PSYCHOTHERAPY FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS
WITH CORRECT ANSWERS RATED A+
Psychotherapy for Disruptive child - CORRECT ANSWER -Behavioral parent management training
Cognitive-behavioral therapy related to anger management
Social skills training (though contagion can occur in group treatments)
manipulative therapies - CORRECT ANSWER -treatments involving manipulation or movement of
one or more body structures or the whole body
massage, chiropractic medicine, osteopathy, yoga
Frued's levels of consciousness - CORRECT ANSWER -preconscious, conscious, unconscious
psychoanalytic theory - CORRECT ANSWER --focus on the role of the unconscious in affecting
conscious behavior
-A theory developed by Freud that attempts to explain personality, motivation, and mental
disorders by focusing on unconscious determinants of behavior
psychodynamic therapy - CORRECT ANSWER -therapy deriving from the psychoanalytic tradition
that views individuals as responding to unconscious forces and childhood experiences, and that
seeks to enhance self-insight
Individual therapies - CORRECT ANSWER -Therapy that involves the therapist working one-to-
one with a client.
,Psychoanalysis,
Client-Centered psychotherapy,
Cognitive therapy,
Behavioral therapy.
Directive counseling,
Client centered therapy (Carl Rogers),
Psychoanalysis (Freud),
Dynamic therapy (Hans Strupp),
Behavioral therapy: behavioral modification, desensitization.
Mind-body interventions - CORRECT ANSWER -techniques designed to enhance the mind's
capacity to affect bodily functions and symptoms:
-meditation, yoga
-prayer
-mental healing, hypnotherapy
- art
-music
,-dance, movement-oriented therapies
-guided imagery- focusing your imagination to create calm, peaceful images in your mind,
thereby providing a "mental escape."
-biofeedback- electronic monitoring of a normally automatic bodily function is used to train
someone to acquire voluntary control of that function.
dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) - CORRECT ANSWER -Promising treatment for borderline
personality disorder that involves:
-exposing the client to stressors in a controlled situation,
-helping the client regulate emotions and
cope with stressors that might trigger suicidal behavior.
-incorporates both cognitive-behavioral and mindfulness elements.
Acceptance of situations.
Change oriented strategies.
Emotions regulation.
Distress tolerance.
Interpersonal effectiveness.
interpersonal therapy (IPT) - CORRECT ANSWER -Tx for new depressive disorders and in
preventing relapse.
, -May also help with eating disorders and anxiety disorders
-strengthens social skills
-targets interpersonal problems, conflicts, and life transitions
-focuses on current relationships and is based on the assumption that symptoms are caused and
maintained by interpersonal problems.
Adaptive Information Processing (AIP) - CORRECT ANSWER -Describes how memories are
processed and stored in the brain.
Tx: trauma and other symptoms by reconnecting the traumatized person in a safe and measured
way to the images, self-thoughts, emotions, and body sensations associated with the trauma,
and allowing the natural healing powers of the brain.
Cornerstone of EMDR therapy is adaptive information processing (AIP) model to treat trauma
AIP theory holds that the brain is capable of adapting and learning from the events in our life.
Solution Focused Therapy - CORRECT ANSWER --Strengths-based Tx model that emphasizes
empowerment; client to take action for him or herself
-Describing the problem
-Developing well-formulated goals
-Working cooperatively to identify solutions to problems
WITH CORRECT ANSWERS RATED A+
Psychotherapy for Disruptive child - CORRECT ANSWER -Behavioral parent management training
Cognitive-behavioral therapy related to anger management
Social skills training (though contagion can occur in group treatments)
manipulative therapies - CORRECT ANSWER -treatments involving manipulation or movement of
one or more body structures or the whole body
massage, chiropractic medicine, osteopathy, yoga
Frued's levels of consciousness - CORRECT ANSWER -preconscious, conscious, unconscious
psychoanalytic theory - CORRECT ANSWER --focus on the role of the unconscious in affecting
conscious behavior
-A theory developed by Freud that attempts to explain personality, motivation, and mental
disorders by focusing on unconscious determinants of behavior
psychodynamic therapy - CORRECT ANSWER -therapy deriving from the psychoanalytic tradition
that views individuals as responding to unconscious forces and childhood experiences, and that
seeks to enhance self-insight
Individual therapies - CORRECT ANSWER -Therapy that involves the therapist working one-to-
one with a client.
,Psychoanalysis,
Client-Centered psychotherapy,
Cognitive therapy,
Behavioral therapy.
Directive counseling,
Client centered therapy (Carl Rogers),
Psychoanalysis (Freud),
Dynamic therapy (Hans Strupp),
Behavioral therapy: behavioral modification, desensitization.
Mind-body interventions - CORRECT ANSWER -techniques designed to enhance the mind's
capacity to affect bodily functions and symptoms:
-meditation, yoga
-prayer
-mental healing, hypnotherapy
- art
-music
,-dance, movement-oriented therapies
-guided imagery- focusing your imagination to create calm, peaceful images in your mind,
thereby providing a "mental escape."
-biofeedback- electronic monitoring of a normally automatic bodily function is used to train
someone to acquire voluntary control of that function.
dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) - CORRECT ANSWER -Promising treatment for borderline
personality disorder that involves:
-exposing the client to stressors in a controlled situation,
-helping the client regulate emotions and
cope with stressors that might trigger suicidal behavior.
-incorporates both cognitive-behavioral and mindfulness elements.
Acceptance of situations.
Change oriented strategies.
Emotions regulation.
Distress tolerance.
Interpersonal effectiveness.
interpersonal therapy (IPT) - CORRECT ANSWER -Tx for new depressive disorders and in
preventing relapse.
, -May also help with eating disorders and anxiety disorders
-strengthens social skills
-targets interpersonal problems, conflicts, and life transitions
-focuses on current relationships and is based on the assumption that symptoms are caused and
maintained by interpersonal problems.
Adaptive Information Processing (AIP) - CORRECT ANSWER -Describes how memories are
processed and stored in the brain.
Tx: trauma and other symptoms by reconnecting the traumatized person in a safe and measured
way to the images, self-thoughts, emotions, and body sensations associated with the trauma,
and allowing the natural healing powers of the brain.
Cornerstone of EMDR therapy is adaptive information processing (AIP) model to treat trauma
AIP theory holds that the brain is capable of adapting and learning from the events in our life.
Solution Focused Therapy - CORRECT ANSWER --Strengths-based Tx model that emphasizes
empowerment; client to take action for him or herself
-Describing the problem
-Developing well-formulated goals
-Working cooperatively to identify solutions to problems
