Exam 14: Therapies

Walter and Skyler are currently seeing a couples therapist. The therapist has helped them to identify some problematic behaviours and communication patterns in their relationship, and is now working with them to modify some of these problematic behaviours. What type of therapy does this describe?

Which approach to therapy is usually best for ridding people of phobias and bad habits?

Beck's cognitive therapy seeks to replace automatic thoughts with more objective thoughts.

Phoebe is involved in a therapy in which she must touch dirty objects and then try to delay her ritual of hand washing for longer and longer periods. Phoebe's obsessive-compulsive disorder is most likely being treated with

For which disorder is ECT typically used?

Which of the following is true about the lobotomy?

In your opinion, what are the major strengths and weaknesses of two of the following approaches to therapy: psychoanalysis, person-centred therapy, behaviour therapy, cognitive therapy, and drug therapy?

What is meant by "non-directive therapy"?

The letters EMDR stand for Eye Movement Displacement and Reprocessing

After her relationship has ended, your best friend says , "I just can't go on since we broke up; no one was so perfect for me; no one will ever love me again; nothing is worthwhile and never will be again. This is just awful. Life has no meaning for me. Why did the love of my life leave me? I guess it's because I'm a terrible person who will never deserve to be loved." Using ideas from Ellis' and/or Beck's cognitive therapy approaches, help your friend in need.

The goal of couples therapy is to

How cognitive therapies attempt to help people?

Which of the following could occur in aversion therapy?

In psychodrama, for you to play the part of the person who is a problem in your life is called

Beck's cognitive therapy makes no

Which of the following drugs is most useful in the treatment of obsessive-compulsive disorder?

Your best friend asks you how one can go about getting help for a psychological problem. What advice would you give to your friend?

How do ethnicity, culture, class, and gender affect psychological disorders and therapy?

The A of Albert Ellis's ABC theory, the foundation of rational-emotive therapy, stands for

In developing his cognitive therapy, Aaron Beck has been especially interested in the treatment of