

Answer

PE includes imaginal exposure (revisiting the trauma memory in imagination) and in vivo exposure (confronting avoided situations, places, or activities).

Question 3

Complex PTSD (C-PTSD) differs from PTSD primarily by the addition of which features?

Accepted Answer

Disturbances in self-organization including affect dysregulation, negative self-concept, and relational difficulties

Answer

C-PTSD (recognized in ICD-11) adds disturbances in self-organization: affect dysregulation, persistent negative self-perception, and persistent difficulties in sustaining relationships.

Question 4

Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) therapy uses bilateral stimulation to facilitate which process?

Accepted Answer

Adaptive processing of traumatic memories that had become 'stuck' in the nervous system

Answer

EMDR, developed by Francine Shapiro, uses bilateral stimulation (eye movements, taps, or tones) to facilitate adaptive information processing of traumatic memories.

Question 5

The Window of Tolerance, developed by Siegel, refers to the zone in which:

Accepted Answer

Arousal is optimal for information processing — neither hypo- nor hyperaroused

Answer

The Window of Tolerance describes the optimal arousal zone for therapeutic work — clients in this zone can process difficult material without becoming overwhelmed or shutting down.

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