14b Evaluating Therapies

Who touched of the debate about psychotherapy's effectiveness when he summarized 24 studies of psychotherapy outcomes?

Eysenck

All of the following have been successfully treated with behavior therapy EXCEPT:

PTSD

Therapy is likely to be most effective when a client's problem is:

clear cut

It is difficult to evaluate the effectiveness of psychotherapy because:

clients generally speak kindly about their therapists.

Your therapist believes in using only empirically supported therapies for treating your depression. She will probably use:

cognitive therapy

The most effective psychotherapists are those who establish a(n) _____, caring relationship with their clients

empathic

Therapists that provide an empathic, caring, and trusting environment can help the client _____ one aspect of their life to another.

link

It is difficult to evaluate the effectiveness of psychotherapy because testimonials from former patients can be _____.

misleading

Catherine has been in therapy for 2 years, but her last session is today. If you ask her next month how effective her psychotherapy was, she is likely to _____ its effectiveness.

overestimate

It is difficult to evaluate the effectiveness of psychotherapy because:

people often enter therapy in crisis, and these crises often pass without professional help.

Researchers randomly assign people on a waiting list to therapy or no therapy in _____ clinical trials.

randomized

For the last three months, Selma has been seeing her therapist weekly. She may be feeling much better because:

she has more hope. she has been given a new perspective. her therapist is empathic and she feels he cares about her. of all of the reasons listed may have been effective in her therapeutic treatment.

There is a "civil war" currently underway regarding the effectiveness of psychotherapy. There are those who view psychotherapy as something that cannot be described in a manual or tested in an experiment. Then there are those who:

support the use of scientific methods to determine which therapies are the most effective for various people and disorders.

All of the following may influence the perceived effectiveness of psychotherapy EXCEPT:

the perception of the client's family and friends.

According to one study, good therapies share much in common, including:

a new perspective

According to one study, good therapies share much in common, including:

an empathetic, trusting, caring relationship. hope for demoralized people. a new perspective. all of the answers listed.