8.10 Flashcards
Describe the advantages to using group therapy.
1) The client is able to keep the price of the therapydown2) The client can speak with others going through the same thing 3) Allows a person to have a safe place to practice social behaviors
Describe the disadvantages to using group therapy over individual therapy
1) The client gets less one on one attention with the therapist 2) The therapy will not focus on every specific detail of the client 3) The client may not be comfortable opening up in front of others
Explain rational-emotive behavior therapy.
This is a cognitive therapy that works on changing a person’s internal thought process about situations. This therapy is based around the idea that a person will suffer because of their own self-defeating assumptions
Compare the psychoanalytic/psychodynamic method with a client-centered method
Psychoanalytic/psychodynamic methods focus on a person’s unconscious mind. This method will use free association, dream analysis, and try to uncover repressed memories. While a client-centered method is anon-directive therapy. This means the therapist does not give advice or tell a person what things mean. The focus here is on the conscious mind
Identify two different ways in which we can evaluate a treatment.
Looking at a clinicians’ perceptions 2) Using meta-analysis 3) Self-reports
Explain what meta-analysis is
It is a procedure that looks at the statistical findings of many different research studies to see the effectiveness in those treatments
How can the placebo effect impact how a person views a treatment?
Individuals may experience the placebo effect and think the treatment is more effective then it is, since they go into treatment expecting a certain result
What is endorsed by the APA when it comes to treatments?
Evidence-based practice. The therapist or clinician should integrate research with their learned expertise about the specific person’s characteristics in order to create the best treatment plan
