Exposure therapies (G19)

Question 1

Which one is NOT a key element for effective therapy among the ones mentioned by Waller and Turner (2016)?

a. The therapy has to be completed
b. The therapy has to work
c. The clinician has to deliver the therapy

Answer 1

a. The therapy has to be completed

Question 2

Can you provide (1) a definition of “therapist drift”, (2) what can be its consequences in therapy, and (3) name and describe 2 factors that might lead to such behavior from the clinician?

Answer 2

(1) any therapy-interfering behavior generating from the clinician
(2) going off-track with the therapy and not reaching the goals, leading to ineffectiveness of treatment
(3) any of the cognitive, emotional, and/or behavioral factors mentioned in the paper by Waller (2009)

Question 3

What is NOT mentioned as a reason for therapist drift in the article by Waller and Turner (2016)?

a. attitudes and beliefs of the therapist
b. personal interests of the therapist
c. the therapist’s self-belief

Answer 3

b. personal interests of the therapist

Question 4

Name (and explain) four common situations in which therapist drift might happen.

Answer 4

possible answers: focusing on immediate crises, protecting the patient, approving therapy-interfering behaviors, ignoring physical needs of the patient, persisting when therapy is not working, rushing into “third-wave” therapies

Question 5

Exposure Drift occurs when…

a. The wrong generalization is treated
b. The clinician is not able to conduct the therapy in a good way
c. The exposure therapy is conducted too aggressively

Answer 5

b. The clinician is not able to conduct the therapy in a good way

Question 6

Describe a common problem that occurs when clinicians conduct Cognitive Behavior Therapy

Answer 6

When clinicians do more “talking theraphies” instead of actually “doing theraphies”
(more answers probably possible, until now I cannot get insight into further problems)