Get Better Results and Enjoy the Work More: 21 Ways to Make Therapy More Effective

Webinar — Get Better Results & Enjoy the Work More: 21 Ways to Make Therapy More Effective

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1. Which is NOT true of patients’ narratives?*

a. They’re always in accurate.

b. Sometimes a recurring theme is powerlessness.

c. Understanding one’s narratives is a way of taking responsibility for one’s own typical interpretations.

d. Patients point them out to us periodically.

2. “Parallel process” means that patients will perceive us like they perceive others, and treat us like they treat others.*

a. True

b. False

3. Elements of cooperative conflict include:*

a. Fair fighting

b. Having goals for conflict

c. Having rules for conflict

d. All of the above

4. When managing the clinical relationship,*

a. Self-disclosure is never a good idea.

b. To maintain rapport, self-disclosure should be done as much as possible.

c. We should periodically talk about the relationship.

c. We should periodically talk about the relationship.d. We should always talk about whatever patients want to talk about.

5. According to the speaker, *

a. We should be very careful about ever offending a patient.

b. When we’ve been misunderstood in session, we should obviously defend ourselves.

c. We should gratify patients’ deepest needs for connection.

d. We should generally validate patients rather than gratify them.

6. Silence is a valuable tool in therapy:*

a. Only in individual therapy

b. So we should ask patients about their experience of our silence

c. So we should ask permission before using it

d. And it’s easiest to use in zoom sessions

7. Of course we should work harder than our patients.*

a. True

b. False

8. When might a patient feel criticized?

a. When the therapist makes a mistake.

b. This is a normal part of therapy

c. When the patient doesn’t really want to be in therapy

d. Only when there’s significant counter-transference

9. According to the speaker, why shouldn’t we generally give advice when patients ask for it?*

a. This puts us in competition with all the others giving a patient advice.

b. We rarely know what’s best for a patient.

c. Our malpractice insurer could raise our rates.

d. Patients never follow our advice anyway.

10. According to the speaker,*

a. We shouldn’t let couples sit shoulder-to-shoulder

b. To facilitate rapport, we should point out similarities we share with one member of a couple, such our age or ethnicity.

c. We should identify which partner is the likely Identified Patient.

d. All of the above

11. What are good reasons for an assessment session?*

a. It’s good modelling for transparent communication.

b. We feel stuck.

c. It invites patients to talk about what they do and don’t like about the therapy.

d. All of the above

12. According to the speaker,*

a. We should invite patients to keep some things private.

b. We should ask patients about their lived experience.

c. The present is all that matters, so we shouldn’t let patients go back over old stories.

d. We should ask patients to speculate about why they made various decisions.

13. Regarding narratives of powerlessness,*

a. They’re mostly a product of sexism or racism.

b. They’re mostly a product of intergenerational trauma.

c. Patients can always point to reasons justifying these narratives

d. Changing narratives is simple.

14. According to the speaker,*

a. We should get to know a patients’ passions.

b. We should teach patients about our passions.

c. It’s frivolous to discuss fun with patients.

d. None of the above

15. According to the speaker, *

a. Some patients just have bad luck.

b. Some patients think their faulty decision-making process is actually a product of bad luck.

c. It’s unfair to point out patients’ faulty decision-making process.

d. We should prevent patients from making poor choices.

16. “Practice management”*

a. is primarily a matter for insurance companies

b. is only relevant in matters of ethics

c. helps maintain a sense of stability and predictability for patients

d. is antithetical to self-care

17. According to the speaker, we must navigate between authenticity and presentation.*

a. True

b. False

18. According to the speaker,*

a. We should review our case notes before each session.

b. We don’t need to review our case notes if we have malpractice insurance.

c. We should not give most patients homework.

d. It doesn’t matter how we start sessions.

19. According to the speaker,*

a. We have an obligation to take all cases referred to us.

b. There are many poor reasons we take cases we probably shouldn’t.

c. If there are cases we don’t want, it’s usually because of countertransference.

d. All of the above.

20. According to the speaker,*

a. Consulting with a patient’s other providers compromises confidentiality.

b. Consulting with a patient’s other providers gives patients the wrong message.

c. Consulting with a patient’s other providers is only helpful if we agree with their approach.

d. Consulting with a patient’s other providers should be documented in our case notes.

21. A clear therapeutic contract:*

a. is hardly realistic

b. is an old-fashioned, hierarchical idea no longer in favor

c. is a valuable clinical tool

d. should not be revisited once established

22. Zoom sessions:*

a. are really no different from in-person sessions

b. need special preparation

c. invite predictable kinds of distractions

d. b & c only

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