Exam 14: Therapies

Which therapy discussed in the text emphasizes the importance of clients fully experiencing, in the present moment, their feelings, thoughts, and actions, and then taking responsibility for both their feelings and their behaviour.

Define psychotherapy.

Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) has had some success in the treatment of which of the following?

Exposure and response prevention is a treatment for people with

Lithium is considered a wonder drug because it helps bipolar patients and has no potential harmful effects.

The assumption that all maladaptive behaviour results from unresolved, unconscious conflicts is part of which of the following perspectives?

Cognitive therapies assume that maladaptive behaviour can result from irrational thoughts, beliefs, and ideas, which the therapist tries to change.

In systematic desensitization, clients are exposed to the things they fear all at once so that their fear response becomes extinguished.

Leanne visits a therapist whose main goal is to provide his patients with insight into their repressed inner conflicts. Leanne's therapist is a

Five-year-old Will is terrified of dogs. During a therapy session, Will watches from a safe distance as another child approaches a dog with no ill effect. Then the child reaches out to pet the dog and finally holds the dog in her lap. Will is encouraged to engage in each step himself. The therapist is trying to treat Will's fear of dogs with

Medication that relieves the symptoms of schizophrenia is thought to work by blocking the action of

Person-centred therapy is best described as

What is the non-directive therapy developed by Carl Rogers in which the therapist creates a warm, accepting climate based on the hypothesis that the client's natural tendency toward positive change may be released?

Ellis's rational-emotive therapy is based on his ABC theory in which the "B" stands for ________ and the "C" stands for ________.

Beck's cognitive therapy has proved very successful in the treatment of

Compare and contrast the therapeutic climate, typical techniques, and usual goals of person-centred therapists and rational-emotive therapists.

A patient with bipolar disorder who is experiencing recurrent manic episodes is most likely to be given a drug whose generic name is

Cognitive therapists believe that, for the most part, emotional disorders

A major technique of psychoanalysis is

Albert Ellis is to ________ as Aaron Beck is to ________.