Exam 15: Therapies

In working with women, feminist therapists do all of the following EXCEPT:

Virginia has been taking neuroleptics for over 15 years to control her schizophrenia. She has begun to shown involuntary movements of the facial muscles and mouth and her neck and arms have begun twitching. Virginia is most likely experiencing:

Why have some nontraditional therapies been developed?

Systematic desensitization and aversive conditioning are based on:

Lithium is the most widely prescribed drug for treating:

___________ and __________ are approaches that stress that, although one person may have some abnormal symptoms, the symptoms are also a function of the group.

Susie had extreme mood swings that devastated her life. These mood swings were greatly reduced when she was prescribed:

Drug therapy, electroconvulsive therapy, and psychosurgery are forms of:

If patients relate to their analysts as if the analysts were significant persons in their lives, the process of_________ is occurring.

The three main types of _________ are tricyclics, MAO inhibitors, and SSRI drugs.

In Gestalt therapy, it is likely that the therapist will:

The _______, such as Nardil, are not widely used to treat depression because they are more toxic and tend to interact with certain foods, resulting in dangerous increases in blood pressure.

___________ approaches to the treatment of psychological disorders view the individual as part of a social system of relationships, influenced by various factors, such as ethnicity, religion, and community and family life.

___________therapies encourage people to understand themselves and to grow personally as well as emphasizing people's self-healing capacities.

In talking to her therapist about the sexual abuse that she had experienced as a child, Nona felt like a "weighthad been lifted off her shoulders and all her pent-up anger and guilt had been released. According to Freud, Nona is experiencing:

Psychologist is to _______ as psychiatrist is to ___________.

Rogers advocated the use of _______, which involves letting a client know the therapist's feelings and not hiding behind a facade.

Cierra's therapist is very directive and confrontational as she shows Cierra how to dispute her irrational beliefs. Cierra's therapist is using:

The role of the therapist in client-centered therapy would be described as:

Contemporary psychoanalytic approaches, unlike Freud's psychoanalysis, recognize the role of: