Deck 2: Overview of Background-Focused Treatment Systems

Question 1

Addressing clients' past problems and issues

A)usually has little impact since no change can occur in the past.
B)is an emphasis of the psychodynamic approach.
C)is correlated positively with successful treatment.
D)usually alienates clients because it does not focus on immediate concerns.

Answer 1

is an emphasis of the psychodynamic approach.

Question 2

Which of the following is NOT true about classic psychoanalysis?

A)Its goal is to make the unconscious conscious.
B)Clients participated in analysis 3 to 4 times a week, for years.
C)Clients would lie on a couch and the therapist would sit outside their field of vision.
D)Classic psychoanalysis continues to be a leading form of treatment.

Answer 2

Classic psychoanalysis continues to be a leading form of treatment.

Question 3

Psychodynamic theories include all but which one of the following?

A)Alfred Adler's individual psychotherapy.
B)Carl Jung's analytical psychology.
C)Solution-focused brief therapy
D)Brief psychodynamic psychotherapy

Answer 3

Alfred Adler's individual psychotherapy.

Question 4

Carl Jung is responsible for all but which one of the following concepts in psychology?

A)the collective unconscious.
B)integrating spirituality and psychology
C)personality preferences that form the basis of the Myers-BriggsType Indicator
D)the Oedipal complex

Question 5

Alfred Adler developed an approach that focused on

A)Birth order, self interest, and lifestyle assessment.
B)Birth order, social interest, and lifestyle assessment.
C)Birth order, social interest, and myth.
D)None of the above.

Question 6

Psychodynamic therapy has turned away from sexual drive theory and toward attachment theory.

Question 7

Relational theory focuses on the relationship between the client and clinician.

Question 8

Harry Stack Sullivan is considered to be the founder of attachment theory.

Question 9

Karen Horney focused on sexual drives as the cause of pathology.

Question 10

Anna Freud, a respected child therapist, was Sigmund Freud's daughter.

Question 11

Name five basic assumptions shared by psychodynamic psychotherapy models. Explain each assumption and whether you agree with the assumption or not.

Question 12

Define transference and countertransference. How do they impact therapy?

Question 13

Discuss Maroda's six guidelines for therapist self-disclosure. Do you agree or disagree?