LCDC Exam Prep Counseling Theories
(2023 – 2024) Complete Solution
Psychoanalytic - Unconscious motives and conflicts are central in present behavior.
Psychoanalytic Therapy - Assist clients in reliving earlier experiences and working
through repressed conflicts. Intellectual awareness.
Psychoanalytic Therapy - Therapist makes interpretations to teach the client the
meaning of current behavior as related to their past.
Behavior Therapy - B.F. Skinner, Arnold Lazarus
Behavior Therapy - Human are shaped and determined by socio-cultural
conditioning. Behavior is seen as the product of learning and conditioning.
Behavior Therapy - Eliminate clients' maladaptive behavior patterns and help them
learn constructive patterns. To change behavior.
Behavior Therapy - Specific goals are selected by client.
Behavior Therapy - Normal behavior is learned through reinforcement and
imitation. Abnormal behavior is the result of faulty learning.
Behavior Therapy - Therapist functions as a teacher or trainer in helping clients
learn more effective behavior. A good working relationship is the groundwork of
implementing behavioral procedures.
Rational Emotive Therapy - Albert Ellis
Rational Emotive Therapy - Humans fall victim to irrational beliefs and
reindoctrinate themselves with those beliefs.
Rational Emotive Therapy - Therapy is cognitive/behavior/action oriented and
stresses thinking, judging, analyzing, doing, and redeciding.
Rational Emotive Therapy - Teach client to analyze their belief system and correct
the irrational distortions.
Rational Emotive Therapy - Counselor does not need to feel with the client, but needs
to identify and understand the client's irrational beliefs. The counselor creates new
judgments that are rational (logical) based on data from the client's life.
(2023 – 2024) Complete Solution
Psychoanalytic - Unconscious motives and conflicts are central in present behavior.
Psychoanalytic Therapy - Assist clients in reliving earlier experiences and working
through repressed conflicts. Intellectual awareness.
Psychoanalytic Therapy - Therapist makes interpretations to teach the client the
meaning of current behavior as related to their past.
Behavior Therapy - B.F. Skinner, Arnold Lazarus
Behavior Therapy - Human are shaped and determined by socio-cultural
conditioning. Behavior is seen as the product of learning and conditioning.
Behavior Therapy - Eliminate clients' maladaptive behavior patterns and help them
learn constructive patterns. To change behavior.
Behavior Therapy - Specific goals are selected by client.
Behavior Therapy - Normal behavior is learned through reinforcement and
imitation. Abnormal behavior is the result of faulty learning.
Behavior Therapy - Therapist functions as a teacher or trainer in helping clients
learn more effective behavior. A good working relationship is the groundwork of
implementing behavioral procedures.
Rational Emotive Therapy - Albert Ellis
Rational Emotive Therapy - Humans fall victim to irrational beliefs and
reindoctrinate themselves with those beliefs.
Rational Emotive Therapy - Therapy is cognitive/behavior/action oriented and
stresses thinking, judging, analyzing, doing, and redeciding.
Rational Emotive Therapy - Teach client to analyze their belief system and correct
the irrational distortions.
Rational Emotive Therapy - Counselor does not need to feel with the client, but needs
to identify and understand the client's irrational beliefs. The counselor creates new
judgments that are rational (logical) based on data from the client's life.
