Exam 13: Therapies

Dr.Houltin is a therapist who regularly meets with several clients simultaneously.In this setting,clients share information and provide feedback to each other.Dr.Houltin is practicing _____.

_____ is a short-term,problem-focused,directive therapy that encourages clients to accentuate the positive.

Research on the effectiveness of psychotherapy _____.

Lithium is commonly used to treat _____.

Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT)is a treatment sometimes used for _____.

Tasha is seeing a therapist because she is depressed.Her therapist gives her examples of reinforcing self-statements and trains Tasha on self-instructional methods that allow her to modify her own behavior.Tasha's therapist is most likely practicing _____.

The primary goal of behavior therapy is to _____.

Research shows that _____ is the most important determinant of therapy outcome.

Dr.Tetris is a rational-emotive behavior therapist speaking to a civic group.Which of the following would likely be his summary statement?

Alcoholics Anonymous (AA)is based on which of the following therapeutic approaches?

How do benzodiazepines decrease anxiety? Give examples of some commonly prescribed benzodiazepines and evaluate the potential side effects of these medications.

Explain the process of Beck's cognitive therapy.

Sharon is seeing a new doctor after many different medications have failed to help with her condition.This doctor tells her that many well-designed studies suggest that electroconvulsive therapy is effective in the treatment of _____.

A therapist challenges her client during a therapy session by saying,"So what if your fiancée left you and married your roommate instead? Why does that mean that you are not a good person?" The therapist is working from which perspective?

Validation,reframing,structural change,and detriangulation are techniques commonly used in _____.

Which of the following statements about biological therapies is false?

Dr.Guerrero judges which particular methods will provide the greatest benefit for her clients.Currently she is using use a behavioral approach to treat an individual with panic disorder and a cognitive therapy approach to treat a client with major depressive disorder.Dr.Guerrero is practicing _____.

Researchers have found that when there is an ethnic match between the therapist and the client and when ethnic-specific services are provided,_____.

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

The therapeutic alliance is the relationship between the therapist and _____.