Psychotherapy Models - Eppp Knowledge
- What is the primary change mechanism emphasized in interpersonal psychotherapy (IPT)?
- Improving interpersonal functioning to reduce symptoms. Addresses interpersonal problems in specific areas to improve relationships and mood.
- Identify the treatment model most associated with exposure and response prevention for OCD.
- CBT using exposure and response prevention (ERP). Prevents compulsions during exposure to break the obsession-anxiety cycle in OCD.
- Which therapy is most associated with a here-and-now focus on the therapeutic relationship to foster insight?
- Psychodynamic therapy. Uses the alliance to explore enactments of past conflicts for corrective experiences.
- Which model most directly conceptualizes symptoms as arising from incongruence between self and experience?
- Person-centered (humanistic) therapy. Views distress as blocked self-actualization due to conditional regard from others.
- What is the primary change mechanism emphasized in behavior therapy?
- Learning principles: conditioning, extinction, and reinforcement. Applies operant and classical conditioning to modify observable behaviors without addressing cognition.
- Which therapy is defined by collaborative empiricism and identifying automatic thoughts?
- Cognitive therapy (CBT). Emphasizes empirical testing of beliefs and collaborative homework to modify cognitions.
- What is the primary change mechanism emphasized in motivational interviewing (MI)?
- Eliciting change talk and resolving ambivalence. Employs client-centered techniques to enhance motivation for behavior change in addictions and health behaviors.
- Which therapy uses cognitive defusion and values clarification rather than symptom control as the goal?
- Acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT). Hexaflex model fosters openness and purposeful living over direct symptom reduction.
- What is the primary change mechanism emphasized in DBT?
- Skills training plus acceptance and change strategies. Balances validation of emotions with behavioral skills to manage dysregulation in borderline personality disorder.
- Which therapy is defined by free association, interpretation, and analysis of transference?
- Psychodynamic (psychoanalytic) therapy. Core techniques uncover unconscious material and relational patterns rooted in Freudian theory.
- Which therapy is defined by activity scheduling and increasing response-contingent reinforcement?
- Behavioral activation. Increases engagement in rewarding activities to counteract depression's avoidance patterns.
- Which therapy is defined by unconditional positive regard, empathy, and congruence?
- Person-centered therapy. Rogers' core conditions create a nonjudgmental space for client self-exploration and growth.
- Which therapy uses the OARS skills (open questions, affirmations, reflections, summaries)?
- Motivational interviewing (MI). Client-centered communication builds intrinsic motivation through empathetic engagement.
- What is the primary change mechanism emphasized in psychodynamic therapy?
- Insight into unconscious conflict via the therapeutic relationship. Focuses on resolving repressed emotions and conflicts through transference and interpretation to achieve personality change.
- Which therapy is defined by time-limited work on grief, role disputes, role transitions, or deficits?
- Interpersonal psychotherapy (IPT). Structured, short-term focus on four interpersonal domains to treat depression.
- Which model most directly targets dysfunctional core beliefs and schemas in a structured format?
- Cognitive therapy (CBT). Systematically identifies and challenges deep-seated cognitive structures in sessions.
- What is the primary change mechanism emphasized in classical CBT?
- Cognitive restructuring and behavioral skill practice. Targets maladaptive thoughts and behaviors via evidence-based techniques to alleviate symptoms.
- What is the primary change mechanism emphasized in humanistic/person-centered therapy?
- Therapeutic conditions that facilitate self-actualization. Emphasizes a supportive environment with empathy and genuineness to promote inherent growth potential.
- Which model most directly uses reinforcement, shaping, and contingency management to change behavior?
- Behavior therapy. Employs learning theory to reinforce adaptive behaviors and extinguish maladaptive ones.
- What is the primary change mechanism emphasized in exposure-based therapies for anxiety?
- Extinction learning through repeated exposure to feared cues. Facilitates habituation and new learning by confronting anxiety-provoking stimuli in a controlled manner.
- Which therapy integrates individual therapy, skills group, phone coaching, and a consultation team?
- Dialectical behavior therapy (DBT). Multimodal approach combines CBT with mindfulness for emotion regulation in high-risk clients.
- Identify the model most associated with systematic desensitization and relaxation pairing.
- Behavior therapy (Wolpe; counterconditioning). Pairs relaxation with anxiety hierarchies to replace fear responses via reciprocal inhibition.
- Which therapy is best differentiated by its explicit dialectic of acceptance and change?
- Dialectical behavior therapy (DBT). Unique synthesis of Zen principles with behavioral strategies for dialectical tensions.
- What is the primary change mechanism emphasized in ACT?
- Psychological flexibility via acceptance and values-based action. Promotes mindfulness and committed action aligned with values to enhance adaptability without eliminating symptoms.