Exam 14: Therapies

Five-year-old Will is terrified of dogs. During a therapy session, Will watches from a safe distance as another child approaches a dog with no ill effect. Then the child reaches out to pet the dog and finally holds the dog in her lap. Will is encouraged to engage in each step himself. The therapist is trying to treat Will's fear of dogs with

Groups that claim to provide an opportunity for personal growth and self-knowledge by engaging in strong emotional interactions with other group members are called

Beck's cognitive therapy has proved very successful in the treatment of

The use of antipsychotic drugs has actually resulted in longer stays in the hospital for schizophrenic patients.

Traditional behavioural couples therapy (TBCT) focuses on identification and modification of behaviours that contribute to a couple's conflicts.

Antipsychotic drugs help schizophrenic patients by reducing severe symptoms like hallucinations, delusions, and other disordered thinking.

One of the underlying assumptions of cognitive-behavioural therapy is that our actions affect our feelings.

Relationship therapy is used successfully to treat schizophrenia.

Person-entered therapy is ________; Gestalt therapy is ________.

Otis wants to lose weight, but is tempted to eat the cupcakes sitting in front of him. Every time he reaches for one, his friend hits him with a baseball bat. This procedure is an extreme example of the technique known as

Which drug category would be most likely to be prescribed for a patient whose major symptom is a disturbance of mood?

Which of the following is a potential downside for patients taking benzodiazepines, such as alprazolam?

Raymond is in a group therapy session with Fritz Perls. He is talking to a vacant chair, saying all the things he wishes he could say to his father, but can never get up the courage. This technique is called

What is non-directive therapy?

Today in psychoanalysis, the therapist

The form of couples therapy that focuses on the personality traits of each partner is known as

Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) is based, in large part, on

For what disorder would behaviour therapy based on classical conditioning and observational learning be more appropriate than psychoanalytic or humanistic therapies?

Discuss the theoretical underpinning of cognitive-behavioural therapy (CBT).

Over the course of her therapy, Sharon is presented with a series of scenes ranked in order from least feared to the one that is most feared. She must learn to remain relaxed in one situation before she can confront the next item on her hierarchy. What therapy is this?