Kelli tells you that she has begun therapy but she doesn’t k…

Kelli tells you that she has begun therapy but she doesn’t know what kind.  She calls it “talk therapy” and says that it is structured and may only last 10-15 sessions.  Each week she has homework.  Each week her therapist sets an agenda.  Her therapist teaches her how to identify when a thought is illogical or irrational and they challenge illogical thoughts.  For example, this week for homework she noticed she had the thought “if I tell my friends I am in therapy they will hate me,” so now she is sharing with you that she’s in therapy to test how logical this thought is.  She and her therapist focus on her present problems, not unpacking things from the past unless they directly inform a thought she has now.  What kind of therapy is most like what Kelli describes?

Lingyan and Marvin are two graduate students in clinical psy…

Lingyan and Marvin are two graduate students in clinical psychology who are arguing about the dodo bird effect.  They have opposing viewpoints on the matter; Lingyan states that all therapies are roughly equally equivalent and the most important part of therapy is the common factors.  Marvin disagrees and cites Dr. Chambless’ argument against the dodo bird effect, which states…

Dennis is a 30 year old adult who is interested in quitting…

Dennis is a 30 year old adult who is interested in quitting smoking.  He has spent some time thinking about quitting and has decided that it will be possible and it will be worth the discomfort in the long run.  He has taken small steps towards quitting, such as reducing his daily use and joining a support group.  Which stage of change, under the transtheoretical model of change (stages of change model) is Dennis most likely in?