Exam 13: Methods of Therapy

You have consulted a therapist because of psychological difficulties. Your therapist instructs you to lie down on a couch in a slightly darkened room. The therapist encourages you to say anything that comes to mind while he says little or nothing for session after session. You have selected a __________ therapist.

Beck's cognitive emphasis on modifying self-defeating beliefs tends to work well with patients suffering from

Which forms of therapy tend to work with well-educated, verbal, and highly motivated clients?

Bob refuses to discuss his adolescent years with his therapist. He makes up excuses for not doing so by saying, "I don't remember what happened during those years, it must not be important." What is this tendency called?

During the time when society explained mental illnesses as demonic possession or evil, the treatments for psychological disorders were

A recent divorcee is struggling in the area of communication skills. The __________ therapist sets up a program to reinforce the client's acquisition of social skills.

A would-be quitter's therapist has him sit in front of a machine that blows smoke in his face while he is smoking one cigarette after another. This technique is called

Katherine wants to quit smoking. The first therapist she visits suggests that she can help her quit by using a rapid smoking technique. If she agrees to this technique, what will happen to Katherine?

Ben's therapist believes that Ben has ignored his desire to go to college because his family always wanted him to join them in their restaurant business. This has held him back from achieving his full potential. Ben's therapist uses the __________ approach to therapy.

Rational emotive behavior therapy was devised by _____ _____.

You go to your therapist for the first time and she tells you to lie on a couch in a slightly darkened room. She then asks you to talk about anything that comes to mind, no matter how trivial it may seem. What kind of psychotherapy are you undergoing?

Psychotherapy is helpful in dealing with

In aversive conditioning, an aversive stimuli is paired with a desired behavior in order to increase that behavior.

To change a client's nail biting behavior, the client is instructed to paint his nails with a coating that tastes terrible. This is a(n) __________ method.

Lea is experiencing therapy in which she is encouraged to discuss whatever is on her mind, regardless of what she might be thinking. This therapeutic technique is called

Beck believes that clients make the cognitive error of minimizing the importance of negative events.

People with bipolar disorder are often given _____ _____ to flatten out their cycles of manic behavior and depression.

Tom was a WWII veteran who exhibited post-traumatic stress disorder and major depression. He was hospitalized in 1951 for his problems. Most likely Tom went to a(n)

_____ _____ is an aversive-conditioning method designed to help smokers quit.

The cognitive approach of Aaron Beck focuses on the _____ _____ of the depressed client.