Exam 13: Therapies

If you wanted to produce calm and drowsiness in a client, reduce agitation and induce sleep, you would be most successful by using a(n) ________.

Jean seeks psychological help for her intense feelings of worthlessness. Her therapist confronts and challenges her feelings, arguing that it is a self-defeating way to think and is based on erroneous information about herself. Her therapist is probably a ________.

An advantage to group therapy is that groups ________.

People with a specific behavioral problem would be best served by ________ therapy.

Arranging anxiety-provoking situations in a hierarchy would be characteristic of ________.

Transference is a major goal of client-centered therapy.

Forms of mental health care that avoid hospitalization altogether ________.

Insight therapy that is time-limited and focused on trying to help clients correct the immediate problems in their lives is ________ therapy.

Many disorders that afflict people from other cultures do not exist in Western culture at all.

Until the end of the 1980s, there were only two main types of antidepressant drugs: ________.

Each of the following developed a major form of insight therapy except ________.

Bob has been under a physician's care for bipolar disorder. Bob's doctor is most likely to prescribe which of the following to treat Bob's disorder?

Steve is 21 years old and has never gone on a date. His parents are concerned and take him to see a therapist. The therapist sits Steve on a couch and tells him to lie down and relax. The therapist sits behind Steve and asks him to say whatever comes into his head. Steve eventually talks about his fear of women, and the therapist asks him why he thinks he is afraid. Steve begins to talk about his early experiences with women: his mother, her friends, his teachers, and so on. Steve is undergoing ________ therapy.

Free association is a technique used in ________ therapy.

Bringing hidden feelings to consciousness is the goal of ________ therapy.

Each of the following is provided by all major types of psychotherapy except ________.

Allen gets extremely anxious whenever he takes a test. He would be best served by ________ therapy.

Allen is suffering from generalized anxiety disorder. He is most likely to be effectively treated by ________ therapy.

Ron went to a therapist to learn why he is always so hostile and how he can become less demanding of people. The therapist asks that he bring his wife and children along with him when he comes for his second appointment. The therapist is probably a ________.

Describe the role of the therapist in psychoanalysis. What events should occur as a normal result of therapy and how does the therapist help or hinder this process? Finally, summarize current criticisms of traditional psychoanalysis.