Exam 14: Therapies

Miranda is in treatment for anxiety about her workplace. Her therapists encourages her to reframe situations she has experienced and try to understand them more objectively. This approach is congruent with

What category of therapy is most concerned with improving a client's awareness of the underlying causes of his or her difficulties?

Although a popular over-the-counter treatment for depression, it is unclear whether the herb _________________ is more effective than placebos.

Which of the following is NOT used in biomedical therapy?

Empirically supported treatments refer to:

Cherise finds out that she is being transferred to an office located on the tenth floor of a building. The problem is that she fears heights so much that she never goes above the third floor in any building. Her therapist teaches her how to relax deeply while imagining looking out over a balcony. As her therapy progresses, Cherise imagines herself on higher and higher floors. This technique is called ______________.

Sally's therapist wants her to bring her parents and siblings to counseling sessions with her. Sally is going through

Who of the following is LEAST likely to benefit from insight therapy?

Maureen is in therapy because she is very frightened of her father and feels tongue-tied around him. After a few months she begins to feel frightened of her therapist also. According to Freud, this is an example of ____________.

Andre's mother acts as if she will be very disappointed in him if he does not become a doctor or a lawyer. Carl Rogers would refer to this as ______________.

Lithium is a naturally occurring __________.

Which method of treating phobias involves relaxation and exposure to the feared object?

In response to the widespread use of lobotomies, psychosurgery was banned in the United States in the 1970s.

Julio tells his therapist that he dreamt of a large blue monster that was about to eat him. His therapist interpreted this dream as representing Julio's abusive father. According to dream analysis, the manifest content is _____________.

Which of the following mental health professionals is most likely to have either a PhD or a PsyD and diagnose and treat mental health problems ranging from the everyday to the chronic and severe?

The processes for resolving personal, emotional, behavioral, and social problems so as to improve well-being are known as ________.

For client-centered therapy to be effective, the client must perceive the therapist as showing _______.

Your patient is presenting with the classic signs and symptoms of schizophrenia. Which of the following is an atypical antipsychotic that you will prescribe?

Because some theories suggest that schizophrenia is caused, in part, by an excess of _______________ activity in the brain, it is not surprising that many antipsychotic drugs reduce the activity of this neurotransmitter.

In client-centered therapy, this nonjudgmental acceptance of all feelings the patient expresses is known as: