Exam 16: Therapies

Who is being treated with the flooding technique?

Lithium is to ________ as clozapine is to ________.

Pete's therapist says, "Don't say you will never fall in love again, say it will be difficult to learn to trust someone again." The therapist is utilizing ________ in his efforts to help Pete.

Beck's cognitive therapy focuses on

Who may benefit the most from electroconvulsive therapy?

Psychodynamic therapies stress all of the following EXCEPT

The widespread increase in the number of individuals taking SSRIs to combat their depression is primarily due to the

________ is an example of a cognitive therapy.

Your friend is feeling depressed and you think he should probably see a therapist. However, your friend insists that psychotherapy is not effective and is nothing more than a waste of time. Describe the evidence regarding the effectiveness of psychotherapy.

Define and provide an example of integrative therapy.

Mary has been working with a therapist because she has felt very confused and unsure about herself for the past few years. Mary's therapist tends to be very non-directive and devotes a great deal of the session to allowing Mary to explore her identity, wants, and dreams for the future. The therapist rarely gives direct advice and instead is primarily interested in helping Mary clarify her own ideas and feelings. Mary's therapist is most likely associated with the ________ perspective of psychotherapy.

Alice is trying to decide on a type of therapy. Her counselor recommends that she choose between Kohut's contemporary psychodynamic therapy and humanistic psychotherapy. Which of the following statements best describes how these two types of therapies are most similar?

Since his father left, Joel has been treating his older brother more like a father. In terms of psychoanalysis, what may be occurring?

Max is a psychotherapist who has been asked to comment on which form of psychotherapy is the most effective. He responds by alluding to the Dodo bird hypothesis. What does this tell you about his opinion on the different forms of psychotherapy?

The second step in systematic desensitization is

You are a humanistic therapist. A potential client is unfamiliar with your school of therapy and asks you to sum it up for him. You tell him the primary tenet of humanistic therapy is that

In psychoanalytic theory, transference is used to describe

Maury is afraid of cats. The first thing his therapist does is place Maury in a room where cats roam freely. The therapist is using systematic desensitization.

Luanne is being treated for depression after a breakup with her boyfriend. Her therapist points out that her thoughts, and not the situation itself, is causing her to be depressed. This information suggests that Luanne's therapist practices ________ therapy.

The group of drugs known as SSRIs work primarily by interfering with the reabsorption of ________ in the brain.