Exam 13: Therapies

Stress-inoculation therapy is one type of ________ therapy.

Eileen goes to a therapist for help in losing weight. She and her therapist develop an agreement spelling out weekly step-by-step methods to reach Eileen's ultimate weight goal. The plan specifies rewards for reaching weekly goals and penalties for not achieving her weekly objectives. Eileen is undergoing ________.

Julian seeks professional help for his fear of spiders. In stages, his therapist shows him pictures, movies, and models of spiders; then a real dead spider, a small live spider in a jar, several live spiders in a jar, and finally a live spider loose in the room. At each stage, he made sure that Julian was fully relaxed. This therapist is most likely a ________ therapist.

The psychotherapeutic approach that recognizes the value of a broad treatment package over a rigid commitment to one particular form of therapy is ________.

Client-centered therapy is a type of ________ therapy.

A primary goal of family therapy is to ________.

The patient's carrying over to the analyst feelings held toward childhood authority figures is known as ________.

Describe the general goals and reasons for using biological therapies, Also, identify three types of biological therapy and briefly describe the reasons for using them, their effectiveness, and the disadvantages associated with using them.

Phenothiazines are antidepressant drugs.

Psychoanalysis is a type of ________ therapy.

Describe the advantages and goals of group therapy. Also, identify three types of group therapy and briefly describe their methods, goals, and effectiveness.

Gestalt therapy emphasizes ________.

Researchers have found that ________.

Suicide hot lines and crisis intervention centers are all involved in ________ prevention.

A disturbance of motor control, particularly of the facial muscles, that results from the use of antipsychotic drugs is ________.

Researchers have found that about ________ as many people improve with professional therapy than without it.

Which technique uses reinforcement to change behavior?

ECT typically consists of ________ session(s).

The major goal of insight therapies is to give people ________.

When problems exist between parents and children, their problems are usually best handled by ________.