Exam 12: Psychodynamic Psychotherapy

In _____,the therapist's primary task is to identify the "script" that the client appears to be unknowingly following,which is likely to be based on previous important relationships,and to refuse to enact that script in the therapeutic relationship.

_____ is a contemporary variation of psychodynamic psychotherapy.

Of all defense mechanisms,_____ is typically considered to be the most mature or healthy by psychodynamic psychotherapists.

What is a defense mechanism? Name and describe two defense mechanisms.

When a psychodynamic therapy patient does not immediately accept his analyst's interpretation,the analyst may need to repeat the interpretation across multiple sessions before it is fully accepted.This process is known as _____.

The "blank screen" role of the psychotherapist is most important to _____ psychotherapists.

When a patient is asked to engage in _____,the patient's task is to verbalize any thought that comes to mind,no matter how nonsensical,inappropriate,illogical,or unimportant it may seem.

_____,according to psychodynamic psychotherapists,is the therapist's unconscious tendency to interact with clients as if the client is very similar to an individual from the therapist's own personal history.

Relative to its prominence in the early and mid-1900s,psychodynamic psychotherapy is currently

Clarissa dreams she is a platypus flopping about on a never-ending sandy beach while the bright sun slowly bakes her to a crisp.Dr.Siggie,her psychologist,explains that the never-ending beach represents her inability to emotionally escape from an abusive relationship,and the sun represents the abuser.What is the manifest content in this scenario?

In which defense mechanism does the ego superimpose an id impulse onto other people around us,allowing us to convince ourselves that the unacceptable impulse belongs to someone else,not ourselves?

According to psychodynamic theory,the _____ is the part of the mind that generates all pleasure-seeking,selfish,indulgent,animalistic impulses.

Ron is a psychotherapy client who senses that certain unconscious material will soon be exposed.This makes him anxious,so he abruptly changes the subject and then misses his next appointment.Ron's psychodynamic psychotherapist is likely to understand Ron's actions as _____.

Which of the following best defines a defense mechanism?

_____ is the defense mechanism in which the ego projects an id impulse onto other people around us.

The term _____ succinctly captures the primary goal of psychodynamic psychotherapy.

Displacement is a defense mechanism characterized by

According to the psychodynamic approach,the process by which the latent content of a dream is converted into manifest content is called _____.

Which of the following statements is TRUE about how well psychodynamic therapy works?

Name one component of psychodynamic psychotherapy that has some empirical evidence to support its practice.