Exam 11: Intervention: Overview

Across all approaches to psychotherapy, the majority of psychotherapy clients are

There has been a new wave of alternative intervention options. These include:

Growing evidence indicates that non-face-to-face psychological treatment:

Which one of the following psychological therapies does not have strong empirical support?

In group therapy, _______ , both emotional and instrumental, may be provided in a group format, not only by the therapist but also by others in the group.

According to psychodynamic theorists, it is inevitable that the client's core interpersonal conflicts will be repeated in the relationship with the therapist. This process is known as:

The onus of following legal requirements of practice fall on:

In group therapy, ______ refers to the experience of recognizing that one is not alone in facing a particular difficulty and that others share similar challenges and reactions.

It is insufficient to simply obtain the client's signature at the bottom of a jargon-filled description of services; the psychologist must provide:

One of the therapist's first tasks (from a dynamic perspective) is to:

The observed impact of routine psychotherapy may be weak for two separate reasons:

There are, unfortunately, some psychological treatments that can cause harm, such as:

Themes from both drive and ego theories were blended in _______ that noted that infants tend to categorize their experiences into good and bad. As children mature, they learn that each person has both positive and negative qualities. If, however, they do not learn this, they are prone to chaotic relationships, because they act as though people are either all good or all bad.

___________ focuses on changing problems with other people that are related to the onset, maintenance, and relapse of depressive symptoms.

By encouraging __________ and then working with the client to test the validity of his or her beliefs, the therapist actively encourages a process of guided discovery for the client.

Evidence suggests that the overall use of mental health services has been increasing in recent decades; much of this increase is associated with the

From this list, the best predictor of behavior is

Group contexts allow opportunities for _______ of behaviors, so that a client may learn new ways of coping by observing the efforts of another person. Unfortunately, groups allow this in both positive and negative ways.

An example of intervention that has been known to cause harm is:

__________ focus on identifying automatic thoughts and changing maladaptive patterns of thinking that are associated with this such as distress, anxiety, and depression