Exam 15: Therapies

According to Freudian dream interpretation,the obvious content of a person's dream hides the true meaning or content of the dream,called the ______ content.

In transcranial stimulation,______ is passed though part of the frontal cortex.

For Freud,the obvious interpretation of the meaning of a dream is known as the ______ content.

Rose went into a long-lasting depression after the loss of her father.She was urged by family members to seek treatment.Her therapist specializes in the treatment of depression and follows a detailed treatment manual.Rose likes the fact that the therapist is paying attention to her feelings.What kind of therapist is Rose seeing?

A new form of therapy loosely based on psychoanalysis is called

According to Ellis and Beck,people become psychologically disturbed because they

The ______ approach to psychotherapy is most closely associated with the social learning theory of personality.

Which statement best compares the use of medications to cognitive therapy?

For therapy to be ethical,therapist and client must agree on the ________ of the psychotherapy.

If you tend to downplay or ignore compliments given to you,and this behavior is taken to the extreme,Beck might suggest that you are exhibiting the cognitive error of

The relief gained from therapy when unconscious conflicts are released and intense emotions are experienced is called

Client-centered psychotherapy emerged from a behaviorist viewpoint.

Ivan is very depressed,and the danger of suicide is eminent.He is not responding to the drugs normally employed to treat depression.Which of the following treatments is most likely to prove helpful in reducing Ivan's depression and suicidal behavior?

After several months in psychoanalysis,Ryan had an emotional outburst during which he cried and sobbed as he talked about a childhood experience.Freud termed this emotional release

One principle of feminist psychotherapy is for women to repress the anger they feel over becoming second-class citizens in society.

Psychoanalysts believe that releasing pent-up emotions is a benefit of psychoanalysis.

A Gestalt psychotherapist is ______ conversations during therapy sessions.

Graded exposure is the second step in a procedure called systematic desensitization.

Jorge made the comment,"Things never work out for me.Anytime I'm involved in a project something breaks." What kind of thinking does Jorge's statement indicate?

One side effect of electroconvulsive therapy is that the client may