Exam Preview for 2395: Strategies for Treating PTSD Part 1 Septembe

Strategies for Treating PTSD Part 1

Please note: exam questions are subject to change.

1. Cumulative psychological and emotional wounding over generations is called: Racial trauma Level 3 trauma Macro trauma Historical trauma
2. One containment strategy demonstrated was: Pushing out from the inside of the knees Jumping jacks Kicking the air Pushing the sides of the head
3. One self-soothing strategy demonstrated was: Self-touch on forehead, heart, or stomach Pushing against a wall Rocking or swaying Tapping
4. Which of the following was NOT a strategy taught: Identifying different parts (or ages of self) and have current adult self support other parts Orienting to sensation Floating on a cloud imagery Butterfly hug tapping
5. One way to build awareness with clients who dissociate is to ask: Why do you dissociate? Can you see me? Distract by changing the topic to something pleasant. How much of you is here right now?
6. The goal of working with dissociation is: To stop it immediately. For the client to understand how dangerous it is To increase awareness of going away and improve ability to come back to presence To teach clients how to dissociate more when they are overwhelmed
7. One type of dissociation is: De-identifying Derealization Overt Ego Identification Re-shaping
8. The key to emotional regulation is: to visit ventral vagal more often to stop yourself from dysregulating sooner to not go to sympathetic or dorsal vagal ever to take more breaks
9. Deb Dana advises that when a client dysregulates you to: see it, feel it, and meet it with your ventral vagal focus on yourself and not the client always self-disclose what is happening to the client Ignore it until later
10. When working with structural dissociation in highly dissociative clients with unmet attachment needs, try to: Use humor to connect Be more matter-of-fact Be very empathic Be more confrontational