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What is psychotherapy?
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interpersonal, relational intervention by trained therapists to aid in life problems
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What is the goal of psychotherapy?
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increase sense of well-being, reduce discomfort
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What can psychotherapy accomplish?
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learn to identify and change behaviors or thoughts that adversly affect life
explore and improve relationships find better ways to cope and solve problems learn to set realisitc goals |
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What is the main determinant of outcome with regard to psychotherapy?
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therapist/client relationship
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Lambert (1992) extimates that __% client changes in psycotherapy are due to motivation or severity of problem; __% to the qualtiy of the therapeutic relationship; __% to expectancy (placebo) effects, and __% to specific techniques.
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30 15 15 |
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What does psychoanalysis focus on?
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unconscious as it emerges in treatment relationship
insight by interpretation of unconscious conflict |
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What is the major con for psychoanalysis?
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expensive
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What are the requirements for psychonanalysis?
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stable
highly motivated verbal psychologically minded must beable to tolerate stress without becoming overly regressed, distraught, impulsive |
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Name two prominent early psychoanalysts?
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Freud
Jung |
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What is transference?
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uncounscious redirection of feelings for one person to another (including therapist)
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What is countertransference?
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redirection of therapist's feelings for the patient
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What is therapeutic alliance?
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therapist and patient trust
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What is resistence?
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ideas unaccpetable to consious
prevents therapy from proceeding |
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What is free association?
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patient says what comes to mind uncensored
clues to unconscious |
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Name the mature defense mechanism:
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altrusim
anticipation humor sublimation suprression affiliation |
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Name the neurotic defense mechanisms:
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displacement
externalization intellectualization repression reaction formation |
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Name the primitive defense mechanisms:
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denial
autistic fantasy passive-aggressive acting out splitting projection projective identification |
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What is altrusim?
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deal with stress or conflict through dedicaiton to meeting other's needs
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What is anticipation?
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anticipate possible adverse events and prepare for them
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What is humor (as a mature defense mechanism)?
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deal with stress by seeing irony
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What is sublimation?
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channel potentially maladaptive impulse into socially acceptable behavior
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What is suppression?
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avoid thinking about stressor
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What is affiliation?
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turn to others for support
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What is displacement?
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transfer of negative feelings about one object to another
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What is externalization?
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blame problems on another
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What is intellecualization?
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rely excessively on details to maintain distance from painful emotions
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What is repression?
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expel disturbing thoughts from consciousness
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What is reaction formation?
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do opposite of what you feel
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What is denial?
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refuse to acknowledge aspect of reality
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What is autistic fantasy?
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excessive day-dreaming
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What is acting out (as a defense mechanism)?
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engage in inappropriate behavior without consideration of consequences
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What is splitting?
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compartmentalize opposite affective states
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What is projection?
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falsely attribute unacceptable feelings to another
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What is projective identification?
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falsely attribute to a second individual who in turn projects back to patient
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what is psychodynamic psychotherapy based on?
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modified psychoanalytic formations
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What is the difference between psychodynamic psychotherapy and classical psychotherapy?
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psychodynamic: couch not used, less focus on transference and dynamics
interpretation, encouragement to elaborate, affircmation and empathy important |
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What is the difference between couseling and analytic psychotherapy's aims?
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counseling: restore status quo, restore coping skills
psychotherapy: structural change, personality maturation, integration |
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Cognitive behavior therapy and interpersonal psychotherapy: __ to __ sessions are as effective as _____ treatment for less severly depressed patients.
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16 to 20
imipramine |
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Dialectical behavioral therapy was used to treat ______.
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borderline personality disorder
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What skills can you lear from dialectical behavioral therapy?
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core mindfulness
emotion regulation interpersonal effectiveness and distress tolerance |
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What is dialectical behavior therapy superior to 'treatment as usual'?
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reducing parasuicide
medical severity of parasuicide treatment drop-out number of inpatient hospitalization days |
