Exam 13: Therapies

Unilateral ECT produces ________ side effects and is ________ effective than traditional ECT.

Penny goes to a therapist who tells her that her problems derive from external controls, male-dominated cultural norms, and inappropriate sex roles. Her therapist is probably a ________ therapist.

Transference is a major goal of client-centered therapy.

According to the most recent research, which of the following is true?

Most couple therapists concentrate on ________.

Insight therapy that is time-limited and focused on trying to help clients correct the immediate problems in their lives is ________ therapy.

A general trend in psychotherapy is toward short-term dynamic therapy for most people.

Electroconvulsive therapy is most often used to alleviate ________.

The effectiveness of antipsychotic drugs supports the notion that schizophrenia is linked to ________.

Describe the role of the therapist in psychoanalysis. What events should occur as a normal result of therapy and how does the therapist help or hinder this process? Finally, summarize current criticisms of traditional psychoanalysis.

Recent trends in therapy have been toward ________.

Beck's cognitive therapy is particularly effective in the treatment of ________.

According to Rogers, the goal of client-centered therapy is to ________.

Rational-emotive therapists are confrontational.

A technique in which each member of a couple is taught to share inner feelings and to listen and understand the partner's feelings before responding to them is called ________.

Medication, electroconvulsive therapy, and psychosurgery are all types of ________.

The cardinal rule in client-centered therapy is for the therapist to express ________ for the patient.

When problems exist between parents and children, their problems are usually best handled by ________.

Every time Jeanie opens her cigarette case or uses her lighter, she gets a painful electric shock. Jeanie's friends and family have been asked not to give her any matches or light any cigarettes for her, so she must use her own lighter if she wants to smoke. Eventually, Jeanie loses her desire to smoke, thanks to ________.

Martha and Stan are newlyweds. They see a therapist because Stan is afraid of sexual intercourse. The therapist asks Stan exactly which acts make him anxious, constructs a hierarchy of those threatening acts, teaches him to relax, and asks him to imagine each threatening scene in the hierarchy and use the relaxation technique to reduce his anxiety. The therapist is using ________.