Exam 13: Psychological Therapies

Allen,who has a drug abuse problem,is MOST likely to be successfully treated by ______.

Cognitive models of therapy tend to focus on:

A technique which assumes it is impossible to be relaxed and anxious at the same time is _______.

The use of antianxiety drugs to treat anxiety disorders is gradually being phased out in favor of treatment with ________ drugs.

Why does administration of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT)often cause memory loss?

In _______,an unpleasant event is paired with a particular response in order to make that response less likely to occur.

Rational-emotive therapy is a type of _________ therapy.

Expressing empathy,developing discrepancy between a client's present behaviors and values,rolling with resistance,and supporting a client's self-efficacy are the four principles of __________.

Which of the following is a limitation of humanistic therapy?

Which of the following is one of the criticisms of cognitive and cognitive-behavioral therapies?

Eye-movement desensitization reprocessing is primarily used for treatment of __________.

The therapist's feeling of respect and affection for the client that exists without any strings attached,no matter what the client may say or do,is called __________.

Therapies directed at changing the disordered behavior are referred to as ___________.

Dr.Stevenson,a therapist,states "I promote rational thinking to alleviate distressing feelings and behaviors." Dr.Stevenson is probably a ________ therapist.

The behavior of patients with chronic schizophrenia living in mental institutions has been successfully modified through the use of ______.

The method that gradually reduces a client's fears is called _______.

According to Sigmund Freud,when you awaken in the morning and remember a dream,you recall the dream's___________.

Which of the following techniques would be most appropriate for treating overeating or smoking?

Sigmund Freud believed that many psychological problems resulted from:

The belief that anxiety results from feelings and emotions repressed during childhood was proposed by _______.