Exam Preview for 1939: Relational Interventions for Working With Co

Relational Interventions for Working With Complex Trauma

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1. Which of these is NOT considered a common impact of trauma? Lack of trust in self and others Expectations of hurt or harm by others Reading lots of self-help books Internalization, hyper-independence, and dissociation
2. Which of these is NOT considered an example of a mis-match experience? Anger being met with acceptance Sadness being met with ridicule Skepticism being met with appreciation Vulnerability being met with tenderness
3. Self-regualation is _______________________ co-regulation. Institutional Implicit Internalized Invasive
4. Which of these is not considered a benefit of parts work/inner child work? It makes a client see how much they have to do in their life. It supports integration of emotional experiences that may have been cut off. It helps to create internal secure attachment. It helps to increase internal co-regulation.
5. Which of the following is NOT considered a place where the therapist can provide opportunities for strengthening secure attachment? Between the client’s adult self and their dissociated parts Between the therapist and the client’s dissociated parts Between the therapist and the client. Between the therapist and the client’s mother.
6. Which of the following is NOT an example of a helpful question to make parts work/inner child work imagery more vivid? Where exactly were you in your house? What color were your bedroom walls? What are you doing after session today? What were you wearing in that memory?
7. If a client presents with anxious attachment tendencies, where should the therapist consider focusing their work with the client? Supporting the client in offering care/soothing to internal distressed parts of self. Supporting the client in resisting support from the therapist. Supporting the client in becoming more avoidantly attached. Supporting the client in insisting on support from others.
8. If a client presents with avoidant attachment tendencies, where should the therapist consider focusing their work with the client? Supporting the client in avoiding their stress. Supporting the client in refusing help from others. Supporting the client in noticing and integrating care, recognition, and support from the therapist. Supporting the client in becoming less independent.
9. Which of the following is NOT an important consideration in supporting clients in shifting from intellectualization to embodied emotional processing? Slowing down Inviting the client to notice what they feel somatically (in their body) as they are telling a story Interjecting when the client is intellectualizing to help them shift their focus Yelling at the client to stop thinking so much
10. Why is the invitation for a client to “stay with it and stay with me” helpful in emotional processing? It invites the client to utilize the support of the therapist to stay with the sensations of a difficult emotional experience that may have been dissociated from previously because of lack of relational support. It encourages the client to stay in therapy. It makes the session last longer. It tells the client that it is unhelpful to think about their feelings.