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1. What are the five categories of precipitating events to a crisis? 2. What are two techniques that can be useful in the first stage of crisis intervention interviewing? 3. What are the six components of the smooth focus phrases technique? 4. What are five important components of the ending phase of the crisis interview? 5. Why is it sometimes necessary to be more directive in telephone crisis counseling?
A. The open invitation to talk technique, and the one question technique.perspective, and the transcendentalist perspective. B. Five components are the 1-2-3 technique, success leads to success, the focusing technique, the time factor, and the ending phase in subsequent sessions. C. A telephone crisis call should focus upon rapid resolution of the crisis situation, and that it is not necessarily productive to discuss chronic situations D. 1. Earlier you said… 2. Earlier you talked about… 3. Tell me about that; 4. What do you do when…? 5. Can you summarize? 6. Silence E. object loss, the threat of object loss, or the loss of the opportunity to restore objects; 2. loss of previous sources of help; 3. a client becomes so identified with another that the inability to distinguish between his or her own state and the other’s produces a crisis; 4. a surge of "unmanageable impulses," 5. a threat to current adjustment
Questions:
6. According to Aguilera, what are five crucial factors in resolving a crisis with a client with chronic psychiatric concerns? 7. How did Jim’s therapist adhere to the crisis model when addressing his crisis state? 8. According to Getz, what are two important considerations when assessing the lethality of a client’s previous suicide attempt? 9. When during the crisis interview are the important factors in the client’s current crisis state likely to emerge? 10. Using the Deductive Model, what was Shirley’s therapist able to identify as her four primary coping mechanisms?
Answers:
A. The therapist adhered to the crisis model by focusing the therapy sessions on the patient’s immediate problems, not on his chronic psychopathology. B. Important factors in the client’s crisis are likely to emerge within the first ten to twenty minutes of the interview. C. 1. Shirley was not an immediate danger to self or others; 2. previous counseling; 3. family support from an aunt; 4. friends through Bible study. D. 1. The setting in which the attempt occurs (e.g., is there likelihood of immediate discovery?) and 2. whether an attempt is made to communicate to others. E. 1. Identification of the precipitating event, 2. the symptoms the patient is exhibiting, 3. their perception of the event, 4. their available situational supports, and 5. their usual coping mechanisms are crucial factors in resolving the crisis.
