PSY 364 Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Exposure Therapy, Goal Setting, Psychoeducation
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Goal setting can be considered a clinical intervention. Cbt - typically considers it preliminary to treatment. Not just listening and assessment do things to propel the goal related activity forward. #1 purpose: provide direction - helps you with conceptualizing what you want to do. Helps you identify what particularly you want to work on. One of the first long conversations with patient. Get feeling for the hope and optimism the client has about therapy. Decide whether you have the training, skills, or expertise to work around the certain goals. Serve as basis for choosing particular interventions. Works better when it occurs throughout treatment. Vision of what you"re trying to accomplish - true goal kept in mind. Ex: keep your eye on the prize . Notice things helping or impeding them towards working towards their goal. Clients often make progress as result of the goal-planning process itself. More likely to work with a positive outlook and high expectation for.
