Exam 12: Approaches to Treatment and Therapy

Describe the role of the therapeutic alliance in successful therapy.

Rhona's therapist is attempting to treat her agoraphobia by riding the subway with her.The therapist is most likely doing this as part of a treatment known as

Prefrontal lobotomy procedures were performed extensively in Europe but were not frequent procedures in the United States.

Self-help groups can be reassuring and supportive in ways that family,friends,and psychotherapists sometimes may not be able.

Laura has had many different jobs,but she always does something to get herself fired.After about fifteen therapy sessions,during which she explores her earliest memories,she has an insight.She comes to believe sabotaging her jobs is her way of expressing anger toward her father,who had always put his job before his family.What method of therapy is Laura most likely engaged in?

A psychodynamic therapist would terminate therapy if a client reported that she had fallen in love with him.

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

Cecile fluctuates between deep depression,during which she will withdraw from family and friends,not eat,and feel hopeless,followed by mania,during which she shops continuously and engages in risky sexual behavior.Which of the following drugs would be most beneficial to Cecile?

Antipsychotic drugs are no longer being prescribed "off label" for people with nonpsychotic disorders.

Georgina's treatment for bulimia and binge eating has been highly successful.It is most likely that her treatment involved a combination of

One of Sigmund Freud's patients labeled his therapy "the talking cure." Why? What was Freud's goal and what techniques did he use to achieve it?

Albert Ellis is best known as a _______ therapist.

Julie's therapist tells her in their first session,"My aim is to help you build your self-esteem and sense of self-acceptance and help you to find a more productive way of seeing your problems." Julie's therapist sounds like she operates from which of the following therapeutic perspectives?

Murray is a bright student,but he procrastinates.He puts off writing term papers and gets incompletes which eventually become Fs.Murray's _______________ therapist helps him realize that he has the power to choose his own destiny and must assume responsibility for his life predicaments.The therapist helps him think about his procrastination and his life goals.

Murray is a bright student but he procrastinates.He puts off writing term papers and gets incompletes which eventually become Fs.After exploring his early childhood memories for almost a year,Murray comes to the insight that he procrastinates as a way of expressing unconscious anger toward his parents.The treatment method used to help Murray deal with his problem is

In establishing a bond with clients,therapists must distinguish normal cultural patterns from individual psychological problems.

How do most antipsychotic drugs seem to work?

Making someone who is afraid of snakes handle dozens of snakes in an effort to get him to overcome his fear is called

At this time,_________________ explanations and treatments for mental disorders are dominant.

Electroconvulsive therapy involves the use of a pulsing magnetic coil held to the depressed person's skull at the left prefrontal cortex.