Humanistic & Existential Therapies (Level 5)

Question 1

Into how many broad categories do approaches to psychotherapy fall?

Answer 1

Five

Question 2

What is one example of the categories in which approaches to psychotherapy fall?

Answer 2

Psychoanalysis and psychodynamic therapies

Question 3

Which type of therapy did humanistic philosophers such as Jean-Paul Sartre, Martin Buber and Soren Kierkegaard influence?

Answer 3

Humanistic therapy

Question 4

What may the most common type of therapy be right now?

Answer 4

Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT).

Question 5

What does CBT explore?

Answer 5

The relationship between a person’s feelings, thoughts, and behaviours.

Question 6

On what does CBT usually focus?

Answer 6

CBT usually focuses on identifying negative thoughts and replacing them with healthier ones.

Question 7

What does awareness and acknowledgement of individual differences develop?

Answer 7

A sense of uniqueness.

Question 8

How many different approaches to psychotherapy are there?

Answer 8

There are many different approaches to psychotherapy.

Question 9

As what does each theoretical perspective of psychotherapy act to help a psychologist understand their patients and problems and develop solutions?

Answer 9

Each theoretical perspective of psychotherapy acts as a roadmap.

Question 10

What are three examples of the different models, techniques and approaches to therapy?

Answer 10

CBT, reality therapy, and interpersonal therapy.

Question 11

Which psychotherapeutic approaches focus on changing problematic behaviours, feelings, and thoughts by discovering their unconscious meanings and motivations?

Answer 11

Psychoanalysis and psychodynamic therapies.

Question 12

To what does the term “rapport” refer?

Answer 12

The term “rapport” refers to establishing a positive and trusting connection between two people, such as a therapist and a client.

Question 13

What are seven common themes a therapist might explore with a client during sessions together?

Answer 13

Building rapport, assessing the problem, goal-setting, exploring past experiences, self-reflection, monitoring progress, and addressing concerns.

Question 14

What did respondents of a survey of graduate students in APA-accredited programmes report about their confidentiality?

Answer 14

The respondents reported believing that their confidentiality was protected in the psychotherapy that they had received during graduate school, and felt that this was an important factor required to practise as a therapist.

Question 15

What varied as a function of theoretical orientation in relation to the reports of respondents of a survey of graduate students in APA-accredited programmes?

Answer 15

The students’ attitudes about the importance of personal therapy in graduate school.

Question 16

Which two approaches to therapy use a variety of techniques from all different kinds of other therapies, and instead blend elements from different approaches and tailor their treatment according to each client’s needs?

Answer 16

Integrative or holistic therapeutic approaches.

Question 17

Which study has revealed that psychotherapists who are more oriented towards cultural issues facilitate more improvement in psychological well-being?

Answer 17

A study by Owen, Tao, Leach, and Rodolfa (2011) on the effects of psychotherapists’ perceived multicultural orientation on the success of treatment outcomes.

Question 18

From where do mental health theories originate?

Answer 18

From one of five schools of thought: behaviourist, biological, psychodynamic, cognitive, or humanistic.

Question 19

Toward what has there been a move in recent years?

Answer 19

Toward studying how people flourish.

Question 20

What is positive psychology?

Answer 20

The study of how people flourish and exploration of what humans already do well.

Question 21

What does the biopsychosocial model, first conceptualised by George Engel in 1977, suggest?

Answer 21

That to understand a person’s medical condition, it is not simply the biological factors to consider, but also the psychological and social factors.

Question 22

What is the biopsychosocial model at a practical level?

Answer 22

A way of understanding a patient’s subjective experience as an essential contributor to accurate diagnosis, health outcomes, and humane care.