Exam 12: Treatment: Healing Actions, Healing Words

Saleem has been seeing a therapist because she cannot adjust to her new husband's children from a previous marriage. Although she dearly loves her husband, she feels awkward and embarrassed in front of the children. The therapist suggests that she bring her husband and his children with her to the next session so she can see them interact. Saleem is probably seeing a ______.

If Ray decides to read a variety of books from the library on how to curtail his drug addiction, he is engaged in ________.

Medication and electroconvulsive therapy are both types of ______.

_______________ formed a large part of Freud's psychoanalytic method.

Suppose Sarah, who is suffering from bulimia nervosa, receives more relief from medication than cognitive-behavior therapy. Is Sarah's response typical of most individuals who have this disorder? If so, explain your response. If not, how can we make sense of her behavior?

Self-downing or being critical of oneself for performing poorly is a process that interferes with healthy functioning.

Which of the following is a therapy based on the principles of classical conditioning?

Eileen goes to a therapist for help in losing weight. She and her therapist develop a written agreement spelling out weekly step-by-step methods for Eileen to use in order to reach her weight goal. The plan specifies rewards for reaching weekly goals and penalties for not achieving them. Eileen's therapist is using which of the following methods?

What is one of the main advantages of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) as compared to similar drugs?

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. What is Ellis most likely to say during the therapy session?

Which type of therapy emphasizes people's potential for growth and the importance of an empathic therapist?

Which of the following is a key component of Rogers's client-centered therapy?

In general, antipsychotic drugs work by ______.

Some drugs that combat depression work by____________.

Xanax and Valium are examples of benzodiazepines and are used for short-term treatment of anxiety disorders.

Suppose during a therapy session Yvonne says "Yeah, I know my life is a mess-but it's because everyone and everything I've ever dealt with have caused havoc in my life!" Albert Ellis would view Yvonne's statement as illustrative of the process he calls ________.

The basic goal of systematic desensitization is to ________.

Which of the following is a therapy based on the principles of operant conditioning?

Lydia is a divorced mother who attends meetings with peers who share the same problems and stressful situations. There is no professional facilitating these meetings. What type of sessions is Lydia attending?

What is occasionally recommended as a treatment for schizophrenia when medication and psychotherapy have not worked?