PSYCHOTHERAPY

Question 1

What is psychotherapy? What about counseling?

Answer 1

Treatment of disorders of the mind/personality by psychological or verbal methods
Counseling = Guidance for everyday problems of life.

Question 2

What form of psychotherapy is client or patient centered, focusing on subjective meanings rather than objective, and the positive aspects of life?

Answer 2

Humanistic

Question 3

What form of psychotherapy is the oldest and most intense example of it – picture a patient that lies on a couch, never see’s the doc and the objective is to encourage all of the patient’s thoughts?

Answer 3

Insight-oriented

Question 4

What form of psychotherapy is good at treating phobias, anxiety, chronic pain, obesity and addiction via multiple techniques such as relax training, systemic desensitization, virtual reality exposure, social skills, and aversion therapy?

Answer 4

Behavioral

Question 5

Pavlov’s classical condition, Skinner & Thorndike’s theory, and Bandura’s social learning theory are the foundation of what psychotherapy?

Answer 5

Behavioral

Question 6

What form of therapy is when a sane person has a thought like, “I don’t like the thing that I’ve done.” While the insane person thinks, “And because of the thing I’ve done I am no good” or thoughts that are not based on any fact and leads to depression or anxiety.
This therapy focuses on “irrational beliefs” that are rigid, inconsistent with reality, illogical and inconsistent with the patient’s goals.

Answer 6

Rational emotive behavior therapy

Question 7

Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy along with Beck’s therapy that focuses on those in emotional distress and their “automatic thoughts” that make them have negative evaluations of themselves, the world, and the future, are known as what?

Answer 7

Cognitive Therapy

Question 8

When you combine REBT & Beck’s therapy together you get this commonly used “talk therapy” in the US – where a patient establishes a relationship with their therapist – what is it?

Answer 8

Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy

Question 9

What is one of the key foundations of CBT?

Answer 9

Patients are very involved in their therapy (AKA Homework)

Question 10

What form of cognitive therapy is driven by borderline personality disorders and chronic suicidality?

Answer 10

Dialectal Behavior Therapy (DBT)

Question 11

What form of psychotherapy is based on treating alcoholics and problem drinkers? With the focus on recognizing the individuals drive to change their behavior and is known as the therapy of “nons” AKA non-judgemental?

Answer 11

Motivational Interviewing

Question 12

What are the 4 critical skills of MI?

Answer 12

1. Ability to ask open ended questions
2. Provide affirmations
3. The capacity for reflective listening
4. The ability to provide summary statements to the patient

Question 13

What form of therapy is all about: not eliminating difficult feelings but instead to be present with what life brings us?

Answer 13

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy