WorksheetsIntervention and Key Elements of Change
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 15mins
A core ethical issue of clinical services is that the psychologist cannot proceed with any psychological service without
payment.
the client’s agreement to receive the services.
knowing the client’s medical history.
having interviewed the client’s immediate family.
It is insufficient to simply obtain the client’s signature at the bottom of a jargon-filled description of services; the psychologist must provide:
a comprehensible account so that the client can make an informed decision on whether to pursue services.
a detailed schedule of therapeutic sessions that will be followed.
a list of crisis hotlines.
his/her phone alternate contact information.
The onus of following legal requirements of practice fall on:
the person seeking services.
the clinic.
the psychologist.
the court.
Ethical issues do not end once consent has been obtained, confidentiality explained, and a course of services begun. The psychologist has an ethical responsibility to
report to the client the most up-to-date research findings.
lower cost of treatment if the client loses their job.
call the client on a monthly basis.
monitor the effectiveness of services.
Evidence-based practice does not require that treatments be based on highly controlled, internally valid, replicated studies—it requires that the psychologist base treatment for a client on
the best available evidence.
what the client likes the best.
what worked for a previous client in a similar situation.
the therapist prefers to do.
Psychotherapy is often defined as a process in which a professional
listens to a person talk about his or her childhood.
systematically desensitizes a client to aversive stimuli.
applies techniques to relieve a person’s psychological distress or to facilitate growth.
analyzes the dreams of a client.
Evidence suggests that the overall use of mental health services has been increasing in recent decades; much of this increase is associated with the
increase of mental health disorders.
use of medication rather than psychotherapy.
increase of insurance companies covering services.
use of cognitive-behavioral therapy.
Across all approaches to psychotherapy, the majority of psychotherapy clients are
female and are young to middle-aged adults.
female and are older adults.
male and are young to middle-aged adults.
male and are older adults.
Once a person seeks therapy, the majority of people have _____ number of therapy sessions.
between 1-5
between 5-13
between 13-18
between 18-22
The observed impact of routine psychotherapy may be weak for two separate reasons:
most patients are not committed to getting better and most therapists do not provide evidence-based treatments
most patients attend too few sessions and most patients are not committed to getting better.
studies do not assess treatment effectively
most patients attend too few sessions and most therapists do not provide evidence-based treatments
It is useful to make a distinction between _______ groups that are designed to capitalize on the dynamics of the group and _______ group approaches that are extensions of treatments that are also offered in an individual format.
process, structured
process, large
structured, process
large, structured
In group therapy, ______ refers to the experience of recognizing that one is not alone in facing a particular difficulty and that others share similar challenges and reactions.
modeling
universality
support
sharing
Group contexts allow opportunities for _______ of behaviors, so that a client may learn new ways of coping by observing the efforts of another person. Unfortunately, groups allow this in both positive and negative ways.
support
modeling
universality
sharing
There has been a new wave of alternative intervention options. These include:
self-help and exercise treatment
mindfulness and computer-based treatment
mindfulness and exercise treatment
self-help and computer-based treatment
Collaborative empiricism mean:
actively examining and testing dysfunctional beliefs by client
actively examining and testing dysfunctional beliefs by therapist
actively examining and testing dysfunctional beliefs by therapist and client
trial and error.
