Exam 15: D: Therapies

Gestalt therapists are more directive and less insight-oriented than client-centered or existential therapists.

As a physician in Vienna,Sigmund Freud developed psychoanalysis to treat people who suffered from physical symptoms,such as paralysis or numbness,for which no physical cause was found.Today,problems,such as these,are called somatoform disorders,but Freud referred to these disorders as __________.

In the A-B-C analysis of rational-emotive behavior therapy,the letters stand for action,behavior,and catharsis.

Personal empowerment is the strength of existential therapy,while a focus on one's immediate awareness is the strength of Gestalt therapy.

In order to reduce the time he spends watching TV,Greg vividly imagines himself failing an important exam because he watched too much TV instead of studying.Greg is using the self-management behavior technique known as __________.

Commercial telephone and Internet therapists have to be credentialed and licensed just like face-to-face therapists as well as holding licensure in all 50 states in the U.S.and in Canada.

The reduced use of full-time commitment to mental hospitals for the treatment of mental disorders is referred to as __________.

Discuss the various types of distant therapies,including how they can be helpful and harmful to the public,the APA's recommendation for media psychologists,and the advantages and limitations of the different types.

The use of classical or operant conditioning to directly alter human responses is known as __________.

A group in which the participants take part in exercises,such as "trust walks" that gently enlarge self-awareness is called a(n)__________ group.

Some of the disadvantages of distance therapies have been overcome by technology that provides a two-way audio-video link,which allows a client and therapist to see one another on computer monitors and to talk via speakerphones.This widely available and inexpensive technology is called _________.

Patrick and Mike are brothers who are fighting over a new toy.Their mother sends them to separate rooms until they can calm down and agree to share the toy and play "nicely." Mother is using the operant conditioning technique known as ____________________.

Hans Eysenck suggested that psychoanalysis simply takes so long that patients improve due to the mere passage of time,that is,they experience a(n)__________.

Your friend is going through a break-up with her boyfriend.Describe how you can best counsel your friend by discussing the nine guidelines

Therapy in the future will likely include more therapy provided by lower cost master's-level practitioners and a greater reliance on group therapies and self-help groups run by paraprofessionals.

Regarding behavior modification,explain how aversion therapy and systematic desensitization are both based on classical conditioning,and list and describe the six operant principles most often used by behavior therapists to deal with human behavior.

Usually the most effective token economies are those that gradually switch from tokens to social rewards.

Anxiolytics are types of drugs used to reduce hallucinations and delusions.

EMDR is a behavioral therapy that involves having clients visualize upsetting images,while watching a pencil being moved side-to-side before their eyes.

During self-directed desensitization,when one reaches a card that cannot be visualized without becoming tense in three attempts,one skips this card and proceeds to the next one.