Adlerian Therapy-"Acting As If" - ANSWER This is a form of encouraging and motivating
clients to be the way they desire to be, "acting as if" the transition has already occurred.
Adlerian Therapy-"Analysis and Assessment" - ANSWER This technique is about explora-
tion of the family constellation (sociogram of the individuals at home during the client's
formative years) and early recollections and is not about interpretations to the client.
Adlerian Therapy-Confrontation - ANSWER This is used by therapists to encourage client
responsibility, looking at issues of taking responsibility for how others respond ("Why does
my child yell at me?" "Because you allow him to. It is easier to give into a tantruming 8 year
old than to bet the parent."), presenting existing alternatives ("You don't have to work 3 jobs
to bankroll your capable 28 - year - old. You can set limits and refuse to be taken advantage
of. What do you want to do about it?"), taking responsibility for change ("Shall we continue
to talk about this or do you want to take action?"), and considering time ("Knowing what you
know now, how long to you plan to wait to take action? Five years?")
Adlerian Therapy-Encouragment - ANSWER Having the client be an active participant in
treatment helps the individual begin to see themselves as capable.
Adlerian Therapy-Exploration of Social Dynamics - ANSWER At the core, the therapist be-
lieves the client's issues are primarily social in nature.
Adlerian Therapy-Exploration of the family constellation - ANSWER In this theory, birth
order, sibling interaction, parent interactions and the client's sense of their psychological po-
sition in the family are important to enhance insight about how the client has selected life-
style. Family constellation is not limited to the immediate family, but rather to those present
at home during the formative time of the client.In this theory, birth order, sibling interaction,
parent interactions and the client's sense of their psychological position in the family are
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,important to enhance insight about how the client has selected life-style. Family constella-
tion is not limited to the immediate family, but rather to those present at home during the
formative time of the client.
Adlerian Therapy-Push - Button Technique - ANSWER This is designed to help the client
see they are responsible for how they feel, both good and bad feelings. The client is asked to
visualize a happy event, re - experience the associated feelings, then an unhappy event and
the associated feelings, and finally to return to the happy event, re - experiencing the hap-
pier feelings.
Adlerian Therapy-Reporting of the earliest recollections - ANSWER The therapist asks the
client to describe their earliest recollections, which often provide insight into the patterns or
interpretations the client has made in developing their life style.
Adlerian Therapy-Task-Setting - ANSWER The client is given various tasks in their lives to
assume responsibility for their own lives. Adler advised a client that he could be free of de-
pression in 2 weeks if he followed the specific task plan of thinking daily of how to please an-
other, with all of Adler's efforts aimed toward increasing the client's social interests.
Behavioral Therapy-Activity Scheduling - ANSWER This is useful in the treatment of de-
pression. This is done with a chart using short word descriptions (one to three words), ac-
cording to a hierarchy of easiest to hardest, including both necessary and enjoyable tasks.
The client is to follow the planned activities and document any activities that were not pre-
planned each week, rating the activities according to level of pleasure, until the client has
resumed his/or her normal schedule.
Behavioral Therapy-Assertiveness and Social Skills Training - ANSWER This involves the
teaching of specific skills and tools to enable the client to act and interact with greater suc-
cess. The mechanism for this is often modeling, role-playing, and behavioral rehearsal.
Behavioral Therapy-Behavioral Extinction - ANSWER A therapy technique where the cli-
ent's rewards are removed to stop an undesirable behavior
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, Behavioral Therapy-Behavioral Observation - ANSWER This technique involves objectify-
ing a specific behavior and observing the behavior in the client's natural environment. This is
most common in institutional settings, such as hospitals, schools, or treatment centers,
where the clinician or others who can be trained as observers (i.e. parents, teachers, aids,
nurses) are present and can count or objectively observe and analyze the data.
Behavioral Therapy-Biofeedback - ANSWER The client is given feedback about what brain
waves, sympathetic nervous system (i.e. heart rate, blood pressure, muscle tension) are do-
ing to engage a relaxation response by the client through providing feedback to the client
through visual or auditory means.
Behavioral Therapy-Chaining - ANSWER Involves the series of smaller behaviors that are
linked to the desired complex behavior. Each step is prompted and reinforced, strengthening
all of the parts of the chain that move toward the desired behavior.
Behavioral Therapy-Diversion - ANSWER When anxious, a classic technique is to help di-
vert one's attention from anxiety, both in the short -term and in the long-term. Longer term
examples are things like physical activity and hobbies, and shorter term examples are focus-
ing on the immediate worlds around you (counting the bricks in the wall, looking for individ-
uals wearing green or with red hair, inventing stories about the people around you), or work-
ing a puzzle.
Behavioral Therapy-Exposure Therapy - ANSWER This is a technique targeted for anxiety
disorders involving exposure of the client to the feared object or the feared situation with-
out any danger and for the purpose of overcoming their anxiety response.
Behavioral Therapy-Graded Task Assignment - ANSWER This Technique breaks larger
tasks down into smaller, 'baby steps' and may be easily combined with Activity Scheduling.
This is particularly useful for clients who have complex or complicated tasks with deadlines
that are important for the client to achieve (i.e. for work, disability rating).
Behavioral Therapy-Guided Imagery - ANSWER This is a symbolic recreation of the prob-
lematic situation, rather than simply talking about the issue. While imagining the situation is
occurring, the client verbalizes thoughts that arise.
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clients to be the way they desire to be, "acting as if" the transition has already occurred.
Adlerian Therapy-"Analysis and Assessment" - ANSWER This technique is about explora-
tion of the family constellation (sociogram of the individuals at home during the client's
formative years) and early recollections and is not about interpretations to the client.
Adlerian Therapy-Confrontation - ANSWER This is used by therapists to encourage client
responsibility, looking at issues of taking responsibility for how others respond ("Why does
my child yell at me?" "Because you allow him to. It is easier to give into a tantruming 8 year
old than to bet the parent."), presenting existing alternatives ("You don't have to work 3 jobs
to bankroll your capable 28 - year - old. You can set limits and refuse to be taken advantage
of. What do you want to do about it?"), taking responsibility for change ("Shall we continue
to talk about this or do you want to take action?"), and considering time ("Knowing what you
know now, how long to you plan to wait to take action? Five years?")
Adlerian Therapy-Encouragment - ANSWER Having the client be an active participant in
treatment helps the individual begin to see themselves as capable.
Adlerian Therapy-Exploration of Social Dynamics - ANSWER At the core, the therapist be-
lieves the client's issues are primarily social in nature.
Adlerian Therapy-Exploration of the family constellation - ANSWER In this theory, birth
order, sibling interaction, parent interactions and the client's sense of their psychological po-
sition in the family are important to enhance insight about how the client has selected life-
style. Family constellation is not limited to the immediate family, but rather to those present
at home during the formative time of the client.In this theory, birth order, sibling interaction,
parent interactions and the client's sense of their psychological position in the family are
1
,important to enhance insight about how the client has selected life-style. Family constella-
tion is not limited to the immediate family, but rather to those present at home during the
formative time of the client.
Adlerian Therapy-Push - Button Technique - ANSWER This is designed to help the client
see they are responsible for how they feel, both good and bad feelings. The client is asked to
visualize a happy event, re - experience the associated feelings, then an unhappy event and
the associated feelings, and finally to return to the happy event, re - experiencing the hap-
pier feelings.
Adlerian Therapy-Reporting of the earliest recollections - ANSWER The therapist asks the
client to describe their earliest recollections, which often provide insight into the patterns or
interpretations the client has made in developing their life style.
Adlerian Therapy-Task-Setting - ANSWER The client is given various tasks in their lives to
assume responsibility for their own lives. Adler advised a client that he could be free of de-
pression in 2 weeks if he followed the specific task plan of thinking daily of how to please an-
other, with all of Adler's efforts aimed toward increasing the client's social interests.
Behavioral Therapy-Activity Scheduling - ANSWER This is useful in the treatment of de-
pression. This is done with a chart using short word descriptions (one to three words), ac-
cording to a hierarchy of easiest to hardest, including both necessary and enjoyable tasks.
The client is to follow the planned activities and document any activities that were not pre-
planned each week, rating the activities according to level of pleasure, until the client has
resumed his/or her normal schedule.
Behavioral Therapy-Assertiveness and Social Skills Training - ANSWER This involves the
teaching of specific skills and tools to enable the client to act and interact with greater suc-
cess. The mechanism for this is often modeling, role-playing, and behavioral rehearsal.
Behavioral Therapy-Behavioral Extinction - ANSWER A therapy technique where the cli-
ent's rewards are removed to stop an undesirable behavior
2
, Behavioral Therapy-Behavioral Observation - ANSWER This technique involves objectify-
ing a specific behavior and observing the behavior in the client's natural environment. This is
most common in institutional settings, such as hospitals, schools, or treatment centers,
where the clinician or others who can be trained as observers (i.e. parents, teachers, aids,
nurses) are present and can count or objectively observe and analyze the data.
Behavioral Therapy-Biofeedback - ANSWER The client is given feedback about what brain
waves, sympathetic nervous system (i.e. heart rate, blood pressure, muscle tension) are do-
ing to engage a relaxation response by the client through providing feedback to the client
through visual or auditory means.
Behavioral Therapy-Chaining - ANSWER Involves the series of smaller behaviors that are
linked to the desired complex behavior. Each step is prompted and reinforced, strengthening
all of the parts of the chain that move toward the desired behavior.
Behavioral Therapy-Diversion - ANSWER When anxious, a classic technique is to help di-
vert one's attention from anxiety, both in the short -term and in the long-term. Longer term
examples are things like physical activity and hobbies, and shorter term examples are focus-
ing on the immediate worlds around you (counting the bricks in the wall, looking for individ-
uals wearing green or with red hair, inventing stories about the people around you), or work-
ing a puzzle.
Behavioral Therapy-Exposure Therapy - ANSWER This is a technique targeted for anxiety
disorders involving exposure of the client to the feared object or the feared situation with-
out any danger and for the purpose of overcoming their anxiety response.
Behavioral Therapy-Graded Task Assignment - ANSWER This Technique breaks larger
tasks down into smaller, 'baby steps' and may be easily combined with Activity Scheduling.
This is particularly useful for clients who have complex or complicated tasks with deadlines
that are important for the client to achieve (i.e. for work, disability rating).
Behavioral Therapy-Guided Imagery - ANSWER This is a symbolic recreation of the prob-
lematic situation, rather than simply talking about the issue. While imagining the situation is
occurring, the client verbalizes thoughts that arise.
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