Mental Health and Psychology Psychotherapy Techniques

Question 1

What is the primary goal of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)?

Accepted Answer

Identify and modify dysfunctional thoughts and behaviors

Answer

CBT targets the relationship between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors, aiming to identify and restructure cognitive distortions and maladaptive behaviors.

Question 2

In psychoanalytic therapy, 'transference' refers to:

Accepted Answer

The patient projecting feelings from past relationships onto the therapist

Answer

Transference occurs when a patient unconsciously redirects feelings and expectations from significant past relationships onto the therapist.

Question 3

Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) was originally developed to treat which condition?

Accepted Answer

Borderline Personality Disorder

Answer

DBT was developed by Marsha Linehan specifically for chronically suicidal individuals with borderline personality disorder, blending CBT with acceptance strategies.

Question 4

What are the four skill modules in DBT?

Accepted Answer

Mindfulness, distress tolerance, emotion regulation, interpersonal effectiveness

Answer

DBT's four skill modules — mindfulness, distress tolerance, emotion regulation, and interpersonal effectiveness — form the core of the skills training component.

Question 5

Motivational Interviewing (MI) is guided by which core principle?

Accepted Answer

Eliciting the client's own motivation for change through collaboration

Answer

MI uses a collaborative, client-centered approach to explore and resolve ambivalence about change by eliciting the person's own reasons and motivation.

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Mental Health and Psychology Psychotherapy Techniques