Exam 13: Therapies

Electroconvulsive therapy ________.

Rogers was mostly interested in ________.

Each of the following is true of antipsychotic drugs except that they ________.

In psychoanalysis, "working through" provides people with ________.

After Jeff is expelled from school for skipping too many classes, he seeks help from a therapist. The therapist develops a contract that specifies that if Jeff attends all of his classes, he will be allowed certain privileges at home. But if he skips classes, he will be subject to certain penalties. Jeff's therapist is probably a ________ therapist.

A benefit of unilateral ECT versus traditional ECT is that it appears to reduce side effects.

A major antipsychotic tranquilizer is ________.

In Gestalt therapy, the therapist is ________ and ________.

A general trend in psychotherapy is toward short-term dynamic therapy for most people.

Virtually all antipsychotic drugs work by ________.

Every time Jeanie opens her cigarette case or uses her lighter, she gets a painful electric shock. Jeanie's friends and family have been asked not to give her any matches or light any cigarettes for her, so she must use her own lighter if she wants to smoke. Eventually, Jeanie loses her desire to smoke, thanks to ________.

Couple therapy is a form of ________ therapy.

The process of learning by watching someone else perform various behaviors is called ________.

Certain types of ________ medications are also effective in reducing episodes of panic and alleviating obsessive-compulsive symptoms.

Psychoanalysis was a therapy technique designed by ________.

A type of psychotherapy in which clients meet regularly to help one another achieve insight into their feelings and behavior is ________ therapy.

Antidepressant drugs have also been shown to be effective in treating each of the following disorders except ________.

The use of psychological techniques to treat personality and behavior disorders is called ________.

Allen is troubled by some aspects of his personality and would like to explore his entire personal development in an effort to gain deeper self-understanding. He would be best served by ________ therapy.

According to Rogers, the goal of client-centered therapy is to ________.