Chapter 13 Methods Of Therapy

Question 1

What is the goal of Psycho Analysis?

Answer 1

The goal of psycho analysis is to bring up repressed feelings and impulses into their conscious awareness so those feelings/impulses can be dealt with.

Question 2

What is free association?

Answer 2

Free association is when a patient is given the liberty to express any thoughts, dreams, and childhood memories in an uncensored manner.

Question 3

What is resistance?

Answer 3

Resistance is when a patient blocks unconscious material from being expressed.

Question 4

Transference

Answer 4

When a patient unconsciously shifts or transfers emotions from an important relationship to the analyst.

Question 5

What are the benefits of transference?

Answer 5

A benefit of transference is that the patient uses the analyst as a stand in for the other significant person in their life as a way of working through the relationship.

Question 6

What is one difference between psychodynamic therapy and psychoanalysis?

Answer 6

Psychodynamic therapy is briefer and less expensive as it is only one session per week.

Question 7

What is another difference between psychodynamic and psychoanalysis therapy?

Answer 7

Psychodynamic therapy is less concerned with psychosexual development and childhood experiences.
Focused on current situations and relationships than childhood.

Question 8

What is a third difference between psychodynamic and psychoanalysis therapy?

Answer 8

Psychodynamic is more focused as a client comes in with one particular problem that they want to address and resolve

Question 9

What is humanistic therapy?

Answer 9

Humanistic therapy is when therapists help people grow in self-awareness and self acceptance.

Question 10

How do humanistic therapist view their job?

Answer 10

They view their job as “promoting growth” rather than “curing illness”.

Question 11

What did Carl Rogers believe ?

Answer 11

He believed that a therapists main job was to create an environment that enables growth.

Question 12

What are some qualities therapist must require to create an environment of growth and acceptance

Answer 12

Empathy, acceptance, genuine

Question 13

reflective listening

Answer 13

Reflective listening is when the therapist echos what the patient says by restating and asking for clarification

Question 14

What is a key component of systemic desensitizations?

Answer 14

One key component is teaching a client a relaxation technique which involves relaxing each muscle until total relaxation is met.

Question 15

What is another key component of systematic desensitization?

Answer 15

Another key component involved the hierarchy of fears which includes working up a pyramid that goes from mild anxiety to high anxiety and achieving full relaxation till the top.

Question 16

How is aversive conditioning used?

Answer 16

It is used by association a stimulus a client would want to avoid with something they don’t like (aversive stimulus). By associating the two this causes anxiety within the client and helps them avoid their stimulus.

Question 17

What is an example of aversive conditioning?

Answer 17

A patient is trying to avoid cigarettes so they will assign the idea of cigs to an electric shock. Since electric shocks are associated with anxiety, by associating cigarettes to this it will also cause anxiety within the patient,

Question 18

What is the goal operant conditioning?

Answer 18

The goal of Operant conditioning is to increase the frequency of desirable behaviors by reinforcing those desirable behaviors.

Question 19

What his the goal of cognitive therapies?

Answer 19

The goal of cognitive therapies is to give people insight into how their THINKING influences their behavior and help them eliminate their problems by changing their thinking.

Question 20

What is the goal of becks cognitive therapy?

Answer 20

the goal is this to change a patients self defeating thoughts. This is accomplished by pointing out house their negative thoughts about life and themselves are irrational, illogical, and distorted.

Question 21

What is the goal of Adele Rabins method of therapy?

Answer 21

The goal is to change people’s self defeating beliefs and negative explanatory style. This is done by telling the client to tell them 3 good things that happened to them that day and how they contributed to those 3 things.