Author Question: The nurse therapist skilled in rational emotive therapy (RET) helps clients identify: 1. ... (Read 52 times)

big1devin · **on:** Jul 19, 2018

The nurse therapist skilled in rational emotive therapy (RET) helps clients identify:

1. Cognitive causes for rational beliefs.
2. Health-damaging beliefs and practices.
3. Rational thoughts and healthy emotions.
4. Irrational thoughts and develop more rational life philosophies.

Question 2

In assessing a client, which of the following would indicate that the client is experiencing mania? Standard Text: Select all that apply.

1. Pressured speech
2. Feeling worthless
3. Isolating
4. Flight of ideas
5. Constant motor activity

Briannahope · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 19, 2018

Answer to Question 1

4
Rationale: Rational emotive therapy (RET) was originated by Albert Ellis (1975) and emphasizes cognitive causes of emotional problems along with the importance of taking personal responsibility for maintaining health-damaging thought habits and irrational beliefs. An irrational belief is a belief that lacks reason and sound judgment. The clinician who is skilled in RET helps identify irrational thought structures with the client and then helps develop a plan to substitute more rational personal life philosophies and attitudes based on accurately perceived realities (Ellis, 1997). Healthy emotional consequences occur when rational thinking drives adequate functional behaviors. Identifying health-damaging beliefs and cognitive causes for rational beliefs are not the goals of RET.

Answer to Question 2

1,4,5
Rationale: Constant motor activity and movement are mania symptoms. Pressured speech is talking continuously which is a mania symptom. Flight of ideas is moving from one topic to another and is also a mania symptom. Feeling worthless and isolating are depressive symptoms.