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In psychoanalytic theory, it is assumed that while the person may consciously want help, there may be an unconscious motivation not to change. The defensive patterns that disrupt therapy and function to maintain the present condition are called:

A) repression.
B) resistance.
C) transference.
D) insight.

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While listening to his patient talk about her favourite memories from childhood, Dr. Yang begins to notice that whenever his patient's thoughts approach her sister, she Quickly changes the topic and talks about something else. When Dr. Yang begins probing her memories and thoughts about her sister, his client starts missing therapy Appointments often cancelling without notice. This defensive manoeuvre is known as ________.

A) free association
B) resistance
C) modeling
D) transference
E) countertransference

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Which of the following therapeutic approaches is considered to be a brief therapy based primarily on the principles of psychoanalysis?

A company offers its employees a class in stress management and relaxation techniques in the hopes that it will ultimately help employees remain healthier and miss less time at work. Such an intervention program would best be classified as an example of:

All of the following are differences between traditional psychoanalysis and brief psychodynamic therapies except:

During the course of therapy, a client develops strong emotional feelings for his therapist. He thinks about her often and though he is unwilling to admit it, he has become quite dependent on and attracted to her. Though he is only just becoming aware of this, He has noticed that his therapist in many ways reminds him of his mother. This example best demonstrates the psychoanalytic concept of:

Some researchers argue that it is important to examine in evaluating studies. That is, success should be measured by comparing clients to individuals within the normal range of responses on measures.

In contrast to a psychoanalytic therapy session, the perspective that focuses on the present and future instead of the past is the perspective.

In the research survey conducted by Seligman in cooperation with "Consumer Reports," how many of the respondents reporting mental-health problems sought professional help?

Inadequate funding of community-based mental-health treatment facilities has resulted in:

A therapist feels frustrated because her client has recently missed three of her last five appointments. If the therapist were to express these negative feelings to her client, this would best demonstrate Carl Rogers's important therapist characteristic of:

In brief psychodynamic therapies, the therapist is typically more focused and active than in traditional psychoanalysis.

After having tried numerous pharmacological treatments and years of unsuccessful psychotherapies, as a last resort attempt to treat her unbearable obsessive-compulsive Disorder, Janis agreed to a(n) _.

One of the key assumptions of social skills training is that the skills deficits of a particular individual may be reflective of disordered relationships in the family system.

Researchers that simultaneously examine many different research studies and draw conclusions about the overall effectiveness of a particular treatment are using the technique called _.

Hans Eysenck analyzed data collected from health insurance companies and concluded that it provided clear empirical support for the validity of psychotherapy.

In a psychotherapy outcome study assessing the effectiveness of a new treatment for agoraphobia, a behavioural therapist would likely be MOST interested in which of the following client measures?

Of the alternatives below, a factor NOT shared by diverse forms of therapy is:

Her stepfather abused Samantha emotionally and physically. Now, as a young adult, she is working with a therapist to resolve some of her low self-esteem and relationship issues. Over the course of therapy, Samantha begins to feel great anger toward her male therapist, telling him how much she resents his control over her. She almost quits Therapy because she begins to feel that he is too controlling and makes her feel so Insignificant. Her therapist is able to show Samantha that she is acting irrationally and has experienced a of her feelings to her therapist.

Dr. James is considering learning a new therapeutic technique, but is unsure as to its effectiveness. She decides to conduct an extensive review of studies conducted in the last 20 years that have examined this particular therapy tool. After much work and a few Calculations, she determines that the average person who received this treatment had a more favourable outcome than 85 percent of people who did not receive the treatment. Dr. James is conducting a meta-analysis study, and the percentage that she calculated is known as the statistic.