What occurs during Meichenbaums second stage of therapy?
a. Structured, standardized coping skills training is used to address the clients problem and train the client in ways to handle future problems. The skills are practiced in the counselors office.
b. Coping skills training is tailored to the clients problem. By means of a graded hierarchy of stressful situations, skills are practiced in the clinical settings and then rehearsed in vivo.
c. In this working stage, the client explores thinking errors that contribute to the clients problems. The client also discusses with the counselor alternative ways of dealing with difficult situations.
d. Clients are educated about what stress is, the role of their self-talk dealing with stress, and how they may accidentally add to stress levels themselves.
e. Clients use their coping skills in increasingly difficulty situations. High-risk situations and warning signs are identified in a relapse prevention component.
Question 2
What occurs during Meichenbaums first stage of therapy?
a. The counselor and client form a collaborative relationship through use of verbal interactions, including Socratic dialog. Structured exercises are not used.
b. The counselor gathers information so that he or she can better understand the client and construct a treatment plan.
c. The counselor and client form a collaborative relationship. The client is encouraged to conceptualize threats and frustrations as problems to be solved or to be faced with adaptive strategies.
d. The counselor and client define the problem and set an achievable goal of therapy.
e. The counselor and client form a collaborative relationship through use of Socratic dialog. The counselor instills hope in the client that the counselor will be able to solve the clients problems.