Treatments & Therapies

Matt enters therapy to talk about some issues that have been causing him distress.  The therapist has earned a PhD and uses a variety of techniques to alleviate some of Matt’s distressing symptoms.  Matt is most likely seeing a _____

• psychiatrist
• clinical psychologist
• psychiatric social worker
• life coach

A psychotherapist who believes that deviant behavior can be traced either to genetic anomalies or to problems in the physical structure of the brain most likely subscribes to which of the following views of abnormality?

• cognitive
• behavioral
• biomedical
• humanistic

In psychoanalysis, an emotional attachment to the therapist that symbolically represents other important relationships is called

• resistance
• identification
• transference
• free association

A psychoanalyst who believes in the theories of Freud would see mental disorders as caused by

• birth trauma
• repressed sexuality and aggression
• bizarre dreams
• immature personal relationships

In rational-emotive therapy

• clients are encouraged to take responsibility for their own choices
• clients learn to challenge irrational beliefs
• the therapist seeks to have the client discover rational insights on his or her own
• irrational elements of the unconscious are made to conform to reality

Which of the following is NOT a benefit of group therapy?

• only one professional is needed
• it’s expensive and time-consuming
• patients can feel less isolated, alone
• patients can help others by helping themself

When a therapist attempts to see the world through the client's eyes and to feel some part of what he or she is feeling, the therapist is using

• authenticity
• empathy
• reflection
• ego-centering

A therapist that engages in active listening, non-directive therapy, and has unconditional positive regard for the client is probably

• cognitive

• behavioral

• humanistic

• psychodynamic

Which of the following is identified with client-centered therapy?

• providing advice, setting goals, and giving interpretations
• dream analysis, transference, and analysis of resistance
• unconditional positive regard, empathy, authenticity, and reflection
• goal-setting, desensitization, modeling, and recentering

Carena has a bad habit of biting her fingernails until her fingers bleed and have sores. Her therapist is teaching her how to not bite and pick at her fingernails using various learning principles. Her therapist is using

• behavioral therapy
• psychoanalysis
• humanistic therapy
• cognitive therapy