RP Therapeutic Modalities and Techniques 3

Question 1

Play therapy is most commonly used with which population?

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Children who lack verbal or abstract reasoning skills to engage in traditional talk therapy

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Adults with personality disorders

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Elderly clients with cognitive decline

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Adolescents with substance use disorders

Question 2

Somatic therapies in psychotherapy primarily focus on:

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The relationship between bodily sensations and psychological healing

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Restructuring negative automatic thoughts

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Exploring unconscious symbolic meaning in dreams

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Reinforcing adaptive behaviors through operant conditioning

Question 3

Which of the following is a key principle of Structural Family Therapy, as developed by Salvador Minuchin?

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Changing the family's transactional patterns and boundaries restructures the family system

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Family members must reauthor their problem-saturated narratives

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Families must reach consensus through circular questioning

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Each family member must complete individual CBT before family sessions begin

Question 4

Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT), developed by Albert Ellis, centers on which concept?

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The ABC model, where Activating events lead to Beliefs that cause emotional Consequences

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The importance of unconditional self-acceptance without examining thoughts

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Systematic desensitization to irrational fears through relaxation

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The role of repressed memories in creating irrational behavior

Question 5

Which therapeutic modality involves the therapist taking a 'not-knowing' stance and using curiosity to help clients explore their unique experience?

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Collaborative/Dialogic Therapy (postmodern approach)

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Behavioral Activation Therapy

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Psychoeducational Group Therapy

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Exposure Therapy

Question 6

The technique of 'behavioral activation' in the treatment of depression primarily aims to:

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Increase pleasant and meaningful activities to interrupt the withdrawal-depression cycle

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Identify and challenge core negative beliefs about the self

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Teach clients diaphragmatic breathing to reduce physiological arousal

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Use progressive exposure to feared situations to reduce avoidance

Question 7

Which of the following best describes the role of 'countertransference' in psychodynamic psychotherapy?

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The therapist's emotional reactions to the client, which can be used as clinical information

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The client's unconscious feelings toward the therapist based on past relationships

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The structured assignment of roles within the therapeutic relationship

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A technique for challenging a client's defensive patterns