Chapter 11: Therapy

free-association

A psychotherapist instructs Dane to relax, close his eyes, and state aloud whatever thoughts come to mind no matter how trivial or absurd. The therapist is using a technique known as

exposure therapy

A therapist helps Rebecca overcome her fear of water by getting her to swim in the family's backyard pool three times a day for two consecutive weeks. The therapist's approach to helping Rebecca best illustrates

counterconditioning

Benny's mother tries to reduce his fear of sailing by giving her three-year-old his favorite candy as soon as she boards the boat. The mother's strategy best illustrates

client-centered therapy

Empathic understanding of the patient's subjective experiences is a major goal of

a bond of trust and mutual understanding between a therapist and a client

The therapeutic alliance refers to

systematic desensitization

To help Adam reduce his fear of dogs, a therapist encourages him to physically relax and then simply imagine that he is walking toward a friendly and harmless little dog. The therapist's technique best illustrates

cognitive therapy

Training people to actively dispute their own self-defeating ideas best illustrates

Id

When two-year-old Matthew was told he would not get dessert until he finished the food on his plate, he threw his plate on the floor in a temper tantrum. Freud would have suggested that Matthew was unable to resist the demands of his

psychoanalysis

Which of the following approaches to therapy would most likely involve efforts to understand an adult's psychological disorder by exploring that person's childhood experiences?

a token economy

In a home for troubled youth, adolescents receive large colored buttons when they hang up their clothes, make their beds, and come to meals on time. The adolescents return the buttons to staff members to receive bedtime snacks or watch TV. This best illustrates