Chapter 11

Question 1

How are the majority of psychological interventions delivered?

Answer 1

one-to-one sessions

Question 2

The informed and intentional application of clinical methods and interpersonal stances derived from established psychological theories to help modify behaviour, cognitions or emotions

Answer 2

psychotherapy

Question 3

What must a therapy have to be classified as a psychotherapy?

Answer 3

based in established and empirical principals

Question 4

Why has the APA encountered difficulties having medical doctors recognize psychotherapy as empirical?

Answer 4

The general psychotherapy is to broad

Question 5

What are the two approaches of psychotherapy?

Answer 5

symptom reduction and broader personality changes

Question 6

Is the term psychotherapist protected?

Answer 6

no

Question 7

Why is it important to seek therapy from a registered clinical counsellor or registered licensed therapist?

Answer 7

They must adhere to professional standards, guidelines and ethical principals

Question 8

What is the core ethical principal of treatment administration?

Answer 8

the client understands and agrees to the services

Question 9

What is a key factor in informed consent of evidence-based treatment options that is required to make a decision?

Answer 9

Given a choice of all available options

Question 10

How can we get informed consent from a child who is not old enough to understand the information give?

Answer 10

Explain it to the child in a manner they will understand, and ask consent from their guardian

Question 11

When should fees, confidentiality issues and treatment alternatives be discussed?

Answer 11

Before any client disclosure

Question 12

When should a therapist terminate treatment?

Answer 12

if the services are clearly ineffective

Question 13

What should a psychologist do if there is no evidenced based treatment?

Answer 13

use the best available evidence for the presented problem and inform the client

Question 14

What are two types of programs that have been proven to actually make situations worse?

Answer 14

Scared straight criminal prevention programs, and rebirthing therapy

Question 15

What is the problem with most of the research in terms of the demographics?

Answer 15

Does not accurately represent all potential variations of people

Question 16

A treatment option that has its roots in psychodynamic theories. It emphasizes bringing awareness to unconscious processes, especially as they are related to relationships

Answer 16

short-term psychodynamic psychotherapies

Question 17

a type of psychodynamic therapy that focuses on the processes that a young child might construct their world view as good or bad

Answer 17

ego psychology

Question 18

emphasizing the important of innate drives that an individual might have difficulty controlling and see as bad

Answer 18

drive theory of psychodynamics

Question 19

What is the base assumption of psychodynamic therapy?

Answer 19

there is a conflict between the id and ego and this creates maladaptive impulses

Question 20

The unconscious application of expectations and emotions experiences to the therapist

Answer 20

transference

Question 21

How did the psychodynamic therapies change in the 1960s?

Answer 21

more about the therapist challenging client defence mechanisms

Question 22

What type of therapy did Lester luborsky come up with?

Answer 22

support-expressive therapy

Question 23

what type of therapy did Hans Strupp come up with?

Answer 23

time-limited dynamic therapy

Question 24

What are the 3 tasks of short-term psychodynamic therapy?

Answer 24

developing positive transference and themes of maladaption, exploring themes by confronting defences, and dealing with loss

Question 25

A treatment approach that emphasizes interpersonal elements in the development of psychological problems

Answer 25

interpersonal psychotherapy

Question 26

How many sessions are involved in interpersonal psychotherapy?

Answer 26

13 to 16

Question 27

What is the major themes of interpersonal psychotherapy?

Answer 27

grief, role disputes, role transitions, and interpersonal deficits

Question 28

A humanistic approach that is focused on the uniqueness of the individual experience that focuses on client and emotion

Answer 28

process experiential therapy

Question 29

What are the elements of process experiential therapy?

Answer 29

increasing awareness of emotion, encouraging the expression of emotion, enhancing ER, and helping change maladaptive emotions

Question 30

A combination of behaviour and cognitive approaches that emphasizes the role of thought, and behaviour on psychological problems

Answer 30

cognitive behavioural therapy

Question 31

Where does CBT place it’s origins?

Answer 31

In Albert Bandura’s Self-efficacy

Question 32

Who created CBT?

Answer 32

Aaron Beck and Robert Ellis

Question 33

how many people with major depression disorder receive some for of therapy?

Answer 33

14%

Question 34

Why has there been an increase the the people only using drugs to treat their disorder in the US?

Answer 34

increased medical coverage, the misinterpretation of psychological disorders as only a chemical imbalance, and how much easier it is

Question 35

who is most likely to seek therapy?

Answer 35

educated, young women who are married

Question 36

what are the major reasons people don’t seek therapy?

Answer 36

Cost, time, and access to a licensed psychologist

Question 37

Why do people report psychotherapy as being ineffective?

Answer 37

often it takes more then 10 to 30 sessions to see any change

Question 38

What is the problem with most self-help strategies?

Answer 38

there is no empirical evidence that they are effective

Question 39

What can improve the effectiveness of self-administered treatment?

Answer 39

being guided by a therapist

Question 40

Are alternative ways of using a therapist helpful?

Answer 40

Telehealth and self-guided programs can be helpful

Question 41

An approach to health care service delivery in which lower cost interventions are offered first

Answer 41

stepped care