PSY 364 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Compassion Fatigue, Behaviour Therapy, Social Learning Theory
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Lecture 8: influencing responses (i: listening vs. Influencing responses and timing: sensitive timing is crucial, important to listen first and establish a rapport, premature use of directive influencing responses may lead to denial, defensiveness, or termination of therapy. Information giving: communication of data and facts, provide clients with structure at beginning and end of helping process. Interpretation: use tentative phrasing and check for accuracy don"t rely overly on hunches, use mild to moderate levels of interpretation, identify themes and patterns, make implied client messages explicit, may be theoretically driven. 5: when done well, reinforces client self-disclosure, enhances credibility of helper, helps client examine behavior for different frame of reference, enhances understanding of problem, identify/expand cognitive dissonance, reduce shame or stigma. The individual client: in conceptualizing client issues, assess for four specific modes, feelings or affective modes. Assessment has important informational, educational, and motivational functions in therapy. Set smart goals: specific, measurable, attainable, realistic, top priority to the client.
