Deck 2: Research and Literature Supporting Ccpt; The Ideal Therapist Qualities

Question 1

The evidence for the effectiveness of CCPT for decreasing externalizing behavior (e.g., abnormal levels of aggression and rule breaking) has been made clear showing the impact of CCPT in helping children referred for disruptive or externalizing behaviors.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

CCPT is evidenced as effective for:

A) Substantial mental health concerns such as trauma, but not for normally occurring school related concerns.
B) For minor concerns, but not major concerns like trauma and highly disruptive behavior
C) CCPT is evidenced as effective for a range of concerns from developmental issues to trauma and adverse childhood experiences
D) CCPT does not have a strong research base.

Answer 2

C

Question 3

There is a case to be made for CCPT as a potentially universal intervention for children because:

A) It has a strong research base
B) It has been widely applied across populations of children, at least within the US.
C) Recent findings and theories of neuroscience seem to be confirming long-held understandings of how & why CCPT works
D) A number of authors have asserted the cultural sensitivity of CCPT
E) All the above.

Answer 3

E

Question 4

CCPT promotes polyvagal safety or ventral vagus activity among child clients because:

A) The child-centered play therapist's focus on empathy, means that child sees interest and a desire to know him/her/them in the face of the child-centered therapist
B) The child-centered play therapist's focus on unconditional positive regard means that the child sees warmth and non-possessive affection in the face of the child-centered therapist
C) There are limits and structure for safe space in CCPT and a child-centered therapist would not allow a child to intentionally hurt self or others
D) In CCPT, limits are set within empathy and with a striving for UPR, thus the child should see warmth in the face of the therapist, even when the therapist has to limit the child's actions.
E) All the above

Question 5

The literature regarding the cultural sensitivity of CCPT notes the importance of play as a most culturally open mode of communication; yet even more than the power of play, the authors emphasize the overarching quality of unconditional positive regard as enabling the adaptability of CCPT (and the experience of acceptance by each child) as key to the cultural sensitivity and effectiveness of CCPT.

Question 6

While play is important in brain development, in terms of interventions for young children who have experienced pre-verbal trauma it is better to intervene later in life when they are able to talk.

Question 7

From the perspective of the interpersonal neurobiology framework, Siegel (2019) proposes that well-being arises from:

A) presence (being open to what is arising as it arises)
B) attunement (focusing with respect on the differentiated inner experience of members of a relationship)
C) resonance (the alteration of the internal state of members of a relationship such that they influence one another - yet retain their differentiated nature as they become linked)
D) trust (the state within a person or within a relationship of being open to others without defensiveness).
E) all of the above

Question 8

Responding with deep empathy is the most natural thing to do and so always feels quite natural in CCPT.

Question 9

Which of the following can be considered to be among the benefits of unconditional positive regard in CCPT?

A) As you accept your clients, your clients come to self-accept, and self-acceptance can lead to honest self-discovery, followed by new, clear-sighted decisions for change
B) As you maintain unconditional positive regard, you create a safe space for your clients to self-express with a s few external reasons for inhibition as possible
C) As you remove the qualifications of your acceptance, your child client's internal locus of evaluation fills the void in learning to honestly self-evaluate.
D) While a client's work in therapy can be quite difficult, at the same time, connecting with unconditional positive regard can be a joyful and satisfying experience.
E) None of the above - all of a. - d. can be considered to be among the benefits of unconditional positive regard in CCPT.

Question 10

Fortunately, especially for the authors, the need for genuineness in therapeutic relationships does not mean that therapists must always operate with the level of focus and attention balanced with self-awareness needed in sessions.