Managing Post-Operative Adjustments Flashcards
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A client 9 months post-surgery experiences excess skin and reports avoiding intimacy because of body image distress. What is the most appropriate counseling approach?
Answer: Address body image with cognitive and acceptance-based strategies and discuss options including plastic surgery consultation
Excess skin distress is addressed through body-image counseling and informed discussion of reconstructive options, not false reassurance.
Which phenomenon describes a client who still perceives themselves as their pre-surgery size despite significant weight loss?
Answer: Phantom fat or residual body image distortion
"Phantom fat" refers to the lag between actual body change and internal body image, common after massive weight loss.
A client reports their marriage has become strained since surgery because their partner seems threatened by their new confidence. This dynamic is best described as what?
Answer: A shift in relationship equilibrium common after major personal change
Major change in one partner frequently disrupts established relationship equilibrium, a recognized post-bariatric psychosocial issue.
During the second post-operative year, which pattern most warrants counselor attention as a relapse warning sign?
Answer: Gradual return of pre-surgery eating habits alongside stopped self-monitoring
Weight regain risk peaks when old habits return and self-monitoring stops, typically emerging after the first year.
A client says they feel "invisible grief" because no one understands why they miss their old eating life. Which response best demonstrates appropriate counseling skill?
Answer: Normalize the grief as a valid, common response and explore what food represented for them
Normalizing food-related grief and exploring food's former meaning validates the client and opens therapeutic work.
Which intervention best supports a client struggling to maintain hydration goals after surgery?
Answer: Scheduling sipping reminders and separating fluids from meals by about 30 minutes
Frequent scheduled sips with fluids separated from meals meets hydration needs without overfilling the pouch.
A client 18 months post-surgery has regained 15 pounds and calls themselves "a failure." What is the counselor's best initial response?
Answer: Reframe the regain as common and addressable, then collaboratively review current behaviors
Modest regain is common and manageable, so reframing and collaborative behavioral review is the appropriate first response.