The Helping Relationship & Psychodynamic Therapies
What degree do counselling and clinical psychologists usually have?
A doctorate degree
What approach works under the assumption that people are basically good and focuses on discovering the self?
Client-centred therapy
Which therapy has the goal of conditioning clients against a stimulus to avoid deviant behaviours?
Aversion therapy
Is it necessary for therapists to be the same gender as their clients?
No
What is the most prescribed drug in North America?
What is it called when the patient avoids appointments, refuses to talk about certain things, and/or comes to appointments late?
Resistance
Which therapy has the goal of bringing immediate awareness to psychological difficulties?
Gestalt therapy
Which therapy is the treatment of choice for PTSD?
Exposure therapy
What is it called when a therapist has a skill set that allows them to consider cultural and introduce culture specific elements into therapy?
Cultural competence
What neurotransmitter do antipsychotics suppress/decrease activities of?
Dopamine
What is a type of psychodynamic therapy that focuses specifically on things such as marital issues?
Interpersonal therapy
What are the three important therapist attributes?
Genuineness, empathy, and unconditional positive regard
Which therapy is used to treat borderline personality disorder and incorporates a lot of different perspectives?
Dialectical behaviour therapy
What research method for psychotherapies was most popular in the 1930-40s?
Individual case studies
What is deinstitutionalization?
An attempt to move the primary locus of treatment from mental hospitals to the community
What is it called when a client responds irrationally to a therapist as if they are someone else?
Transference
What components make up Ellis's ABCD model?
Activating event, belief system underlying appraisal, consequence of the appraisal, disputing belief system
What does social skills training increase?
Self-efficacy
What is the dose-response effect?
Relation between amount of treatment and outcome of therapy
What movement disorder can be a side effect from some major tranquilizers?
Tardive dyskinesia
What is one of the main criticisms of psychoanalysis?
It is very time consuming
Which therapy is especially useful in treating major depression?
Beck's cognitive therapy
What treatments based on this concept can be used to treat sexual dysfunction?
Mindfulness
What are client factors impacting the effectiveness of therapy?
Openness, self-relatedness, and the nature of the problem
What disorder is electroconvulsive therapy the most effective in treating?
Major depression