Free BC-DMT Practice Questions

Question 1

During an individual DMT session, a client makes small, contained wrist rotations. With permission, the therapist copies the pattern exactly. The client withdraws the hand and says, 'You're making fun of me.' The therapist stops. When considering a different movement response, which principle best integrates Chace's therapeutic movement relationship with Rogers' person-centered theory?

Accepted Answer

The client must experience the response as understanding; accurate imitation alone does not establish therapeutic attunement.

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Body-form matching, rather than the client's reaction, establishes an empathic movement relationship.

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Retain the original mirroring and explain its empathic intent before trying another technique.

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The client's reaction calls for verbal rapport-building before movement-based work can resume.

Question 2

A client traces a curved pathway with one hand while maintaining a single, unwavering focus on a partner's palm. The gesture is delicate and unhurried. Which basic Effort action describes this movement in Laban Movement Analysis?

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Glide

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Float

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Press

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Dab

Question 3

Forty-eight hours after an antipsychotic dose increase, a previously settled group member repeatedly stands, paces, and shifts weight. 'It's inside me; I have to keep moving,' the client says. There is no fever, sustained muscle spasm, or new confusion. Before interpreting the pacing as anxiety about the group, which medication-related possibility deserves particular attention?

Accepted Answer

Akathisia

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Tardive dyskinesia

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Drug-induced parkinsonism

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Acute dystonia

Question 4

An adolescent in DMT says, 'If I forget a move, everyone will laugh.' No ridicule has occurred in the group, and the adolescent wants to participate. Together, the adolescent and therapist agree to test the prediction. Which activity most directly functions as a cognitive-behavioral experiment?

Accepted Answer

Lead a short phrase with an agreed restart, then compare peers' reactions with the predicted ridicule.

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Rehearse a movement phrase privately until the adolescent can reproduce it without making an error in front of others.

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Explore an earlier family experience in which making a mistake felt unsafe.

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Pair positive self-statements with increasingly challenging versions of a familiar movement phrase.

Question 5

A movement record describes two patterns: first, the client's body contour broadens and narrows symmetrically; later, the right side expands toward a nearby partner without comparable expansion on the left. In the Kestenberg Movement Profile, which categories describe these observations, respectively?

Accepted Answer

Bipolar shape-flow and unipolar shape-flow

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Tension-flow rhythms and tension-flow attributes

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Shaping in directions and shaping in planes

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Pre-efforts and efforts

Question 6

An autistic 9-year-old rocks gently while watching a DMT turn-taking game. The rocking is comfortable, causes no injury, and stops briefly when the child chooses a turn. The child says, 'Rocking helps me listen.' The agreed treatment goal is reciprocal participation with peers. Which outcome would best demonstrate progress toward that goal?

Accepted Answer

More voluntary give-and-receive turns, whether or not the child continues rocking.

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Longer periods without rocking while waiting for a movement turn.

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More time facing the therapist before receiving an opportunity to choose a movement.

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More accurate copying of the therapist's movements throughout the game.

Question 7

A client receiving cancer treatment participates in gentle DMT within the current medical plan. During a slow exchange, the therapist feels heavy-limbed and wants to end the activity. The client remains attentive and says, 'I finally don't have to rush. I'd like to continue.' How can the therapist use the bodily response without confusing it with the client's experience?

Accepted Answer

Continue the chosen pace while examining whether the heaviness arises from the therapist, the interaction, or both.

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Use the heaviness to identify depression the client has not yet verbalized.

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Introduce a livelier rhythm and compare the client's response with the therapist's sense of heaviness.

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End movement and request renewed medical clearance because the heaviness could represent fatigue the client has not recognized.

Question 8

While gathering participants for DMT, a therapist encounters a psychiatric inpatient who recently began an antipsychotic. The client is newly confused, markedly rigid, feverish, and sweating. Which response takes priority?

Accepted Answer

Activate the unit's emergency medical response and remain with the client.

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Move the client to a quiet room and reassess after a brief period of supported rest.

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Request a routine medication review and offer seated movement while waiting for the prescribing clinician.

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Ask nursing staff to withhold the next antipsychotic dose while the therapist monitors the client's symptoms.

Question 9

'I thought being attuned meant keeping my baby engaged,' a parent says during caregiver-infant DMT. The infant turns away after a lively bouncing exchange, then looks back and reaches when the parent pauses. Which explanation would best help the parent understand co-regulation?

Accepted Answer

The pause supports regulation and renewed engagement; attunement includes responding to the infant's disengagement cues.

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Maintain stimulation through brief withdrawal to help the infant sustain relational engagement.

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Turning away suggests an emerging avoidance pattern that the caregiver should counter with more consistent face-to-face contact.

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The infant has demonstrated independent regulation, so reduce the caregiver's involvement for the rest of the session.

Question 10

Before an outpatient DMT appointment, a client completes the PHQ-9. The total is 7, including a score of 1 on the death/self-harm item. The therapist has not yet asked about current suicidal intent or plans. What does this result require before routine treatment proceeds?

Accepted Answer

Direct assessment of current suicidal thoughts, intent, plan, and access to means.

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Emergency transfer, because endorsement of the death/self-harm item establishes that the client is at imminent suicide risk.

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A repeat PHQ-9 after the movement session to determine whether the positive response persists once distress is reduced.

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Routine follow-up at the next appointment, because a total in the mild range does not trigger suicide-risk assessment.

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