Deck 10: Helping Clients Do Things Differently

Question 1

The following are common exposure therapies used to help clients change their avoidance behaviors:

A)Giving directives and modeling
B)Systematic desensitization and VRET
C)VRET and reinforcement
D)Modeling and information sharing

Answer 1

B

Question 2

To help clients learn new behaviors and skills it is crucial to elicit:

A)Client strengths.
B)Successful adaptive strategies.
C)Problem solving skills.
D)All of the above
E)None of the above

Answer 2

D

Question 3

What are the benefits of VRET (Virtual Reality Exposure Therapy) with anxious or traumatized clients?

Answer 3

not answer

Question 4

Forms of "rehearsal" techniques include all of the following EXCEPT:

A)Role-plays with the client.
B)Assertiveness training classes.
C)Imagine a situation and practice it mentally.
D)Have client join community theatre group.
E)The RE-VIEW PRACTICE method learning.

Question 5

Benina is anxious about her interview for a new job. The clinician suggests that they practice the interview during one of the sessions and the clinician will be the interviewer. This is an example of:

A)Modeling
B)Imaginal rehearsal
C)Behavioral rehearsal
D)In-vivo exposure

Question 6

Techniques used in applying "direct influence" in client work include all of the following EXCEPT:

A)Giving directives as to what to do.
B)Accompanying clients to important meetings.
C)Exposure therapies.
D)Offering suggestions.
E)Enlisting authorities to make the client behave in certain ways.

Question 7

What should a clinician do if they notice that a client seems to be avoiding the behavioral work that they are doing together, for example, starts missing appointments, or doesn't do assigned homework?

Question 8

VRET:

A)Allows for more careful control and monitoring than in-vivo or imaginal exposure since the treatment technology updates itself in response to the client's responses.
B)Was developed to treat depression.
C)Helps clients avoid stressful situations.
D)Has not been empirically validated with veterans suffering from PTSD.
E)All of the above

Question 9

Brianna wanted help to stop chewing her nails. The clinician asked her what things she likes to do and she said she likes to go to the mall with her friends on Friday nights. She was told that if she didn't chew her nails for one week she would be able to go to the mall on Friday with her friends. But if she did, she would have to forfeit the trip. This is an example of:

A)A token economy
B)A contingency contract
C)Behavioral rehearsal
D)Assertiveness training

Question 10

Murphy and Dillon offer a number of guidelines to facilitate helping clients identify behaviors they want to change and new skills they want to learn. Discuss four of these.

Question 11

Why do so many people experience ambivalence or anxiety around change? What kinds of things should clinicians say to clients?

Question 12

Reciprocal inhibition is a key component of

A)Modeling
B)Mutual aid groups
C)Assertiveness training
D)Systematic desensitization

Question 13

All of the following are examples of mutual aid groups EXCEPT:

A)AA meetings.
B)Widow to Widow programs.
C)Token economies
D)A web-based network in which people with ADHD can share ideas for how to handle the disorder.

Question 14

Which of the following are based on the principle of reinforcement?

A)Mutual aid groups and token economies
B)In-vivo and imaginal exposure
C)Systematic desensitization and contingency contracts
D)Contingency contracts and token economies

Question 15

Discuss three ways clinicians can share information with clients.