Exam 15: Psychological Therapies

Which type of therapy emphasizes the importance of an authentic and empathetic therapist?

Therapies directed at directly changing disordered or inappropriate behavior are referred to as ________ therapies.

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

Edward starts to worry about telling his therapist about his drinking. He is afraid that the therapist will get mad at him as his mother used to. Edward has started relating to his therapist as he related to his mother. Edward is experiencing ________.

Which of the following is one of the cognitive distortions proposed by Aaron Beck?

Azdah's teenage son fails his mathematics exam due to lack of studying. She immediately assumes that it is her fault. Azdah is engaging in ________.

A therapist takes a very directive role in challenging the client; she even assigns homework to confront those beliefs and modify the client's behavior. She is probably a ________ therapist.

Shedrika uses a form of therapy that emphasizes revealing his clients' unconscious conflicts, urges, and desires, which he believes are the cause of his clients' disordered emotions and behavior. This therapist is most likely using ________.

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

________-based treatment, which is also called empirically supported treatment in the text, includes techniques that have been found to be effective at producing desirable changes during controlled research studies.

Kaleem wants to see a therapist because he feels he has negative thoughts and would like to change his way of thinking. Because he is on a limited budget, he would like to choose a type of therapy that is relatively short-term and inexpensive. Which of the following therapies would best meet Kaleem's needs?

In which form of therapy does the therapist take a directive role, challenging clients when they make "my way or nothing" statements?

A technique known as prefrontal lobotomy:

Many psychological professionals today take a(n) ________ view of psychotherapy, in which they combine techniques from different theoretical models.

Systematic desensitization is a therapy method used in treating phobias that involves progressive relaxation and exposure to the feared object.

Which treatment is LEAST likely to be used today?

In general, antipsychotic drugs work by ________.

Which behavior therapy technique is commonly used to treat anxieties or fears?

Electroshock treatment often is accompanied by:

Client-centered therapy was founded by ________.