Exam 13: Therapies

_____ is a strategy utilized by gestalt therapists to help clients work through unfinished business with parents, siblings, and others.

Zin's therapist notices that Zin changes the topic whenever her mother is brought up. Additionally, when her mother is brought up, Zin is always late to her next therapy session. Zin is demonstrating the phenomenon Freud labeled _____

Which of the following therapies utilizes homework assignments in which the client must record and keep track of automatic thoughts and his/her emotional response to them?

Although Caitlynn is already in cognitive therapy for her eating disorder, her psychologist believes that she would also benefit from talking to others with eating disorders. Her psychologist wants Caitlynn to meet others struggling to beat an eating disorder and also someone who has already recovered. What type of treatment will Caitlynn's psychologist likely suggest to her?

Which of the following statements is FALSE of gestalt therapy?

Sharif has been diagnosed with obsessive-compulsive disorder. His therapist purposely asks him to think about the unwanted, intrusive, unpleasant thought. These thoughts typically trigger Sharif to feel the need to engage in a particular behavior. However, his therapist does not allow him to engage in that behavior for periods of time. The goal is to decrease and eventually eliminate the need for the compulsion. This technique is called _____

Which of the following is NOT a disadvantage as discussed in your text regarding e-therapy?

_____ and _____ are two proven behavioral modification techniques that are based on operant conditioning.

Aaron Beck states that _____ occurs when clients believe that they are at fault for others' behavior.

The psychoanalytic technique of _____ is used to explore the unconscious by having patients reveal whatever thoughts, feelings, or images come to mind.

Jacquez is a psychodynamic therapist who instructs those he sees in therapy to say whatever comes to mind, no matter how ridiculous or insignificant it might seem. Jacquez is encouraging _____, a technique used in some psychodynamic therapies.

_____ aims at helping individuals overcome cognitive errors.

Nardil, Parnate, and Marplan are examples of _____

Tanisha, a therapist, works with individuals who display poor social s. In treatment, she uses reinforcements and other operant conditioning principles to bring about more adaptive responses in her clients. Tanisha is a _____ therapist using _____ in her therapy sessions to help treat the individuals.

_____ exposes patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder to stimuli that trigger obsessions and compulsive rituals, while patients must resist performing the compulsive rituals for progressively longer periods of time.

The antidepressants that serve to block the reuptake of serotonin are referred to as _____

_____ is/are a naturally occurring salt used to bring an individual out of a manic state.

When appropriate and desirable behaviors earn points or tokens that can later be exchanged for rewards, which of the following techniques is being used?

When utilizing systematic desensitization, clients are trained in _____, which becomes a vital component to the treatment.

Using medications or surgeries to treat psychological disorders, based on the assumption that psychological disorders are symptoms of underlying physical problems, is the focus of _____