Final-psychotherapy/legal/ethical

Question 1

advantages of seeing a therapist compared to a friend

Answer 1

• expertise
• understanding serious probs
• resources
• confidentiality
• objectivity

Question 2

efficacy vs effectiveness in psychotherapy research

Answer 2

efficiacy- controlled study to look at the outcome of a variable, focus here in on internal validity

effectiveness- more based in the real world, based on external validity ( can be more generalized to everyday pop)

Question 3

psychotherapy outcome reseach vs process reseach

Answer 3

outcome- is the therapy helpful

process- how the therapy works

Question 4

basic concepts of psychoanalytic therapy

Answer 4

free association
dream analysis
interpretation
transference

Question 5

brief psychodynamic therapy and Interpersonal therapy

Answer 5

BPT

• time limited
• concrete goals, symptom focused

IPT

• psychodynamic strats
• CB strategies
• effctive for depression

Question 6

Basic concepts and techniques in Client centred therapy (carl rodgers)

Answer 6

therapist displays genuineness, empathy, unconditional positive regard

Question 7

review of gestalt therapy

Answer 7

• focus on here and now
• empty chair technique
• aweness of present desires ( what they want etc)

Question 8

Beck and ellis are examples of this method and similarities + differences

Answer 8

-both CBT

Similarity- change by thinking differently

differences
Beck= Inductive/ collaborative

Ellis=decuctive/forcefull

Question 9

dodo bird effect

Answer 9

when comparing different forms of therapy we get similar results (all are dec)

Question 10

Common factors of all therapies

Answer 10

• client/therapist relation
• working alliance
• if client believes they will benefit then they are more likely too

Question 11

Psychotherapy research consensus beliefs (7)

Answer 11

1. therapy is helpful to most clients
2. most people achieve some change quick
3. dodo bird effect
4. ppl change more due to common than specific factors
5. client/therapist relation=best predictor of change
6. Most therapists lean more from experience than research
7. ~10% of clients get worse

Question 12

types of psychotherapy integration

Answer 12

1. technical eclecticism- utalizing all different approaches
2. common factorism- focus on giving strategies that work across different approaches and not worrying about the little things
3. Theoretical integration- synthesize the theory behind approaches
4. Assimilative- Primarily working in one orientation and borrowing a technique from another orientation and integrating it in

Question 13

Emic vs Etc approaches to culture

Answer 13

Emic- culture is studied within the system

Etic- all counselling is multicultural, should be taken into account, each person should be viewed as unique

Question 14

multicultural counselling

Answer 14

1. culture bound values (indv. cantered usually)
2. Class bound values (long term goals etc)
3. Language variables (most are english(

Question 15

Cival commitment and criteria

Answer 15

mentally ill and requires hospitalization against their will

Question 16

Community treatment orders

Answer 16

Used to ensure treatment compliance

Question 17

issues with CTOs

Answer 17

public safety vs well being of mentally ill person
(people who oppose this believe that society shouldn’t coerce ppl into treatment and more resources need to go into providing better housing )

Question 18

criminal commitment

Answer 18

accused of committing a crime

Question 19

mnaghten rules

Answer 19

clarify what is needed to be insane and that the person didn’t know what they were doing or that is was something wrong

Question 20

canadian psychological association ethics code principals

Answer 20

1. respect for the dignity of persons and people
2. responsible caring
3. Integrity in relations
4. responsibility to society

Question 21

6 limits to confidentiality

Answer 21

1. harm to self or other
2. child abuse
3. abuse by health care
4. abuse in long term care facility
5. Legal proceedings
6. college of psychologists