Exam 15: Therapy

Discuss when electroconvulsive shock therapy might be used to treat psychological disorders, and discuss the effectiveness of this method of therapy.

In the treatment of bipolar disorder, ____________________ is more effective than antidepressants.

Ida is in psychodynamic therapy, Jo is in behavioral therapy, and Vi is not in therapy.We should expect:

Which theorist developed gestalt therapy?

Client-centered therapy was developed by ____________________.

Compare and contrast cognitive therapy and client-centered therapy.What are the similarities and differences between the two approaches in the assumptions they make and how therapy is performed?

Freud's method of treatment that attempts to bring unconscious impulses and memories to the surface of awareness is called ____________________.

The second step in systematic desensitization involves:

In psychoanalysis, ____________________ occurs when a patient unconsciously attempts to subvert or hinder the process of therapy.

Unconsciously motivated attempts to subvert or hinder psychoanalysis are called:

Psychotherapists who take an eclectic approach:

It's important that the client and therapist work together to deal with the problems at hand.In other words, that they form a(n):

Modern psychodynamic therapies differ from Freud's original psychoanalysis.One main difference is the fact that psychodynamic therapy:

In psychoanalysis, ____________________ occurs when a patient's expression of thoughts or feelings toward the therapist are actually representative of the way the patient feels about other significant people in his or her life.

Which of the following is a form of insight therapy?

Aversion therapy is one behavioral technique that effectively uses counterconditioning to help people overcome severe phobias.

When Mason was only nine years old, his two older sisters told him scary stories about vampires while he was in a dark room.As an adult, Mason is still afraid of the dark.Based on classical conditioning principles, a behavioral therapist would suggest the fear that Mason felt when his sisters told him the scary stories was an:

The basic aim of insight therapies is to:

One form of cognitive therapy requires clients to keep extensive records, in which they record automatic thoughts and emotions as they experience them.They then write out rational responses to their automatic thoughts and emotions.This form of psychotherapy is called:

Snooping in the medicine cabinet of a friend, you see a bottle of Xanax, a benzodiazepine drug.You should suspect your friend is being treated for: