Deck 13: Methods of Therapy

Question 1

(Minor or Major?) tranquilizers are usually prescribed for people who complain of anxiety or tension.

Answer 1

Psychotherapy is a therapy in which patient's thoughts, feelings and behavior are affected in order to help them overcome psychological disorders. It is done by interacting with the client with the help of psychological principles. This interaction is performed by a therapist.
Drug therapies are used for the patients who experience severe psychological problems. These can be classified as antianxiety drugs, antipsychotic drugs, antidepressants and mood stabilizers.
People who complain about anxiety and tension, they are usually prescribed with tranquilizers. Some of the anti anxiety drugs are Valium and Ativan. It can be given to the patients who complain about panic attacks.
So, the given blank can be filled with .

Question 2

Freud's method of psychoanalysis attempts to shed light on _____ conflicts that are presumed to lie at the roots of clients'problems.

Answer 2

Psychotherapy is a therapy in which patient's thoughts, feelings and behavior are affected in order to help them overcome psychological disorders. It is done by interacting with the client with the help of psychological principles. This interaction is performed by a therapist.
Psychoanalysis is a therapy in which patient is allowed to sit in a room with dim lights and are supposed to speak whatever comes to their mind without giving a thought. Ideal psychoanalysis sessions can go up to months or years.
Freund is psychologist who gave this method. His method help client's to express their feelings and urges. He can even take out the problems which lie somewhere deep down inside the heart of the any client.
So, the given blank can be filled with .

Question 3

You have advised a patient to discontinue use of antianxiety drugs. After two weeks, your patient calls to complain that his anxiety symptoms are now worse than before he started to take the drug. You tell the patient that his feelings are a predictable response to discontinuing antianxiety medication. In fact, he is experiencing what is called

A) addiction.
B) tolerance.
C) rebound anxiety.
D) relapse.

Answer 3

In the given case, patient was advised to stop taking antianxiety drugs. He complains about worst anxiety after two weeks. It was worst than he had before he started taking medicine. Psychologist explains that this is a predictable feeling when anti anxiety drugs are stopped.
Patient is not addicted to this drug. It is just the side effect of the drug patient is taking to correct anxiety. If the patient becomes tolerant to a particular drug, dosage of the drug is increased. Relapse is different disease and it is not related to the side effect.
Hence, the options a, b and d are incorrect.
Anti anxiety drugs have certain side effects. Their most common side effect is sedation. It can be explained as the feeling of being tired and drowsy. Another side effect is rebound anxiety which means that patient feels more anxiety on discontinuation of such drugs.
Hence, the correct answer is option .

Question 4

Hannah's therapist believes her anxiety is the result of unconscious impulses breaking through to the conscious level. Her therapist endorses the __________ perspective.

A) behavioral
B) psychodynamic
C) cognitive
D) humanistic

Question 5

________ conditioning methods reinforce desired responses and extinguish undesired responses.

Question 6

A client avoids talking about their relationship with their father. The psychoanalyst asks them to talk about this relationship. The client becomes restless and claims, "There is nothing to tell.'This is indicative of

A) transference.
B) resistance.
C) catharsis.
D) free association.

Question 7

The chief psychoanalytic method is ________ association.

Question 8

Which of the following examples best represents using operant conditioning to change behavior?

A) Using electroconvulsive therapy for depression.
B) Withdrawing attention whenever a child has a temper tantrum.
C) Fostering insight by using examples.
D) Giving your sister money to see a therapist.

Question 9

_________ therapies focus on clients' subjective, conscious experience.

Question 10

_______ therapists focus on beliefs and attitudes that create and compound their clients' psychological problems.

A) Cognitive
B) Psychoanalytic
C) Learning
D) Gestalt

Question 11

_______-________ therapy is a nondirective method that provides clients with an accepting atmosphere that enables them to overcome roadblocks to self-actualization.

Question 12

Client-centered therapy is to ______ as Gestalt therapy is to _____.

A) directive; nondirective.
B) nondirective; directive
C) objective; subjective
D) present; past

Question 13

____________ therapists focus on the beliefs, attitudes, and automatic thoughts that create and compound their clients'problems.

Question 14

Family therapists usually see the "identified patient" as the

A) cause of the family's problem.
B) scapegoat for other problems in the family.
C) key to the family system.
D) black sheep of the family.

Question 15

Behavior-therapy methods for reducing fears include systematic ________ in which a client is gradually exposed to more fear-arousing stimuli.

Question 16

Social skills training is facilitated in a group setting because

A) members of the group can practice the skills with one another.
B) members can observe and learn from each other.
C) members can give each other feedback.
D) all of these

Question 17

Psychotherapy is a systematic interaction between a therapist and a client that applies _______ principles to influence clients'thoughts, feelings, and/or behavior.

Question 18

Albert Ellis's form of therapy confronts clients with the ways in which _________ beliefs contribute to anxiety and depression.

Question 19

Your therapist is accepting and warm. You are encouraged to feel good about yourself and to make choices that develop your potential. Your therapist uses a(n)______ approach to treatment.

A) psychoanalytic
B) ego analytic
C) client-centered
D) behavioral

Question 20

Dr. Schwiesow wants to use the best methods when treating her patients with depression. She should search out _______ practices.

A) evidence-based
B) treatment
C) researched
D) experimental