Psychological Interveventions

Question 1

psychotherapy involves intervention in the context of a [ ]

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professional relationship

Question 2

focuses of psychotherapy

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specific problems, coping, prevention of problems, increase capacity to take pleasure, achieve latent potential

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definitions of psychotherapy

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• remove, modify existing symptoms
• mediate disturbance and distress
• help accept and endure suffering
• make life adjustment happier and constructive

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• the extent that the average person receiving the treatment in clinical trials is demonstrated to be significantly less dysfunctional than the average person not receiving any treatment
• place a premium on internal validity

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efficacy

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• the extent that clients report clinically significant benefit from it.
• studies emphasize external validity and the representativeness of the treatment that is administered; can look more like “real-world” treatment

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effectiveness

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a broader category in that it includes treatments informed
by a number of sources, including scientific evidence about the intervention, clinical expertise, and patient needs and preferences.

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evidence-based practice

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refers to those interventions or techniques that have produced significant change in clients and patients in controlled trials.

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evidence-based treatment

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basis of EBP and EBT

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efficacy studies

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features common to many therapies

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• relationship/therapeutic alliance
• expert role
• building competence/mastery
• nonspecific factors

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the general ability of therapists to rise above their personal needs and to respond with professional skill in a nonjudgmental atmosphere of confidentiality, understanding, and warmth

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relationship/therapeutic alliance

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• patients have a right to expect that they are seeing not only a warm human being but a competent one as well.
• competence can only come from a long, arduous period of training.
• not necessarily an authoritarian one.

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expert role

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a goal of most therapies is to make the client a more competent and effective human being.

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building competence

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Call it faith, hope, or expectations for increased competence—successful therapy tends to be associated with such

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non-specific factos

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course of clinical intervention

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initial contact
assessment
goals of treatment
implementing treatment
termination, evaluation, and follow-up

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• they often do not know exactly what to expect.
• someone to explain generally what the clinic is all about and the kind of help that can be given.

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initial contact

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• a variety of procedures may be done
• for some clients, consultations with other professionals may be desirable.
• after all information has been compiled & analyzed, a preliminary integration is attempted.
• an ongoing process.

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assessment

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As soon as the assessment data are integrated, the therapist and client can begin to discuss more systematically the nature of the problems and what can be done about them.

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goals of treatment

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• initiated when the therapist begins to believe the client is able to handle his or her problems independently
• can be gradual, but sometimes happen suddenly, other times it is forced – always best to discuss with client.

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termination

Question 19

scheduled months after termination—perhaps 6 months and then 1 year later—can be quite helpful.

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booster sessions

Question 20

course of clinical intervention

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initial contact
assessment
goals of treatment
implementation of treatment
termination, evaluation, and follow up

Question 21

• they often do not know exactly what to expect.
• someone to explain generally what the clinic is all
  about and the kind of help that can be given.

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initial contact

Question 22

• a variety of procedures may be done
• for some clients, consultations with other professionals may be desirable.
• After all information has been compiled & analyzed, a preliminary integration is attempted.
• an ongoing process.

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assessment

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when assessment data is integrated, the therapist and client can begin to discuss more systematically the nature of the problems and what can be done about them.

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goals of treatment

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• initiated when the therapist begins to believe the client is able to handle his or her problems independently
• can be gradual, but sometimes happen suddenly, other times it is forced – always best to discuss with client.

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termination

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scheduled months after termination—perhaps 6 months and then 1 year later—can be quite helpful.

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booster sessions

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stages of change

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precontemplation
contemplation
preparation
action
maintenance
termination

Question 27

client has no intention of changing

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precontemplation

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client is aware that a problem exists but has not committed to try to make changes

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contemplation

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client intends to make a change in the near future

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preparation

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clients are changing their maladaptive behaviors, emotions, and/or their environment

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action

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client works on preventing relapses and on furthering the gains

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maintenance

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client has made necessary changes; relapse is no longer a threat

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termination

Question 33

What kind of research would you conduct to test the efficacy or effectiveness of therapy? SOME POINTS TO CONSIDER:

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sample, patient variables, outcome measures, general nature of study

Question 34

the specific events that occur during therapy in the course of the interaction between therapist and patient.

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process research