Copy of Mock Exam 2

Your partner is transferred with his job to a rural and remote town. You decide to go with your partner and work as a sole private practitioner. You start to receive referrals immediately on arrival as there has been no psychological services in the area for several years. You receive a referral for a young person who wishes to gender transition which you have no experience in. You initially decline the referral however are then told that the client is suicidal. You accept the client and after addressing the suicidal ideation suggest transferring to a suitable psychologist. A suitable psychologist cannot be found, and the client reports having built trust with you.
What do you do?

You have been working with a client for approximately 6m and they do not appear to be making any progress, The client reports that they are making progress however presents with the same flat affect each session and continues to report the same issues. What does this scenario reinforce the importance of?

You have been working with a client for 3 months on anxiety and depression. The client presented on the back of a relationship breakdown and job loss. Over the past 3 months the client has made significant progress and reported ‘I am getting my life back on track’. Then the client presented to the most recent session stating that ‘my life is over.’ The client reported that they have been made redundant in their new job. The client reports that they do not have the energy to keep rebuilding life.
What assessment would you do?

The Ethical Guidelines regarding financial dealings and fair-trading asserts that psychologists are to avoid what?

There is only one ground for mandatory reporting of a student.
The mandatory reporting ground is what?

You have been working with a client using IPT after the sudden death of both her parents in a car accident. The client has been making satisfactory progress and you are getting ready to end therapy with the client when they present stating that they have been made redundant and do not know what purpose or meaning their life now has. What part of IPT does this new crisis fit in to?

Recurrent and persistent thoughts, urges, or images that are experienced, at some time during the disturbance, as intrusive or unwanted, and in most individuals causes marked anxiety or distress is the definition for what?

An example of a Quantitative measure for monitoring of the efficacy of intervention is what?

During the third session with your client they report that they no longer wish to work on their anger management as they do not think that it is a major issue. The client reports that their partner has left them so they should not get angry anymore. The client reports that they will make sure they find a partner that does not upset them in the future.
What is this an example of?

A G.P has referred a 20-year-old young lady who reports experiencing panic attacks. The client reports to you that she was seeking medication from her G.P who refused to prescribe it to her until she has engaged in psychological intervention. The client reports that there is a long history of anxiety and panic disorder in her family. The client reports that she is willing to engage and ‘just wants the panic attacks to stop.’ What information will be important to communicate to the G.P when you write to him after the sixth session?

There are certain settings and client variables that are attributed to a higher likelihood of serious harm to self or others. There are ethical guidelines for working with clients where serious harm is a risk. These guidelines address ethical professional conduct but do not provide advice on what?

You receive a phone call from a local solicitor. He is enquiring about psychometric assessment for one of his clients. He reports that he has been engaged by his client to challenge a compensation payout decision as he believes he should have been awarded more financial compensation. The solicitor reports that his client sustained head injuries in a motor vehicle accident and requires an assessment of his current cognitive functioning. The solicitor reports that he has a report from when the client was initially assessed for compensation, approximately 12m ago using a WAIS. He reports that he also has a report from when the client was assessed for entry into a scholarship program approximately 10 years ago using a WAIS. The solicitor request that another WAIS is conducted. You explain to the solicitor that this is not indicated as the last WAIS was only 12m ago.
Instead, you suggest what assessment?

An assessment of short- and long-term memory and the ability to learn new material in children and adults is what?

Psychologists acknowledge that in the forensic context there is a much greater potential to be working with vulnerable clients, such as those with an intellectual disability, those with a learning difficulty, or those from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds. Psychologists encounter clients who are mandated to attend sessions, and some clients who have been convicted of serious crimes, yet as outlined in the code, all clients treated in a forensic context are what?

You notice an advertisement in your local newspaper for a new private psychology practice in your area. You notice that the advertisement states that if you pay for five sessions up front you get the sixth session free of charge.
What if anything is wrong with this advertising?

Your client presents stating that they are sick of people telling them that they act and behave just like their mother. The client reports that she did not have a good upbringing and does not have a relationship with her mother currently. The client reports that she feels that she needs to ‘get her life together ‘and would like to better understand how and why she is where she is in life. What would be the most appropriate intervention to use?

You receive a referral for a 4-year-old boy. Both parents present at the initial session without their son. Both parents report that they are desperate for help. They report that their son often loses his temper, easily annoyed, argues with them constantly, refuses to follow any directions. The parents report that at daycare he has been deliberately annoying other children, blames others for his mistakes and refuses to follow any directions. The parents report that they have been asked to not return their son to daycare until he has been assessed and has a management plan in place for his behaviour. What is the likely diagnosis?

You are asked to see a client that has been recently incarcerated at the local prison. You attend the prison and staff report that the client is a 52-year-old First Nations person from a remote community in the Gulf of Carpentaria and speaks little English as it is his second language. The staff report being concerned about the client not coping in the prison environment.
What will be the best way to engage this client?

Your client presents to the session with a markedly flat affect, appears to be whispering to the chair beside him with no one in it, appears ore-occupied, is unable to spontaneously respond to questions and asks you to repeat everything you say. Your client is not orientated to person, place, or time. Your client reports that they no longer need to see you and wish to leave the session. You have not seen your client present in this manner previously.
What is your next step?

You have a 6-year-old client who has been suspended from school. The principal of the school is requesting a meeting with the child’s parents and yourself. The parents request that you attend the meeting with them and are happy to pay for your time in doing so. What is the most important step to take prior to attending the meeting?

When working with clients that have suicidal ideation psychologists must consider several factors related to the immediate level of risk. These factors include what?

You receive a referral for a 5-year-old boy who has recently begun his first year of school. The referral states that the boy is having difficulty understanding and following simple directions and instructions in the classroom.
Which of the following assessments would be the most appropriate to begin with?

Your 17-year-old client presented with anxiety because of feeling pressure to know what they want to do once they finish school at the end of the current year. Your client reported that they do not feel like they are good at anything and have no idea what they would enjoy doing.
What would be the best way to assist your client in this situation?

Psychologists have been deregistered by the Psychology Board of Australia for engaging in sexual relations with either current clients or within a two-year period since the last session with the client.
The two-year period is in place to what?

In order to be Endorsed in an Area of Practice what is required?

Your new client presents stating that they recently saw their G.P. The client reported that they went to see the G.P due to experiencing random episodes of their heart beating fast, sweating and trembling. The client reports that the G.P told them that it was anxiety however did not explain what this is. The client reports that they are still not sure if they have a heart condition. What is your next step?

Whilst conducting an initial session with a client they report that they sometimes feel that they are ‘loosing their grip’. The client reports that ‘out of nowhere’ they suddenly feel an intense surge of fear, can feel their heart palpitating, start to tremble, become short of breath and feels nauseous for no reason. The client reports that they do not want to go anywhere or do anything in case this happens to them. What is the likely diagnosis?

It is important for clients to feel heard and understood. When this occurs, it creates a good therapeutic alliance. How can you make a client feel heard and understood?

Your client reports that they have little contact with any of their immediate family members. The client reports that they grew up in a violent household. The client reports that both parents were alcoholics and often had physical altercations. The client reports that there was often no food in the house. You client reports being the youngest of their sibship by 7 years and that their older siblings left home in their mid-teens. The client reports wanting to explore what impact that their childhood has had on them.
What type of therapy would be an appropriate starting point for this client?

You are working in an Organisational Psychologist position. You have recently done an evaluation on the company’s change management process. You submit a report, outlining and answering the terms of reference given with your recommendations to the CEO of the Company. The CEO accepts all the recommendations and requests that you now develop a communication plan for the new change management process to disseminate to all employees at all levels.
What is the most important thing to take into consideration?

You have been practicing as a provisional psychologist for approximately 6m. You have developed a good relationship with your primary STAP supervisor. You decide to tell you supervisor that you are concerned that you have ADHD, and you would like to be assessed for this. You ask your supervisor if they can assess you for ADHD and teach you how to do it at the same time.
What if anything is wrong with this scenario?

A psychometric assessment that contains validity, clinical, treatment and interpersonal scales is called what?

The 16PF instrument has been widely used for a variety of applications including treatment planning and couples counselling and what?

Prior to the commencement of any supervision arrangement, the parties collaborate in the development of a contract or agreement that clarifies the intended purposes of the supervision as well as the rights and responsibilities of all parties involved.
Psychologists specify what in a supervision contract?

The Psychology Board of Australia (the Board) has adopted a national competency-based framework across the Board’s registration standards, codes, and guidelines to protect the public and ensure that only those practitioners who are suitably trained and qualified to practice psychology in a competent and ethical manner are registered. There are eight professional competencies.
Included in the eight professional competencies are.

You are referred a 13-year-old girl who reports having difficulty with friends. The client reports that she has begun high school this year at a different school to the majority of her primary school friends. She reported that she has made new friends but still wants to stay connected with her friends from primary school. She reports that she also has friends from soccer that differ from her school friends. She reports struggling to maintain all the friendship groups. What would be the most appropriate next step?

The difference between a diagnosis of PTSD for an adult, adolescents, and children older than 6 years and children under 6 years is what?

After seeing a client for three sessions you conclude that the client is presents with symptoms consistent with anxiety which appear to be precipitated and perpetuated by being made redundant. There are factors of family history that are predisposing however prognostic and protect factors include her dog, friends, and close relationship with her mother.
What is the above known as?

You receive a referral under an EAP. The client presents reporting that they would like to have their child assessed for giftedness. The client reports that their daughter is 3 years old and can count to twenty and recite the alphabet. How do you respond to this?

You begin attending a group peer supervision once a fortnight to enable you to gain the required amount of peer supervision for registration purposes and to also gain valuable feedback from colleagues on difficult cases you are working with. During one of these 2-hour group peer supervision sessions you present a case you are working on which takes you approximately 20min and then continue to discuss the case with your peers for a further 25 minutes. How do you and your colleagues record this?

When working with clients who disclose memories of traumatic events psychologist understand that memories can be created, altered, and deleted by events before, during or after the time of encoding the experiences, during the period of storage of the experience, and during any attempts of retrieval and processing of the experiences.
Therefore, psychologists must be aware that?

A measure that can be useful in monitoring the efficacy of intervention by repeated administrations at various intervals is what?

An assessment measuring extroversion, openness to experience, agreeableness and conscientiousness and is developed for career counselling settings is what?

In Australia young people are considered capable of giving informed consent when they “achieve a sufficient understanding and intelligence to enable him or her to understand fully what is proposed”. The legal precedent in Australia was stated by the High Court in Re: Marion (1992). Psychologists understand that the young person’s capacity to give informed consent may vary according to the context or situation.
As part of the process of assessing the young person’s capacity to make an informed choice and obtaining informed consent, a psychologist determines whether the young person can understand what?

Which of the following statements is correct regarding the Ethical Guidelines for working with multiple clients in a single service?

Which of the below is not used to monitor progress of an intervention with a client?

Which of the following is not a symptom for Schizophrenia?

Your client has been making steady progress and appears to be maintaining the therapeutic gains. You suggest to your client that during the next session you will start to plan for the ending of therapy. Your client becomes upset by this. During the subsequent session, your client reports that their symptoms have worsened.
How could this have been avoided?

You receive a referral through DVA for a client who has recently returned from a deployment in Afghanistan. During the initial session the client reports that since being involved in an incident involving the detonation of an impoverished explosive device, he has been unable to sleep properly, keeps having vivid memories of the incident, has lost his appetite, feels agitated and is easily startled. You suspect that the client has PTSD. Which of the following would be the most appropriate intervention?

When working with clients that are survivors of sexual abuse psychologists need to consider what?

A brief self-report measure that indicates overall global psychological distress is what?

Your client presents stating that ‘life has been difficult’. The client reports that in the past 6m they have lost their job and had to relocate interstate and move in with their mother. The client reports that he was suspended from work on full pay for 18m whilst an incident was investigated. The outcome of the investigation found that he was negligent in his duties by failing to identify a fault that caused the factory to be shut down and approximately 100k of products ruined. He reported that he could not find a job in the town he was living due to it being small and the widespread knowledge of the factory incident. The client reports that he believes he is useless and will never work again. He reports that he does not want to leave his mother’s house and engage with people.
What is the likely diagnosis?

Notifiable concerns have a specific meaning under the National Law. There are four concerns that may trigger a mandatory notification, depending on the risk of harm to the public.

The four concerns are.

Psychologist sometimes engage in pro bono or voluntary psychological services for example to assist a community in a time of crisis. Under these circumstances Psychologists are responsible to do what before commencing services?

Your client presents to their initial session reporting that they are not happy in their marriage. The client reports that communication between her and her husband is almost non-existent since their son died of cancer 6m prior. The client reports that she understands that they both need time to grieve however she feels that they are not supporting each other through the process and fears that her marriage will break down. What would you recommend to this client?

Your client presents stating that she is upset with her G.P because he is not taking her seriously. She reports that she has several freckles that she believes have changed in size, shape, and colour. She reports that her doctor sent her for a full body skin scan and that there were no identified concerns. The client reports that she has been unable to sleep or eat properly as she is positive that she has a melanoma. What is the likely diagnosis?

You receive a referral through an Employee Assistance Program. The client reports that they feel that they are under a lot of pressure at work. The client reports that she manages a team of ten and has one away on parental leave, another on Long Service Leave and a third on unexpected extended sick leave. The client reports having to meet key performance indicators and that she is struggling to do so. The client reports that she has tried speaking with her manager however gets brushed off.
What would be most useful for this client?

When working with clients who are referred under a Mental Health Care Plan, what are the communication obligations of the psychologist?

You receive a referral for a 6-year-old. Both parents attend the initial session. They explain that they are separated, and both have re-partnered and have children and stepchildren with their new partners. You immediately recognise that this is a complex family system that the 6-year-old client has.
What is important to determine before proceeding?

You receive a referral for a 14-year-old boy. The boy presents at the initial session with his mother. You initially begin the session with the boy only however he is difficult to engage, sits slouched in the chair with his arms crossed, looking at the ground and states ‘I’m only here because mum made me.’ You ask his mother to come into the session and seek the boy’s permission for his mother to state why she ‘made him attend’ to which he agrees. His mother reports that he has begun getting in trouble at school and home. The boy states ‘Mum thinks I am a lost cause.’
What would be an appropriate assessment to start with?

The essential feature of Anti-social Personality Disorder is what?

Participating in a program of Continuing Professional Development (CPD) is a requirement for annual renewal of your registration. When you apply to renew your registration by 30 November every year you are required to declare that you have complied with this requirement.
What are the CPD requirements for a generally registered psychologist each year?

You being seeing a 22-year-old who reports that they are ‘failing at life’. The 22-year-old reports that they believe they have undiagnosed Autism and ADHD. The client reports that they start tasks but do not complete them, is very unorganised, does not have any friends and cannot maintain employment. The client reports that they do not want a full psychological report. You conduct a battery of assessments. The client fails to attend the feedback session and reports that they can no longer get to sessions because their car broke down. You instead email the client a summary of the scores from the assessments conducted.
What, if anything is wrong with the above scenario?

Which of the below is not considered a micro skill for responding to clients in a session?

You have been working with your client on depression using behavioural activation for several sessions when they disclose that they do not think that they are depressed. The client reports that they do not like going out in public and engaging with people because they fear that they will be judged. The client reports that they will go out and run errands however will avoid anyone they know. What is the likely diagnosis?

You have been seeing a client periodically for several years to assist in managing their bipolar diagnosis. It has been several months since you last saw the client who at that time had started taking lithium and was well balanced. The client attends a session with your self and reports not feeling well. The client reports that they have developed a slight tremor and dry mouth.
What is your next step?

Psychologists are required to write reports for various purposes and for numerous different audiences. Given this it is important for psychologists to do what when writing reports?

One of the main objects of the Privacy Act 1988 is what?

You receive a referral for a 17-year-old currently in a Youth Detention Centre. The referral states that he has been previously assessed on two prior occasions within the past 12m, however both had different outcomes. The referral states that both previous assessments were conducted to determine if there are any diagnoses to explain the poor academic performance or if it is due to a lack of education. The previous assessments used the WAIS and Ravens.

Which of the following can be used to assess the boy’s cognitive abilities?

A persistent pattern of inattention and or hyperactivity/impulsivity that interferes with functioning or development is which diagnosis?

What should psychologists do when their existing client asks for a second opinion?

You are referred a 3-year-old boy for behavioural difficulties. The client’s mother attends the initial session with a newborn. The mother reports that her 3-year-old son has been acting violently toward other children at daycare. The mother reports that the daycare her son attends has stated that they need a management plan for her son’s behaviour, or they will have to ask him to leave.
What would be the most appropriate next step?

A therapy that views problems as separate from people and assumes people as having many skills, abilities, values, commitments, beliefs, and competencies that will assist them to change their relationship with the problems influencing their lives using stories is known as what.

Your client presents reporting that they are concerned about their 14-year-old daughter. The client reports that her daughter refuses to have any sleepovers at her friends’ homes, will not go on any school camps and whenever she must go away for work her daughter rings her obsessively and ends each call with ‘don’t die mum.’ What is the likely diagnosis for the client’s daughter?

A client self refers, and you see her for the initial session. She reports having a lot happening in her life at present. She states that she recently graduated from The University of Melbourne and has been offered jobs in both New York and Sydney. She reports that her parents live in Sydney and her mother has recently been diagnosed with Cancer. She reports that her boyfriend who is currently living in Melbourne with her has also graduated, and he has been offered a job in Sydney and his parent live in Melbourne. The client reports being confused, unable to decide and guilty for wanting to take the position in New York.
What would be the most appropriate intervention to use with this client?

You have been working with a client, who presents with high levels of anxiety, for approximately eight sessions. The client does not appear to be making any progress. Prior to coming to see you the client had begun anti-anxiety medication and has now been on it for 6m and the G.P has increased the dose twice.
What is your next step?

The Freedom of Information Act 1982 intends to what?

What does the PHQ-9 a measure of?

A mother presents with her 3-and-a-half-year-old daughter. She reports that her daughter appeared to develop and meet milestones as expected until she was approximately two and a half years of age. The mother reports that since this age her daughter has regressed in toileting, communication, imaginative play, and interaction with peers.
What is the likely diagnosis?

What is the charter for clients?

An assessment that provides a complete picture of functional skills across the lifespan is known as what?

You conduct an initial session with a 29-year-old male that reports that he needs help understanding why he keeps getting dumped by his girlfriend. He reports that he has been dumped five times in the past 18m. The client reports that he believes that he picks the wrong types of girls because they all turn out to be dumb. He reported that he ends up in arguments with his girlfriends because they cannot understand simple concepts and because he is the one yelling, he is the bad guy.
What might be appropriate for this client?

You receive a referral from Centrelink for an 18-year-old female. Centrelink report that the client is refusing to attend and Job Ready Programs to assist her to find employment. During the initial session, the client reports that she has severe anxiety when around people. She reports that she grew up on a large remote cattle station and was educated through School of the Air.
What would be the most appropriate intervention for this client?

During the fourth session, your client discloses that they have been having thoughts of harming themselves. You conduct a risk assessment and find that the client has previously attempted to take their life by overdosing on prescribed medications and currently has leftovers of several no longer used medications. The client reports that they do not want to hurt their parents by harming themselves.
What is your next step?

You receive a referral for a 6-year-old boy with anxiety. The client is a refugee from Sudan that came to Australia when they were 3m old. The referral states that the client speaks English however the client’s mother does not.
What is your next step?

The Health Practitioner Regulation National Law Act 2009 is an Act providing for what?

What assessment is the BDI?

What differentiates a manic episode from a hypomanic episode?

There are two types of witness that psychologist can be required to be in court.
These are?

You are asked by a large mining company if you could conduct pre-employment psychometric assessments on potential candidates for underground apprenticeships. The company advises that candidates need to be capable of understanding physics. You accept and decide that the most appropriate psychometric would be what?

You are asked by a large employment company to assist with a recently acquired contract. The company has been contracted to assist members of a remote Indigenous community to find appropriate employment and or course opportunities. The company reported that they required information regarding each individual’s cognitive capacity. Which of the following would be the most appropriate assessment?

You are referred a 14-year-old boy. The referral states that the boy has been increasingly getting into trouble at school and home. It also states that his parents are concerned about his behaviour, and he will not talk to them. During the initial session, the client reports that he does not want to see a psychologist and does not know why he is being made to attend.
What would be the most appropriate way to try and engage the client?

Toward the end of the second session your client reports that they would like to see a female psychologist instead of yourself. The client reports that they feel as though you remind them of their father whom she does not have a good relationship with. She reports that she feels constantly judged by her father and not good enough.
What is this an example of?

Your private practice receives a referral for 21-year-old Muslim women from Iran. The referral states that the client would like a female psychologist and for her father to attend the session with her.
How to you respond to this.

You apply for a job with a local Non-Government Organisation run by a religious organisation. You are invited to an interview. Upon arrival you are asked to fill out some paperwork with your demographic information. On the form you indicate that you identify as non-binary and would like to be referred to as they/them. The interviewer comes and tells you that you are no longer required for an interview. When you query this the interviewer tells you that the way you identify would not fit with the organisations values.
What if anything is wrong with this.

You receive a referral from the local Acute Inpatient Unit for a patient being discharged. The referral states that the patient currently has a GAF of 85 and requires monitoring for decompensation.
What does a GAF of 85 indicate?

A widely used caregiver and teacher form that enables that collection of data in relation to social, emotional, and behavioural concerns of young people is known as what?

Psychologists acknowledge people’s right to be treated fairly without discrimination or
favouritism, and they endeavour to ensure that all people have reasonable and fair access to psychological services and share in the benefits that the practice of psychology can offer.
The above statement belongs to which General Ethical Principle?

Your client presents reporting that since they last saw you, they have been to their G.P who prescribed an SNRI for the treatment of their GAD diagnosis. The client reports that they have been taking the medication for just over a week and it is not working.
What is your next step?

You are referred a 11-year-old girl who is reportedly having difficulty achieving academically. You administer a WISC and the client’s FSIQ is in the average range however the VCI is in the extremely low range. What is the most appropriate assessment to administer?

Your client presents at their initial session in a heightened mood. The client reports that they do not understand why their G.P referred them to a psychologist. The client reports that they are coping perfectly fine provided they are given the time and space to carry out their necessary procedures before starting work and that all their work colleagues refrain from entering their office. The client reports they were much happier when they were able to work from home. The client reports that they do not repeat any procedure it just needs to be done once so they do not become infected with anything.
What would be the most appropriate intervention for this client?

You receive an EAP referral for a 48-year-old manager of a large company that provides home care services to elderly people. The client reports that she is currently under a lot of pressure at work and is finding it difficult to unwind at the end of a workday and relax.
What would assist this client?

You receive a referral for a 42-year-old man diagnosed with schizophrenia and an intellectual impairment. The referral states that the client is under a Public Guardian and resides in supported independent living. You see the client for the initial session, and he struggles to understand you.
What is your next step?

You receive a request from a solicitor for the file of a client that you have not seen for approximately 2 years. The solicitor reports that he is acting on behalf of the client in the magistrate’s court for a criminal matter.
What is your next step?

You receive a referral for a 12-year-old refusing to attend school. The 12-year-old and their mother attend the initial appointment. The mother reports that her family have just relocated to the area and all her children started in new schools last week. The mother reports her child is fearful of school however reports no incidents that have occurred. The mother reports speaking with the school who also report no incidents. The mother reports being medicated for anxiety and seeking psychological intervention. She reports that her child does not like to leave the house for any reason and only interacts with immediate family.
What assessment might be useful in this scenario?

You are referred a 10-year-old girl who sustained serious head injuries in a motor vehicle accident. Her parents and teacher believe that she has sustained a traumatic brain injury and has cognitive deficits as a result. Both parents and teacher report that she has always been at the top of her class and had to be given extra work to challenge her. Both parents and teacher reports that she struggles with her long- and short-term memory and does not seem to be able to learn anything new. You administer a WISC and the FSIQ is in the below average range.
What is your next step?

Psychologists seek to protect the interests of the people and peoples with whom they work. The welfare of clients and the public, and the standing of the profession, take precedence over a psychologist’s self-interest.
The above statement belongs to which General Ethical Principle?

According to the Transtheoretical Stages of Change Model there are five stages of change. These are?

You have been referred a 67-year-old man who reports having difficulty with his memory. He reported that both his father and paternal grandfather were diagnosed with early onset dementia. He reported that he is concerned that he has genetically inherited this. What would be the most appropriate assessment to conduct?

Your client reports that they have not been sleeping or eating well. The client reports that they are behind at work because they have been worrying so much about the upcoming change management process that they will be leading whilst their company is taken over and rebranded by another company. The client reports that she goes home after work and sometimes has not gotten any of her regular daily tasks completed.
What would be the most useful approach for some immediate relief or this client?

A therapy that asserts personal experiences are key, along with describing what you are going through in your own words and is based on an underlying theory that unresolved conflicts with others – including family members or romantic partners – lead to distress.
The above is the definition of what therapy?

A journalist from the local newspaper contacts you and asks you to comment on the pending release of a child sex offender into the community as well as giving recommendations to parents of young children. You have never worked with child sex offenders or children.
How do you respond?

During the initial session, the client reports that since ‘the attack’ they cannot sleep, go out in public and are constantly anxious. The client reports that as a result they went to their G.P and sought a referral. Upon further investigation it is revealed that the client was a victim of an attempted rape and was left with several significant physical injuries. The client reports that her attacker is currently in prison awaiting trial.
What would be appropriate to explore with the client?

A standardised test of personality and psychopathology is called what?

The Ethical Guidelines for the provision of psychological services for, and the conduct of research with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples asserts that psychologists are aware of what contextual issues?

Psychologists recognise that their position of trust requires them to be honest and objective in their professional dealings. They are committed to the best interests of their clients, the profession, and their colleagues.
The above statement belongs to which General Ethical Principle?

Gestalt therapy, person centred therapy and existential therapy are all types of what kind of approach?

A pattern of intense and chaotic relationships with fluctuating and extreme attitudes toward others is a feature of which DSM 5TR disorder?

Your 35-year-old client reports being fearful of needles for as long as they can remember. The client reports recently landing their dream job in a mine. The client reports that an ongoing medical requirement for the job is to have regular blood tests for lead levels. The client reports that they would like to overcome their fear of needles.
What would be the most appropriate intervention in this situation?

Helen presents with symptoms consistent with Depression which appears to be precipitated by a relationship breakdown. Factors that seem to have predisposed her to depression include a family history of Depression (Mother) and a previous episode approximately 2 years ago. The current problem is maintained by her unemployment. However, her protective and positive factors include her friends and bible reading group.
What is the above an example of?

A client that you saw approximately 3 years ago, who is an adult, calls your private practice and ask’s the receptionist to send a copy of his file to a psychologist he is now seeing in his new hometown. The receptionist passes this information on to you.
What is your next step?

You are referred a client from a local G.P under a Mental Health Care plan for depression. The client reports that they recently broke up with their long-term partner after they cheated. The client reports that their parents separated when they were young and both parents have had multiple partners since. The client reports that they do not think they are good at relationships. You understand this as you recently experienced something similar in your own relationship and your own parents separated when you were young. You decide to assist the client to vet future men.
What is this an example of?

You receive a referral for a client under NDIS. During the initial session, the client reports that they are living in supported independent living with several other NDIS participants. The client reports that they do not like where they live, does not do any activities that they enjoy, and feels that they just get shuffled from appointment to appointment.
Which of the following measure will assist in understanding the client’s current perspective?

Multiple relationships are not necessarily unethical, and some multiple relationships are unavoidable. When working in small rural community’s psychologists are more likely to encounter situations where they might form multiple relationships with their clients.
In these situations, psychologists must maintain what?

During your third session with a client, he discloses that he owns several firearms, none of which are registered. He reports that ‘I just haven’t gotten around to it’ and that ‘I don’t want to draw attention to myself.’ You encourage the client to register the weapons. You continue to see the client and during the eighth session the client reports that he has been involved in ‘another altercation’ and makes a side comment ‘lucky I didn’t register those weapons’ and then laughs. The client declines to elaborate.
What if anything should you do with this information?

Family systems therapy approach draws on systems thinking which evaluates parts of a system in relation to the whole. It suggests that behaviour is both often informed by and inseparable from the functioning of one’s family of origin. The three major categories of family systems approaches are?

You have been referred a 4-year -old girl. She attends the initial session with her mother who reports that her daughter has been eating play doh, crayons and chalk at daycare. The mother reports that the staff at the daycare are concerned as her daughter becomes quite upset when she is unable to access her preferred objects. The daycare staff reported that they are now unable to have any of these items in the centre because her daughter is preoccupied with these items and will eat them at any chance. The mother reports that her daughter eats little food. What is the likely diagnosis?

Your client reports that they saw their G.P for the purpose of assessment for suitability for medication as recommended by yourself. The client reported that the G.P prescribed and SSRI however they can not remember what this is.
What does SSRI stand for?

You conduct an initial session with a self-referred 44-year-old man. He reports that he is really struggling with his family and does not feel supported by his wife. He reports that he has four children who are all teenagers ranging in age from 13 to 19 years and all live at home. The client reports that his children are constantly fighting and his 19-year-old ‘walks all over his mother’.
What might be a suitable recommendation?

You receive a referral from a G.P under Workcover for a client that was involved in an armed hold up in his place of work at a local Service Station. After seeing the client on several occasions, the client asks for a copy of their file to give to their solicitor.
How do you respond?

You have been referred a 13-year-old boy. The referral states that the client has been increasingly getting into trouble at school and home. The referral states that the client does not appear to care about the basic rights of others, has been drinking alcohol and smoking marijuana. The client has also been caught shop lifting, damaging property and harming animals. What is the most likely diagnosis?

During an initial session with a client they report that they have recently moved to Australia. The client reports that they are a native Alaskan and was raised in a traditional village with the Inupiat people. You ask the client to tell you more about their cultural background and in particular important aspect that you need to be aware of in the therapy process.
What is this an example of?

You receive a referral to conduct a comprehensive assessment of an individual for suitability to be an adoptive parent of a refugee child. The first step in a comprehensive assessment of this nature is a thorough clinical interview looking at history of individual and family health.
What assessment would assist with this?

When working with clients’ psychologists address several factors related to safeguarding confidentiality, which includes what?

You begin working with a client who reports that they would like to give up drinking and smoking. The client reports that they only recently began both habits to ‘try and fit in.’ You begin working with the client using CBT and teaching social and assertiveness skills. Whilst the client has made some progress however, they are still struggling. You decide to add a behavioural component and ask the client to wear a rubber band on their wrist and every time they think of smoking or drinking, to snap the rubber band on their wrist.
What sort of procedure is this?

The quality of being present and fully engaged with whatever we are doing at the moment, free from distraction or judgement, and aware of our thoughts and feelings without getting caught up in them. What is this the definition of?

You are referred a 16-year-old boy. He presents with marked anxiety and reports that he does not want to learn how to drive because it is too dangerous. He reports that he prefers to walk wherever he goes as riding a bike can also be dangerous. He reports that he does not go out with his friends because something bad could happen. He reports that he believes that he has a heart condition because he often feels his heart racing. What is the likely diagnosis?

Your client presents for their initial session. They immediately report that they are very nervous and have never seen a psychologist before. The report that they have never liked attending any appointments with any type of professional.
What is the first most important thing to do?

Which of the following interventions is recommended for use with First Nations People?

You are working with a client under NDIS. You receive an email from an old school friend stating that they have just taken over as the Support Co-ordinator of the client you are seeing. The email goes on to ask how you have been since you last saw each other and if you are still with your boyfriend. The email ends with various emojis.’
How do you respond to this email?

A client record and a client session note are two different things. What is included in a client record?

You are working in a large private practice. You see a client for an initial session. The client reports that they have been experiencing feelings of being detached from themselves and observing themselves from a distance. The client reports that they have periods of time when they feel like a robot or that they are not in control of themselves. The client reports that they have been diagnosed with depersonalisation-derealisation by a psychiatrist which you have never worked with before.
What is your next step?

An assessment that covers general appearance, behaviour and movements, perceptions, mood and affect, cognition, attention, orientation, memory, reasoning, and judgement is what?

Biofeedback and electro-physiological measurement require the psychologist to have physical contact with the client. Psychologists are required to seek informed consent and provide a clear rationale for the use of a procedure involving client contact.
When using procedures involving client contact psychologists must offer clients what?

The recency of practice standard relates to all psychologists. Every year when a practicing psychologist applies for registration, they must declare that they have met the recency of practice standard.
The recency of practice standard for practicing psychologists’ states what?

You have been working with a client for five sessions using CBT. The client presents to their sixth session stating that challenging the thoughts did not work. The client reports that they could only find evidence to support their unhelpful thinking. The client reported that they must worry about their health and have weekly doctors’ appointments otherwise they could die. What type of unhelpful thinking style is this?

You client reports feeling low, hopeless, sad, and down in the dumps and frequent episodes of crying. He reports that the symptoms have been present almost everyday for the past month. The client reports being irritable at times and having a loss of appetite and sleeping excessively. What is the likely diagnosis?

The purpose of Socratic Questioning is what?

Your client reports that their partner has been asking them to cut down on their drinking for the past 12m or so. The client reports that they have been denying that they have any issues with drinking. The client reports that his partner took the children and moved out of the home they share last week. The client reports that they now realise that they have a problem with drinking.
What stage of change is this client in?

You have been delivering a new PTSD group program at the local Private Mental Health Hospital. You are currently delivering the fourth group program. You have been collecting pre, post and ongoing data using relevant measures. The CEO of the Private Mental Health Hospital asks you to analyse the data and present it to the team.
What would be the best way to do this?