Exam 15: Psychological Therapies

DeWayne has decided to seek psychotherapy for some personal difficulties he has been having. While on the telephone with one possible clinician, he asks her to describe the kind of treatment approach that she uses with clients. "I don't limit myself to a single theory or approach," the therapist answers. "Instead, I operate in a(n) ________ fashion, integrating various treatment approaches based on the specific needs of each client."

Free association occurs during psychoanalysis, when the patient is encouraged to talk about anything that comes to mind.

Which of these clients is the most likely candidate for Aaron Beck's form of cognitive therapy?

________ focuses on the present and assumes that people observe the world and the people around them, make assumptions and inferences based on these observations, and then decide how to respond.

A technique for treating phobias and other stress disorders in which the person is suddenly exposed to the fear-provoking situation or object in an intense way and is prevented from making the usual avoidance or escape response is called ________.

The most important aspect of successful psychotherapy is the ________ between client and therapist.

What is a primary goal of the therapist in person-centered therapy?

________ refers to the general term for psychotherapy provided on the Internet.

Which of the following is NOT a biomedical therapy?

A therapist challenges what she sees as her client's irrational and self-defeating thoughts. Her goal is to help her client change these thoughts into more rational, helpful, positive thoughts. In addition, she wants to help her client develop strategies that can be used to cope with future problems. She is probably a ________ therapist.

Some drugs that combat depression work by ________.

Maureen is in therapy because she is very frightened of her father and feels tongue-tied around him. After a few months she begins to feel frightened of her therapist also. According to Freud, this is an example of ________.

Which of the following is an advantage of behavior therapy?

Carl Rogers's person-centered approach is considered ________ because the client actually does all the real work with the therapist merely acting as a sounding board.

Virtually all antipsychotic drugs work by ________.

A goal of family therapy is to ________.

Lulu sees a professional once a month to manage the medication she is taking to help alleviate the symptoms of her anxiety disorder. The type of therapy Lulu is undergoing is called ________.

The use of learning techniques to modify or change undesirable behavior and increase desirable behaviors is called ________.

Name one advantage of cognitive and cognitive-behavioral therapies over typical insight therapy.

Lithium is used to treat bipolar disorder and episodes of mania, even though it is not clear exactly why it is effective in affecting mood.