Psychoanalytic Therapy Questions

Question 1

Ego psychology theorists view therapy in terms of assisting clients in gaining awareness of their defenses and helping them develop better ways of coping with these defenses.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

The analyst listens in a respectful, open-minded way and pays attention to both what is spoken and to what is unspoken.

Answer 2

True

Question 3

Ruled by the pleasure principle—which is aimed at reducing tension, avoiding pain, and gaining pleasure—the ego is illogical, amoral, and driven to satisfy instinctual needs.

Answer 3

False

Question 4

Jung’s analytical psychology is an elaborate explanation of human nature that combines ideas from history, mythology, anthropology, and religion.

Answer 4

True

Question 5

Transference is central to understanding psychodynamic therapy, whereas counter-transference is not.

Answer 5

False

Question 6

Psychoanalytically-oriented therapy can be made appropriate for culturally diverse populations if techniques are modified to fit the settings in which a therapist practices.

Answer 6

True

Question 7

Countertransference is rarely associated with a range of emotionally charged responses such as withdrawal, anger, love, annoyance, powerlessness, avoidance, overidentification, control, and sadness.

Answer 7

False

Question 8

Ego psychology is not part of classical psychoanalysis with the emphasis placed on the vocabulary of id, ego, and superego.

Answer 8

False

Question 9

In classical psychoanalysis, analysts typically avoid engaging in self-disclosure and assume a non-judgmental stance.

Answer 9

True

Question 10

The therapist’s countertransference reactions are abnormal because all therapists should have resolved all conflicts and personal vulnerabilities that could be activated through their professional work while in school.

Answer 10

False

Question 11

A primary aim of psychodynamic approaches is:

Answer 11

fostering of clients’ capacities to solve their own problems.

Question 12

The ‘working through’ process allows clients to complete all of the following except:

Answer 12

repeat and explore conscious events of the past that are pleasant.

Question 13

A key outcome of our own therapy is:

Answer 13

humility.

Question 14

Analytic therapy focuses on __________ that are happening in the moment in the therapy sessions.

Answer 14

feelings, perceptions, and action

Question 15

Current findings of interpersonal neurobiology lend strong support for the psychoanalytic relationship as having a lasting treatment effect with clients who have suffered with histories of:

Answer 15

interpersonal trauma and neglect.

Question 16

Personal therapy and clinical supervision for therapists can be most helpful in better understanding how their internal reactions influence the therapy process and:

Answer 16

how to use these countertransference reactions to benefit the work of therapy.

Question 17

Psychodynamic therapists know the importance of:

Answer 17

when and how to make interpretations; tact and timing are essential for effective interpretations.

Question 18

__________ is an important procedure for uncovering unconscious material and giving the client insight into some areas of unresolved problems.

Answer 18

Dream Analysis

Question 19

__________ is the dream as it appears to the dreamer.

Answer 19

Manifest Content

Question 20

__________ is anything that works against the progress of therapy and prevents the client from producing previously unconscious material.

Answer 20

Resistance

Question 21

Psychodynamic therapists remain alert to all of the following except:

Answer 21

Explore the clients past only.

Question 22

The process by which the latent content of a dream is transformed into the less threatening manifest content is called:

Answer 22

Dream Work

Question 23

The therapeutic relationship is central to all of the following except:

Answer 23

exploration on the part of the therapist.

Question 24

__________ consists of hidden, symbolic, and unconscious motives, wishes, and fears.

Answer 24

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