Exam 14: Therapies

If a patient in psychoanalysis transfers to her analyst feelings typically expressed toward a significant person (like a mother and father), then the analysis is not likely to succeed.

Describe the characteristics that define traditional behavioural couples therapies.

Which of the following is a true statement about behaviour therapy?

Since drug therapy has developed, electroconvulsive therapy is no longer used for major depression.

According to Kleinman and Cohen, people experience and suffer from biological and psychological disorders within

All insight psychotherapies share the assumption that the client's psychological well-being depends on

What different types of mental health professionals conduct psychotherapy?

How do traditional and integrated behavioural couple therapies differ?

For a psychoanalyst the hesitation, stumbling, and visible unrest that accompanies resistance is important because

What is the technique of flooding, and how does it work?

Aaron Beck believes that a major problem of people who have bulimia is

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

When children are removed from a situation in which they are engaging in inappropriate behaviours and placed in a room or space where no reinforcers are available, the technique of behaviour modification is called

Raymond is in a group therapy session with Fritz Perls. He is talking to a vacant chair, saying all the things he wishes he could say to his father, but can never get up the courage. When he is finished talking to the vacant chair, what is the next step?

Bill was terribly afraid of heights so his therapist took him to the top of the tallest building in town and made him stay on the rooftop until his fear subsided. Bill's therapist used

Which of the following is not true of group therapy?

Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) is based, in large part, on

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

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.

Systematic desensitization, flooding, exposure and response prevention, and aversion therapy are all based on classical conditioning principles.