Exam 14: Mental Health Therapies

In family therapy, the focus is on the ____.

A psychoanalyst would probably interpret a client's attempt to change the subject of a therapy session as ____.

In humanistic therapy, the therapist's role is to ____.

In developing his client-centered therapy, Carl Rogers was disillusioned with the methods of ____.

Attitudes toward psychotherapy and psychiatric medications are ____.

Kitchell's son is throwing an absolute fit at the pool. He screams and stamps his feet. Kitchell ignores him, all the other parents ignore him, and so do his friends. Eventually his tantrum stops. Kitchell has used which operant conditioning strategy?

In addition to providing appropriate and adequate treatment, psychotherapists should have the necessary training to provide care that is ____.

Short-term dynamic therapy is a modern version of ____.

It is important for a humanistic therapist to have the quality of genuineness in order to ____.

Of the following therapeutic techniques, which relies on the principles of operant conditioning?

Explain how systematic desensitization might be used to treat a person with a phobia of heights.

Which view of therapy is most likely to emphasize insight as the goal of therapy?

Conventional antipsychotic medications reduce the action of ____ in the brain.

Markus is terrified of dogs. His therapist confines him in a room with several friendly puppies. Markus is frightened at first, but after an hour, the fear begins to subside. Markus's therapist is using ____.

Which characteristic of a therapist is mentioned in the textbook as contributing to the success of psychotherapy?

Both psychodynamic therapy and humanistic therapy ____.

Which of the following is considered to be ethical behavior by a psychotherapist?

What are the three steps involved in systematic desensitization?

Kristen, who is afraid of leaving her house, is asked to write out a list of situations that trigger her fear, from least fear-provoking to most fear-provoking. Kristen is creating a(n) ____.

Sharnice's therapist appears to be understanding of Sharnice's feelings. Sharnice's therapist is conveying ____.