Psychodynamic L3 adv and disadv exam prep

What triggers anxiety according to the text?

• Positive emotions and acceptance

• Unacceptable and repressed drives entering consciousness

• Physical illness

• External environmental factors

What role does the ego play in managing anxiety?

• The ego has no role in managing anxiety

• The ego enhances the anxiety

• The ego tries to deflect the emergence of repressed mental contents using defense mechanisms

• The ego fully accepts the repressed drives without defense

When do neurotic symptoms typically begin to appear?

• When the ego accepts the repressed drives

• When a defense mechanism breaks down and a forbidden drive threatens to enter consciousness

• After a physical illness

• During periods of external stress only

How do repressed drives manifest according to Freud's Drive Theory?

• Through physical fitness

• Through conscious decision-making

• In dreams, slips of the tongue, or symptoms

• Through logical reasoning

What is transference in therapy?

• The process where a therapist projects their own feelings onto the client

• The act of a client unknowingly transferring feelings about someone from their past onto the therapist

• A technique used to improve communication between client and therapist

• The method of changing a client's behavior through direct intervention

What does the text suggest happens during transference?

• The therapist reevaluates the treatment approach

• The client experiences a breakthrough in self-awareness

• The brain tries to understand a current experience by examining it through the past

• The client and therapist exchange roles temporarily

What is countertransference in the context of therapy?

• A) A positive feeling that therapists develop towards their clients

• B) The process where therapists transfer their personal feelings to clients, usually negative

• C) A method used by therapists to improve client relationships

• D) A type of therapy focused on client's past experiences

When can countertransference typically occur?

• A) Only during the initial sessions with a client

• B) When a client shares characteristics with someone significant in the therapist's life

• C) After therapy has concluded

• D) During group therapy sessions only

How is reluctance defined in the context of psychotherapy?

• Disagreement with the therapist

• Hesitancy to participate fully in the process

• Positive association with client satisfaction

• A collaborative approach to change

What is resistance characterized by in the therapeutic change process?

• Willingness to change

• Hesitancy to change

• Disagreement regarding the approach of changing

• Premature termination of therapy