Counselling Psychology Flashcards
(56 cards)
What is the best recommendation on seeing a psychologist for someone with a mental health problem?
Either Counseling or Clinical Psychologist. Only difference is the medicare rebate $88 vs $124
What is shame?
Conscious emotion where we feel we a living negatively in the mind of others
People are more likely to disclose secrets to you if you have high ratings of what?
Compassion
The higher your compassion, the higher the number of secrets
What are the 3 aspects of Bodins model of therapy?
- Bond
- Task
- Goal
In Borden’s model of therapy, what does bond entail?
It’s The affective quality of the relationship (eg non verbal communication) and the degree of the clients perceived safety
In Borden’s model of therapy, what does goal entail?
Agreement on general objectives
In Borden’s model of therapy, what does task entail?
The agreement on specific activities
What question did Gordon Paul ask regarding scientist-practitioner approach to counseling?
Which treatment, prescribed by whom, and in which circumstances, is the most effective for this particular individual with this specific problem?
What evidence based practices do counselling psychologists engage in?
- Validated assessment measures
- Evaluated therapies
- Track clients through sessions (active scientist-practitioners)
How do psychologists track clients throughout sessions?
Multiple time points (1st, 6th and 10th)
Every session measures on:
- outcome questionnaire
- outcome rating scale and session rating scale
List 3 evidence based types of measures counselling psychologists use to track patients
- Self report measures
- Per session tracking
- Self monitoring
List 2 self report measures used by counselling psychologists
- DASS (depression anxiety stress scales)
2. Beck depression inventory
List 2 per session tracking measures used by counselling psychologists
- Outcome rating scale ORS
2. Session rating scale SRS
Give a self monitoring measure used by counselling psychologists
Thought diary
What does Neuropsychology assessment assess? (List 4)
Cognitive based problems
- Verbal and performance functioning
- Attention
- Intelligence/academic performance
- Working Memory
What are the 2 manuals used to make classification diagnoses?
- DSM-5
2. ICD-10 (hospitals)
What is a randomised Control trial?
A study in which people are allocated at randomised to conditions one of which is a Control
What is the efficacy of a treatment determined by?
Clinical trials in which many variables are carefully controlled in order to demonstrate that the relationship between the treatment and outcome are relatively unambiguous
Tested under ideal conditions
Effect sizes are based on differences between the treatment and control groups
What do efficacy studies emphasise?
The internal validity of the experimental design
- controlling types of patients included
- using manuals to standardise treatment delivery
- training and monitoring therapists
- controlling number of treatment it
- random assignment to conditions and blind raters
List 5 ways efficacy studies can ensure internal validity
- controlling types of patients included
- using manuals to standardise treatment delivery
- training and monitoring therapists
- controlling number of treatment it
- random assignment to conditions and blind raters
What set of guidelines do efficacy studies have to follow?
CONSORT guidelines
What is an effectiveness study?
The effectiveness of a treatment is considered in real life clinical situations
Are effectiveness studies results impressive?
No but more generalisable
What do effectiveness studies emphasise?
External validity of experimental designs.
- clients not preselected
- treatment sessions not controlled
- therapy not manualised
- therapist adherence not monitored
