Cognitive Processing Therapy Flashcards
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Which of the following BEST describes the 'Power/Control' theme in CPT and how trauma typically disrupts it?
Answer: Trauma disrupts beliefs about having power over one's own life and environment, leading to helplessness or attempts to exert excessive control
The Power/Control theme addresses how trauma shatters beliefs about personal agency and predictability, often resulting in either learned helplessness or hyper-controlling behaviors.
What is the CORRECT sequence of CPT sessions for the standard 12-session individual protocol?
Answer: Psychoeducation → ABC Worksheet → Challenging Questions Worksheet → Patterns of Problematic Thinking → Theme-specific worksheets → Final Impact Statement
Standard CPT progresses from psychoeducation and the Impact Statement through the ABC worksheet, Challenging Questions Worksheet, Patterns of Problematic Thinking worksheet, then the five-theme Challenging Beliefs Worksheets, concluding with a final Impact Statement.
A CPT therapist is delivering treatment to a client with both PTSD and borderline personality disorder (BPD). Which adaptation is MOST supported by evidence?
Answer: CPT can be used with BPD clients, potentially with slower pacing and additional skills support
Research supports delivering CPT to clients with comorbid BPD, though therapists may need to move at a slower pace and provide additional support for emotion regulation.
Which of the following statements about CPT efficacy research is ACCURATE?
Answer: CPT has demonstrated efficacy for PTSD across diverse trauma types including sexual assault, combat, and childhood abuse
CPT has a robust evidence base across multiple trauma populations including sexual assault survivors, combat veterans, refugees, and survivors of childhood abuse in both individual and group formats.
In CPT, when a client says 'I was stupid for trusting him,' the therapist's MOST appropriate Socratic response would be:
Answer: 'What information did you have available to you at the time that would have led you to distrust him?'
Socratic questioning in CPT asks clients to examine what they actually knew at the time versus what they know now, disrupting hindsight-bias-driven self-blame.
What is the MAIN rationale for avoiding emotional avoidance during CPT treatment?
Answer: Avoidance prevents the natural processing of emotions connected to the trauma and maintains PTSD symptoms
Emotional avoidance maintains PTSD by preventing the natural completion of emotional processing; CPT encourages clients to 'feel the emotions fully' rather than suppress or distract from them.
A CPT client writes in her final Impact Statement: 'I now know the assault was not my fault, and I can trust myself again.' Compared to her initial Impact Statement, this BEST indicates:
Answer: Successful cognitive accommodation — beliefs have been appropriately updated based on evidence
A final Impact Statement showing reduced self-blame and restored self-trust reflects successful accommodation, meaning the client has updated their beliefs in a balanced, evidence-based way.