Test Bank For Current Psychotherapies 11th Edition By
Danny Wedding; Raymond J. Corsini 9781305865754
Chapter 1-16 Complete Guide .
ADLERIAN / INDIVIDUAL PSYCHOTHERAPY - ANSWER Psychotherapists believe
that an individuals self-image can be self-defeating and that those with
"psychopathology" are discouraged rather than sick. Thus, the therapeutic approach
is to encourage, to activate social interest, and to develop a new life style through
relationship, analysis, and action methods.
ANALYTICAL PSYCHOTHERAPY - ANSWER Psychotherapy attempts to create,
using a symbolic approach, a dialectical relationship between consciousness and the
unconscious. The therapist encourages and guides communication between the two
systems via an imagining process using "symbolic language", as in dreams ,
fantasies, etc. Increased awareness, and thus symptomatic relief is brought about by
the translation ad interpretation of this "symbolic language".
BEHAVIORAL THERAPY - ANSWER Composed of cognitive (thought), motor
(reflexes), and most importantly, emotional responses. Behavior is seen as
responses to stimulation, internal land external, therefore the goal of therapy is to
modify unadaptive stimulus-response (S-R) connections (automatic responses).
Behavioral therapy methods, insofar as possible, parallel those of experimental
psychology. Behavior therapy includes systematic desensitization, assertiveness
training, and aversion techniques, as well as several others.
BOWEN THERAPY- TRANSGENERATIONAL MODEL - ANSWER Has it's roots in
psychoanalytic which emphasize the intra-psychic conflicts of the individual. The
model focused on the powerful influences of past generations and their
dysfunctional/functional patterns brought into the present. These include, unresolved
conflicts, beliefs, roles, etc that are transmitted across the generations and it's
unconscious influence upon present relationships, behaviors, and the dysfunctional
level of functioning.
BRIEF THERAPY - ANSWER The goal of this therapy is to change the presenting
complaint rather than to interpret the interactions to the family or to explore the past.
This is a therapist directed theory as the therapist assess the cycle of problematic
behaviors or interactions, then breaks the cycle by using either straightforward or
paradoxical interventions/directives. The therapists of this model focus more on the
techniques for change, the faulty cycles of interaction that are used to solve
problems, rather than on the theoretical constructs.
COGNITIVE BEHAVIORAL THERAPY - ANSWER Developed within the realm of
marital therapy when it was determined that change could happen in marital
relationships that could provide mutually satisfying outcomes, only when thoughts,
feelings, and behavioral components were evaluated and changed. Therapists
consider not only the antecedents and consequences, but the mediating effects of
, the thoughts and feelings of the individuals as well. Therapy holds to the theory that
individuals have a set of conscious and unconscious core belief or a schema about
themselves and their families through which they interpret and evaluate one
another's behavior. The goal of therapy is to examine the thoughts, emotions, beliefs
and behavior and correct distorted cognitions..
CLIENT-CENTERED THERAPY - ANSWER The central hypotheses is that the
growth potential of any patient will tend to be released in a relationship in which the
therapist communicates realness, caring, and a deeply sensitive, non-judgmental
understanding. Thus, the therapist practices participative and empathic listening,
while allowing the client to freely vent his/her feelings.
ECLECTIC PSYCHOTHERAPY - ANSWER Selects what is valid or useful from all
available theories, methods, and practices. The approach rejects adherence to any
one school or system, and instead utilizes what is most valid or relevant from the
whole therapeutic spectrum. It is composed of contributions from many different
sources, used according to whether they are valid, applicable, and indicated. The
method thereby becomes a basic scientific approach to the problem of matching
suitable clinical methods to the needs of specific cases.
ENCOUNTER PSYCHOTHERAPY - ANSWER A method of human relating based
on openness and honesty, self-awareness, self-responsibility, awareness of the
body, attention to feelings, and an emphasis on the here-and-now. As a therapeutic
method, it usually occurs in a group setting. Therapy focuses on removing blocks to
better functioning. It is also educational and recreational in that it attempts to create
conditions leading to a more satisfying use of personal capacities.
EXPERIENTIAL PSYCHOTHERAPY - ANSWER Works with immediate
concreteness. Linked to existential psychotherapy, which holds that one makes and
changes oneself in present living, "focusing" gets into direct touch with the concrete
level, where troubles are said to actually exist. Therapists try to establish a "felt
sense" within their patients in order to create a more holistic sense of a problem or
unresolved situation.
EXISTENTIAL PSYCHOTHERAPY - ANSWER A form of psychotherapy which
allows clients to be the author of their own lives through self-knowledge. It's believed
that the client's suffering stems from how they relate to the four ultimate human
concerns of death, freedom, isolation, and meaninglessness. By understanding the
underlying conflict the client is able to identify their poor ways of dealing with the
conflict and develop better ways of coping with the reality of basic existence. A
mutually-open and honest relationship is essential to the therapeutic process
because it's through this relationship that the client learns his or her potential for
feelings that have lain dormant. The psychotherapist tries to establish and maintain
this relationship by striving for an authentic encounter with the client in the
therapeutic setting. The therapist is not an impassive participant in the therapy
process, but a fully active, open human being, modeling the process for the client.
EMOTIONALLY FOCUSED THERAPY - ANSWER A brief ( 8-20 sessions)
structured approach to couples therapy originating in the 1980's by Sue Johnson and
Les Greenberg in an effort to provide more humanistic interventions for couple
Danny Wedding; Raymond J. Corsini 9781305865754
Chapter 1-16 Complete Guide .
ADLERIAN / INDIVIDUAL PSYCHOTHERAPY - ANSWER Psychotherapists believe
that an individuals self-image can be self-defeating and that those with
"psychopathology" are discouraged rather than sick. Thus, the therapeutic approach
is to encourage, to activate social interest, and to develop a new life style through
relationship, analysis, and action methods.
ANALYTICAL PSYCHOTHERAPY - ANSWER Psychotherapy attempts to create,
using a symbolic approach, a dialectical relationship between consciousness and the
unconscious. The therapist encourages and guides communication between the two
systems via an imagining process using "symbolic language", as in dreams ,
fantasies, etc. Increased awareness, and thus symptomatic relief is brought about by
the translation ad interpretation of this "symbolic language".
BEHAVIORAL THERAPY - ANSWER Composed of cognitive (thought), motor
(reflexes), and most importantly, emotional responses. Behavior is seen as
responses to stimulation, internal land external, therefore the goal of therapy is to
modify unadaptive stimulus-response (S-R) connections (automatic responses).
Behavioral therapy methods, insofar as possible, parallel those of experimental
psychology. Behavior therapy includes systematic desensitization, assertiveness
training, and aversion techniques, as well as several others.
BOWEN THERAPY- TRANSGENERATIONAL MODEL - ANSWER Has it's roots in
psychoanalytic which emphasize the intra-psychic conflicts of the individual. The
model focused on the powerful influences of past generations and their
dysfunctional/functional patterns brought into the present. These include, unresolved
conflicts, beliefs, roles, etc that are transmitted across the generations and it's
unconscious influence upon present relationships, behaviors, and the dysfunctional
level of functioning.
BRIEF THERAPY - ANSWER The goal of this therapy is to change the presenting
complaint rather than to interpret the interactions to the family or to explore the past.
This is a therapist directed theory as the therapist assess the cycle of problematic
behaviors or interactions, then breaks the cycle by using either straightforward or
paradoxical interventions/directives. The therapists of this model focus more on the
techniques for change, the faulty cycles of interaction that are used to solve
problems, rather than on the theoretical constructs.
COGNITIVE BEHAVIORAL THERAPY - ANSWER Developed within the realm of
marital therapy when it was determined that change could happen in marital
relationships that could provide mutually satisfying outcomes, only when thoughts,
feelings, and behavioral components were evaluated and changed. Therapists
consider not only the antecedents and consequences, but the mediating effects of
, the thoughts and feelings of the individuals as well. Therapy holds to the theory that
individuals have a set of conscious and unconscious core belief or a schema about
themselves and their families through which they interpret and evaluate one
another's behavior. The goal of therapy is to examine the thoughts, emotions, beliefs
and behavior and correct distorted cognitions..
CLIENT-CENTERED THERAPY - ANSWER The central hypotheses is that the
growth potential of any patient will tend to be released in a relationship in which the
therapist communicates realness, caring, and a deeply sensitive, non-judgmental
understanding. Thus, the therapist practices participative and empathic listening,
while allowing the client to freely vent his/her feelings.
ECLECTIC PSYCHOTHERAPY - ANSWER Selects what is valid or useful from all
available theories, methods, and practices. The approach rejects adherence to any
one school or system, and instead utilizes what is most valid or relevant from the
whole therapeutic spectrum. It is composed of contributions from many different
sources, used according to whether they are valid, applicable, and indicated. The
method thereby becomes a basic scientific approach to the problem of matching
suitable clinical methods to the needs of specific cases.
ENCOUNTER PSYCHOTHERAPY - ANSWER A method of human relating based
on openness and honesty, self-awareness, self-responsibility, awareness of the
body, attention to feelings, and an emphasis on the here-and-now. As a therapeutic
method, it usually occurs in a group setting. Therapy focuses on removing blocks to
better functioning. It is also educational and recreational in that it attempts to create
conditions leading to a more satisfying use of personal capacities.
EXPERIENTIAL PSYCHOTHERAPY - ANSWER Works with immediate
concreteness. Linked to existential psychotherapy, which holds that one makes and
changes oneself in present living, "focusing" gets into direct touch with the concrete
level, where troubles are said to actually exist. Therapists try to establish a "felt
sense" within their patients in order to create a more holistic sense of a problem or
unresolved situation.
EXISTENTIAL PSYCHOTHERAPY - ANSWER A form of psychotherapy which
allows clients to be the author of their own lives through self-knowledge. It's believed
that the client's suffering stems from how they relate to the four ultimate human
concerns of death, freedom, isolation, and meaninglessness. By understanding the
underlying conflict the client is able to identify their poor ways of dealing with the
conflict and develop better ways of coping with the reality of basic existence. A
mutually-open and honest relationship is essential to the therapeutic process
because it's through this relationship that the client learns his or her potential for
feelings that have lain dormant. The psychotherapist tries to establish and maintain
this relationship by striving for an authentic encounter with the client in the
therapeutic setting. The therapist is not an impassive participant in the therapy
process, but a fully active, open human being, modeling the process for the client.
EMOTIONALLY FOCUSED THERAPY - ANSWER A brief ( 8-20 sessions)
structured approach to couples therapy originating in the 1980's by Sue Johnson and
Les Greenberg in an effort to provide more humanistic interventions for couple
