All Theories

Question 1

What therapy uses “free association techniques”?

Answer 1

Psychoanalysis

Question 2

What therapy uses projective techniques?

Answer 2

Psychoanalysis

Question 3

What therapy uses symbolic content of psychotic symptoms as clinical evidence?

Answer 3

Psychoanalysis (for examining unconscious)

Question 4

What therapy employs “transference” and what is it?

Answer 4

Psychoanalytic

“the transfer of earlier emotions and needs to people and events in the present time”

Question 5

What therapy emphasizes motivation & social interaction?

Answer 5

Adlerian

- Importance of the feeling of self that arises from interpretation of early events, interactions, and conflicts

Question 6

Giving homework is a key technique of what therapy?

Answer 6

Adlerian

Question 7

What therapy looks at early recollections and lifestyle assessment?

Answer 7

Adlerian

Question 8

“How am I going to get to where I want to be in my life?” would best be explored using _____ Therapy.

Answer 8

Existential

Question 9

“What am I doing that matters?” would best be explored using _____ Therapy.

Answer 9

Existential

Question 10

What therapy emphasizes the individual’s “capacity for self-awareness”?

Answer 10

Existential

Question 11

According to _____ Theory, meaning must be pursued and is a by-product of a commitment to creating, loving, and working.

Answer 11

Existential

Question 12

According to _____ Theory, one should try to understand how to make sense of voids in their life and the meaning that is attached to it.

Answer 12

Existential

Question 13

What theory states that for a successful therapeutic relationship, the therapist must be in contact with his/her own phenomenological world (subjective human experience)?

Answer 13

Existential

Question 14

In what therapy is the goal of the therapeutic relationship to develop an authentic and intimate relationship between the therapist and the client?

Answer 14

Existential

Question 15

Carol Rogers and Natalie Rogers are key figures for what therapy?

Answer 15

Person-Centered /Humanistic Therapy

Question 16

What therapy was developed in the 1940s as a reaction against psychoanalysis and deterministic views?

Answer 16

Person-Centered/Humanistic

Question 17

What theory says that humans innately move toward self-actualization?

Answer 17

• Person-Centered
• Based on Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs
• Humans have an innate sense of motivation

Question 18

What style of counselor values staying with the client where they are instead of getting ahead of them with interpretation?

Answer 18

Person-Centered

Question 19

What theory emphasizes creation of a climate of safety?

Answer 19

Person-Centered

- Use the relationship to guide the client in finding their solutions

Question 20

What theory says that all humans have a need for: maintenance/basic needs, enhancement/growth, love and acceptance, and positive self-regard?

Answer 20

Person-Centered

Question 21

In what therapy is quality of the therapeutic relationship key?

Answer 21

Person-Centered

Question 22

In what therapy is quality of the therapeutic relationship key?

Answer 22

Person-Centered

Question 23

What theory says that given the right conditions, individuals move toward completion/self-actualization?

Answer 23

Person-Centered

Question 24

In what therapy does the counselor refrain from advice-giving?

Answer 24

Person-Centered

Question 25

Which therapy is also known as Rogerian Therapy (Carl Rogers)?

Answer 25

Person-Centered

Question 26

What therapy stresses client’s need to be motivated to change both in therapy and in their everyday life?

Answer 26

Behavior Therapy

Question 27

In ____ Therapy, the therapy continues after the sessions end in that the clients are responsible for taking these learned skills from therapy and applying them to their issues in everyday life.

Answer 27

Behavior

Question 28

Progressive muscle relaxation is a technique in ______ Therapy.

Answer 28

Behavior

Question 29

Social Skills Training is a part of what type of Therapy?

Answer 29

Behavior

Question 30

What theory states that humans are born with a predisposition for happiness and self-preservation as well as propensities for self-destruction?

Answer 30

REBT

Question 31

What theory says that we learn irrational beliefs from important people in our childhood and continue to re-create the self-destructive beliefs throughout our life?

Answer 31

REBT

Question 32

What theory proposes changing one’s language and using humor?

Answer 32

REBT

Question 33

What theory highlights the importance of unconditional self-acceptance (USA) and unconditional other acceptance (UOA)?

Answer 33

REBT

Question 34

What therapy is based on a structured psychoeducational model, emphasizes the role of homework, and places responsibility on the client to assume and active role both during and outside therapy sessions?

Answer 34

all CBT

Question 35

Which therapy does not place high value on free association, dreams, or transference?

Answer 35

REBT (if transference does occur, therapist confronts it)

Question 36

Which therapy is based on the premise that we learn irrational beliefs from significant others in our childhood and then recreate these irrational beliefs throughout our lifetime?

Answer 36

REBT

Question 37

According to ____ Therapy, if we want to become psychologically health, we had better stop blaming ourselves and others and learn to fully and unconditionally accept ourselves despite our imperfections.

Answer 37

REBT

Question 38

What theory uses philosophical restructuring to change our dysfunctional personality?

Answer 38

REBT

Question 39

What therapy contends that emotional disturbances often result from taking oneself too seriously?

Answer 39

REBT

Question 40

Which therapy places emphasis on education and prevention, making it excellent for group therapy?

Answer 40

REBT

Question 41

The theoretical assumptions of ______ are: 1. That people’s internal communication is accessible to introspection 2. That clients’ beliefs have highly personal meanings 3. That these meanings can be discovered by the client rather than being taught or interpreted by the therapist.

Answer 41

Cognitive Therapy (Beck)

Question 42

Cognitive distortions (systematic errors in reasoning that lead to faulty assumptions and misconceptions) are a component of what therapy?

Answer 42

Cognitive Therapy (Beck)

Question 43

In ___ Therapy, clients are taught to test their automatic thoughts against reality and monitoring the frequency of intrusion of these thoughts. The frequently asked question is, "What is the evidence for...?" This is an example of Socratic dialogue.

Answer 43

Cognitive Therapy (Beck)

Question 44

In ____ Therapy, the counselor engages in "collaborative empiricism"

Answer 44

Cognitive Therapy (Beck)

Question 45

______ therapists view dysfunctional beliefs as being problematic when they are too absolute, broad, and extreme.

Answer 45

Cognitive Therapy (Beck)

Question 46

According to _____, people live by rules (premises or formulas), and they get into trouble when they label, interpret, and evaluate by a set of rules that are unrealistic or when they use the rules inappropriately or excessively.

Answer 46

Cognitive Therapy (Beck)

Question 47

In _____, the aim is to identify specific, measurable goals and to move directly into the areas that are causing the most difficulty for clients.

Answer 47

Cognitive Therapy (Beck)

Question 48

What therapy focuses on changing the client’s self-verbalizations?

Answer 48

Cognitive Behavioral Modification

Question 49

A basic premise of _____ is that clients must notice how they think, feel, and behave and the impact they have on others.

Answer 49

Cognitive Behavioral Modification

Question 50

What theory views human nature as pragmatic, anti-deterministic, future oriented, and optimistic?

Answer 50

Solution-Focused

Question 51

what therapy does the client, in dialogue with the counselor, create a new problem-free language as he or she moves toward creating a new reality?

Answer 51

Solution-Focused

Question 52

These are basic assumptions of what theory?: 1. If it works, don’t fix it. 2. If what you are currently doing is not working, do something different. 3. Keep it simple. 4. Approach each session as if it were the last time you will see the client. 5. There is no failure, only feedback.

Answer 52

Solution-Focused

Question 53

What therapy says that it is not necessary to promote insight, in order to be helpful?

Answer 53

Solution-Focused

Question 54

What theory employs the use of specific questions: preferred outcome, evaluative, coping, exception-seeking, and solution-oriented?

Answer 54

Solution-Focused

Question 55

What therapy utilizes amplification, complimenting, reframing, and scaling?

Answer 55

Solution-Focused

Question 56

The miracle question is from what therapy?

Answer 56

Solution-Focused

Question 57

What theory says that all long-lasting psychological problems are relationship problems?

Answer 57

Choice Theory/Reality Therapy

Question 58

What theory says that what happened in the past has everything to do with who we are today, but we can only satisfy our basic needs right now and plan to continue satisfying them in the future?

Answer 58

Choice Theory/Reality Therapy

Question 59

The concept of the client’s “quality world” is from what theory?

Answer 59

Choice Theory/Reality Therapy

Question 60

These are goals of what therapy: 1. Help clients get connected with people in their quality world. 2. Help clients find better ways to fulfill their needs 3. Focus on goal setting 4. For involuntary clients, make connect with client and then teach them how to fulfill needs. Without this connect, there is no possibility of providing effective help.

Answer 60

Choice Theory/Reality Therapy

Question 61

The central idea of ______ therapy is that counselors engage clients in a “voyage of discovery” of their ambivalence about change.

Answer 61

Motivational Interviewing

Question 62

What was originally created to help problem drinkers?

Answer 62

Motivational Interviewing