Exam 15: Psychological Therapies

The person-centered therapist must show a genuine, open, and honest response to the client. This is called __________.

An advantage to group therapy is that groups __________.

Most psychological professionals today take a psychoanalytic view of psychotherapy.

According to the Consumer Reports survey, which of the following statements is accurate?

Erika and William, along with their children Maximillian and Stella, are all seeing a psychologist to help work through some difficulties that have been occurring in their home. From time to time, their therapist opts to work with one of them instead of all four at once. This group of individuals is receiving __________ therapy.

In interpreting a dream, a psychoanalyst would attempt to discover the dream's __________ content.

__________ is credited with developing rational emotive behavior therapy (REBT).

Rational emotive behavior therapy presumes that the ultimate cause for distressing feelings or symptoms is due to __________.

Family counseling is a form of __________ therapy.

__________ is a type of insight-oriented therapy.

Sigmund Freud arrives for a therapy session with Albert Ellis. Freud's main complaint is depression; it seems that Freud's writings have not received the kind of response he had hoped for and expected. Which of the following is Ellis most likely to say during the therapy session?

A type of therapy in which clients meet regularly in a group setting and discuss problems under the guidance of a single therapist is called __________ therapy.

With regard to treatment of psychological disorders, many psychological professionals believe medications work best in combination with __________.

Sigmund Freud believed that many psychological problems resulted from __________.

Person-centered therapy was founded by __________.

A humanistic psychologist would most likely agree that anxiety __________.

Which of the following is one of several general terms used to refer to psychotherapy provided on the Internet?

Research shows that African American clients prefer a therapist __________ while Asian men prefer a __________ therapist.

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

Researchers have found that about __________ percent of people who are current or past clients of psychotherapy felt that psychotherapy has helped them.