This is the complete, updated test bank for Current Psychotherapies, 11th Edition by Danny Wedding and Raymond J. Corsini (ISBN: 9781305865754). This comprehensive resource covers all 16 chapters and includes a wide range of exam-style questions with verified answers and detailed rationales, updated for the 2025/2026 and 2026/2027 academic cycles .
Widely used in graduate-level clinical psychology, counseling, social work (MSW), and psychiatric nursing (PMHNP) programs, this test bank is ideal for students preparing for course exams and licensing boards (EPPP, NCE, ASWB, ANCC PMHNP) . It provides a concise, evidence-based review of all major therapeutic systems.
Key Topics & Chapter Coverage
The test bank is organized chapter-by-chapter to mirror the textbook's authoritative structure, which helps students learn, compare, and apply all major systems of psychotherapy .
Part 1: Introduction & Foundations
Chapter 1: Introduction to 21st-Century Psychotherapies – Covers the definition of psychotherapy, common factors across therapies (therapeutic alliance, client expectancy, rationale), evidence-based practice, ethical principles (beneficence, nonmaleficence, autonomy, justice), informed consent, confidentiality, cultural competence, and integrative approaches .
Part 2: Major Therapeutic Approaches
Chapter 2: Psychodynamic Psychotherapies – Focuses on Freudian psychoanalysis: the structure of the mind (id, ego, superego), the dynamic unconscious, defense mechanisms (projection, repression, displacement), transference, countertransference, free association, dream analysis, and contemporary psychodynamic concepts like the Core Conflictual Relationship Theme (CCRT) .
Chapter 3: Adlerian Psychotherapy – Covers Alfred Adler's theory of individual psychology, the striving for superiority, social interest, life tasks, and the influence of birth order and family constellations .
Chapter 4: Client-Centered Therapy – Focuses on Carl Rogers' person-centered approach, including the core conditions of unconditional positive regard, accurate empathy, and genuineness .
Chapter 5: Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT) – Covers Albert Ellis's ABC model and the role of irrational beliefs in psychological distress .
Chapter 6: Behavior Therapy – Focuses on the application of learning principles (classical and operant conditioning) to change maladaptive behaviors. This approach views therapy as a form of teaching .
Chapter 7: Cognitive Therapy – Covers Aaron Beck's cognitive model, including cognitive distortions, schemas, and the role of automatic thoughts in depression and anxiety .
Chapter 8: Existential Psychotherapy
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Test Bank For Current Psychotherapies 11th
Edition By Danny Wedding; Raymond J.
Corsini 9781305865754
définition psychothérapie - answer- traitement psychologique, vise à provoquer des
changements pour mener une vie qui a du sens pour le patient
postulat de Freud - answer- les symptômes sont issus de conflits inconscients , les
troubles apparaissent selon des structures définies dès l'enfance.
qui est à l'origine de la psychanalyse - answer- Freud
qui est à l'origine du courant humaniste et existentiel - answer- Rogers & Maslow
postulat du courant humaniste - answer- l'humain à des qualités innées : prédisposition
au bien, contrôle de soi, intentionnalité
postulat du courant systémique - answer- nécessité de prendre en compte l'individu
dans sa globalité et de son contexte
méthode thérapeutique de la psychanalyse - answer- cure psychanalytique & thérapies
psychodynamiques
méthode thérapeutique du courant humaniste - answer- regarde bienveillant, empathie,
authenticité. le patient est acteur de lui-même
méthode thérapeutique du courant systémique - answer- thérapie familiale, de couple &
psychothérapie individuelle
postulat du behaviorisme - answer- les psychologiques sont des réponses
comportementales inappropriées dans des contextes X
qui a développé le behaviorisme - answer- Watson, Pavlov, Skinner
les éléments principaux selon le conditionnement de Pavlol - answer- - Stimulus neutre
- stimulus inconditionnel
- Réponse inconditionnelle
- Stimulus conditionnel
- Réponse conditionnelle