Georgette's LMR 2 Questions With Verified Answers
1. Group therapy scenario: Patient is resistant to sharing. What do we do?-
: encourage them to keep coming because we encourage interpersonal learning and we also do
individual sessions
2. What is the goal of Cognitive Therapy?: replace automatic negative thoughts with positive
thoughts
3. What is the goal of behavioral therapy?: teach patient behavioral techniques
4. What are some of the techniques used in behavioral therapy?: Problem solving
Role Playing Skills Training Relaxation Exposure
5. What are the key components of Humanistic Therapy?: 1. Person centered
2. Assumes people strive to achieve self actualization and self directed growth
3. Assumes people are naturally good
6. What are key components of Interpersonal therapy?: Focuses on interper- sonal issues that
are creating distress.
7. What is one of the primary therapies used on marital conflicts?: Interper- sonal therapy
8. Who does multisystematic family therapy target?: Youths age 12-17 y/o with serious
antisocial, problematic behavior and with serious criminal offenses by emposwering parents with
resources and skills and reducing barriers to resources needed for effective management of their
youth.
,9. MST typically uses a home-based model of service delivery. Why?: To reduce barriers that
keep families from accessing services.
10. What is the technique of Strategic therapy that has to be used with caution?: Paradoxical
directive/intervention
11. What is paradoxical directive --used in strategic therapy?: A negative task that is assigned
when family members are resistant to change and the member is expected to be non-compliant
12. In solution focused therapy, what is the miracle question?: It asks the client to imagine and
discuss a possible world where problems are removed and issues addressed
13. What is the goal of Solution-focused therapy ?: To rework for the present situation
solutions that have worked previously
14. What other types of questions are asked in solution-focused therapy besides the miracle
question?: Exception-finding questions.
Scaling questions
15. What are key components of family system therapy / systemic family therapy?:
Triangles/Triangulation/ Self-differentiation
16. What are key components of structural family therapy?: Heirarchies and boundaries.
17. What are key elements of mindfulness meditation?: breath awareness
Awareness of body sensation, thoughts, or sounds.
18. A self-esteem building exercise can help promote resilience in chil- dren--yes or no?: Yes
, 19. When should we use closed ended questions with patients?: When patient is unable to
construct a chronological narrative
20. Overall do we want to use open-ended or closed ended questions with patients?: open-
ended.
21. In couples counseling, what do we do when only one of the partners shows up?:
reschedule until both can be present at the same time
22. Scenario - a woman calls the office and reports to you that her 5 year old was sodomized
by 15 year old what do we do ?: insist that she not leave the 5 year old with older brother, report
to CPS and arrange crisis therapy for the family.
23. Is it normal for 3-6 year old kids to play with their genitals?: Yes. This is the phallic stage
of Freud.
24. Is it normal for young boys 9-16 to develop swelling and tenderness under their nipples or
experience breast enlargement?: Yes and it usually disappears within 6 months
25. What increases with Rheumatoid arthritis therefore what should we check if patient has
RA?: erythrocyte sedimentation rate level
26. If a patient has a condition that we cannot treat, what should we do before referring them?:
Something-- think about what can we do for them before we refer them out.
27. What may be causing an infant to produce a shrill cry?: Intracranial pres- sure
28. What can be the causes of decreased libido in an elderly female?: If an elderly female
patient presents with decreased sex drive it can be caused by decreased testosterone and
decreased blood flow to the pelvic region
29. How does alcohol dehydrogenase deficiency affect women vs. men?: -
1. Group therapy scenario: Patient is resistant to sharing. What do we do?-
: encourage them to keep coming because we encourage interpersonal learning and we also do
individual sessions
2. What is the goal of Cognitive Therapy?: replace automatic negative thoughts with positive
thoughts
3. What is the goal of behavioral therapy?: teach patient behavioral techniques
4. What are some of the techniques used in behavioral therapy?: Problem solving
Role Playing Skills Training Relaxation Exposure
5. What are the key components of Humanistic Therapy?: 1. Person centered
2. Assumes people strive to achieve self actualization and self directed growth
3. Assumes people are naturally good
6. What are key components of Interpersonal therapy?: Focuses on interper- sonal issues that
are creating distress.
7. What is one of the primary therapies used on marital conflicts?: Interper- sonal therapy
8. Who does multisystematic family therapy target?: Youths age 12-17 y/o with serious
antisocial, problematic behavior and with serious criminal offenses by emposwering parents with
resources and skills and reducing barriers to resources needed for effective management of their
youth.
,9. MST typically uses a home-based model of service delivery. Why?: To reduce barriers that
keep families from accessing services.
10. What is the technique of Strategic therapy that has to be used with caution?: Paradoxical
directive/intervention
11. What is paradoxical directive --used in strategic therapy?: A negative task that is assigned
when family members are resistant to change and the member is expected to be non-compliant
12. In solution focused therapy, what is the miracle question?: It asks the client to imagine and
discuss a possible world where problems are removed and issues addressed
13. What is the goal of Solution-focused therapy ?: To rework for the present situation
solutions that have worked previously
14. What other types of questions are asked in solution-focused therapy besides the miracle
question?: Exception-finding questions.
Scaling questions
15. What are key components of family system therapy / systemic family therapy?:
Triangles/Triangulation/ Self-differentiation
16. What are key components of structural family therapy?: Heirarchies and boundaries.
17. What are key elements of mindfulness meditation?: breath awareness
Awareness of body sensation, thoughts, or sounds.
18. A self-esteem building exercise can help promote resilience in chil- dren--yes or no?: Yes
, 19. When should we use closed ended questions with patients?: When patient is unable to
construct a chronological narrative
20. Overall do we want to use open-ended or closed ended questions with patients?: open-
ended.
21. In couples counseling, what do we do when only one of the partners shows up?:
reschedule until both can be present at the same time
22. Scenario - a woman calls the office and reports to you that her 5 year old was sodomized
by 15 year old what do we do ?: insist that she not leave the 5 year old with older brother, report
to CPS and arrange crisis therapy for the family.
23. Is it normal for 3-6 year old kids to play with their genitals?: Yes. This is the phallic stage
of Freud.
24. Is it normal for young boys 9-16 to develop swelling and tenderness under their nipples or
experience breast enlargement?: Yes and it usually disappears within 6 months
25. What increases with Rheumatoid arthritis therefore what should we check if patient has
RA?: erythrocyte sedimentation rate level
26. If a patient has a condition that we cannot treat, what should we do before referring them?:
Something-- think about what can we do for them before we refer them out.
27. What may be causing an infant to produce a shrill cry?: Intracranial pres- sure
28. What can be the causes of decreased libido in an elderly female?: If an elderly female
patient presents with decreased sex drive it can be caused by decreased testosterone and
decreased blood flow to the pelvic region
29. How does alcohol dehydrogenase deficiency affect women vs. men?: -
