Psychotherapy Theories and Techniques
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Course Introduction
This course provides a comprehensive overview of the major theories and techniques used in contemporary psychotherapy. Students will explore foundational approaches such as psychodynamic, cognitive-behavioral, humanistic, existential, and systemic therapies, with attention to their historical development, core concepts, and practical applications. The course emphasizes the therapeutic process, the client-therapist relationship, and culturally responsive practices. Through lectures, case studies, and experiential learning, students will gain insight into how different theoretical perspectives inform intervention strategies, assessment, and the ethical considerations involved in psychotherapy practice.
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Theory and Practice of Counseling and Psychotherapy 9th Edition by Gerald Corey
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Chapter 1: Introduction and Overview
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Q1) A comprehensive approach to counseling:
A)goes beyond focusing on our internal dynamics and addresses those environmental and systemic realities that influence us.
B)focuses almost exclusively on the client's internal dynamics.
C)focuses primarily on the therapist's internal reactions to the client's behavior.
D)focuses only on systemic factors.
Answer: A
Q2) With respect to mastering the techniques of counseling and applying them appropriately and effectively,it is Corey's belief that you are your own very best technique.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q3) Michael White and David Epston are the major figures associated with narrative therapy.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
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Chapter 2: The Counselor: Person and Professional
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Q1) An authentic counselor is best described as:
A)having the highest regard for all clients.
B)being willing to be totally open and self-disclosing.
C)being a technical expert who is committed to objectivity.
D)being willing to shed stereotyped roles and being a real person.
Answer: D
Q2) In working with culturally diverse clients,it helps to understand and assess:
A)what these clients expect from counseling.
B)the degree of acculturation that has taken place.
C)the attitudes these clients have about seeking counseling for their personal problems.
D)the messages they received from their culture about asking for professional help.
E)all of these
Answer: E
Q3) Therapists should not admit their mistakes since that could diminish their clients' confidence in them.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
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Chapter 3: Ethical Issues in Counseling Practice
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Q1) According to the text,the challenge of providing informed consent consists of:
A)telling clients about the nature of confidentiality.
B)striking a balance between giving clients too much and too little information about the therapeutic process.
C)convincing clients that counselors know what they are doing.
D)teaching clients about state laws that pertain to counseling.
E)getting clients to read the ethical codes of the profession.
Answer: B
Q2) Confidentiality can be considered an absolute.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q3) Practice-based evidence involves using data generated during treatment to inform the process and outcome of treatment.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
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Chapter 4: Psychoanalytic Therapy
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Q1) The ego is the original structure of personality.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Because ego and consciousness are not the same,the slogan for psychoanalysis has shifted from "making the unconscious conscious" to A)"making the ego conscious."
B)"where there was id,let there be ego."
C)"get rid of the id kid!"
D)"may the force be within you."
E)"stop blaming your mother!"
Q3) The young adult who adopts his parent's outdated political beliefs to avoid unpleasant feelings of anxiety is an example of:
A)displacement.
B)reaction formation.
C)sublimation.
D)introjection.
E)projection.
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Chapter 5: Adlerian Therapy
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Q1) Which of the following techniques is not used in Adlerian family counseling?
A)the initial interview
B)paradoxical interventions
C)analyzing resistances between members of the family
D)making an appraisal
E)all are used
Q2) Which is (are)true concerning one's style of life?
A)All people have a lifestyle,but no two people develop exactly the same style.
B)The lifestyle is largely set by the age of 6.
C)One's style of life is a reaction to perceived inferiority.
D)One's style of life is learned from early interactions in the family.
E)All of these
Q3) Alfred Adler believed that what we are born with is not as important as what we choose to do with the abilities and limitations we possess.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Adlerians maintain that the priorities we choose arise from our personality strengths.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 6: Existential Therapy
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Q1) Existentially,the ideas of freedom and responsibility suggest:
A)our freedom requires us to accept responsibility for directing our own life.
B)we are free to choose who we will be.
C)you cannot have one without the other.
D)all of these.
Q2) Martin Buber stressed the importance of presence,which allows for the creation of I/Thou relationships in therapy.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Which person is not associated with the existential movement?
A)May
B)Frankl
C)Yalom
D)Skinner
E)Sartre
Q4) Being alone is a process by which we do all of the following except:
A)learn to tolerate feelings of isolation.
B)develop strength and self-reliance.
C)develop a deep understanding of ourselves.
D)reject the social overtures of others.
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Chapter 7: Person-Centered Therapy
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Q1) Carl Rogers is often called the "father of psychotherapy research."
A)True
B)False
Q2) A self-actualized person:
A)welcomes uncertainty in his or her life.
B)has a capacity for deep and intense interpersonal relationships.
C)does not have artificial dichotomies within himself or herself.
D)is spontaneous and creative.
E)all of these.
Q3) The concept of unconditional positive regard implies that therapists develop an accepting and approving attitude toward all actions taken by their clients.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Therapists are encouraged to use positive regard for clients only as a means of shaping their behavior.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 8: Gestalt Therapy
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Q1) Part of success in using Gestalt techniques is contingent upon preparing clients for these techniques.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Which of the statements below regarding emotion-focused therapy (EFT)is not true?
A)EFT methodology is similar to Gestalt therapy but emphasizes empirically supported treatments.
B)EFT was developed by Fritz Perls' wife,Laura.
C)EFT blends the relational aspects of the person-centered approach with the active phenomenological awareness experiments of Gestalt therapy.
D)EFT entails the practice of therapy being informed by understanding the role of emotion in psychotherapeutic change.
E)All are true.
Q3) Both contact and withdrawal are necessary and important to healthy functioning.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 9: Behavior Therapy
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Q1) Which of the following is not true regarding behavior therapy?
A)The client must be an active participant.
B)The client is merely passive while the therapist uses techniques.
C)Therapy cannot be imposed on unwilling clients.
D)Both therapist and client need to work together for common goals.
Q2) All of the following are characteristics of the behavioral approaches except:
A)Behavior therapy relies on the principles and procedures of the scientific method.
B)Behavior therapy specifies treatment goals in concrete and objective terms.
C)Behavior therapy focuses on the client's current problems and the factors influencing them.
D)Behavior therapy employs the same procedures to every client with a particular dysfunctional behavior.
Q3) Who has done most of the work in the area of modeling?
A)Joseph Wolpe
B)Hans Eysenck
C)E.Jacobson
D)Arnold Lazarus
E)Albert Bandura
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Chapter 10: Cognitive Behavior Therapy
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Q1) The process of holding extreme beliefs on the basis of a single incident and applying them inappropriately to dissimilar events or settings is known as:
A)labeling and mislabeling.
B)overgeneralization.
C)arbitrary inferences.
D)selective abstraction.
E)personalization.
Q2) The founder of rational emotive behavior therapy is:
A)William Glasser.
B)Frederick Perls.
C)Albert Ellis.
D)Joseph Wolpe.
E)Aaron Beck.
Q3) REBT can be effectively employed in crisis intervention.
A)True
B)False
Q4) According to REBT,what is rational corresponds to a description of subjective reality.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 11: Reality Therapy
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Q1) Reality therapists are likely to deal with all of the following except for:
A)what a client is currently doing.
B)what clients are thinking and feeling,when this relates to what they are doing.
C)a client's relationships with significant others.
D)assisting clients in developing an action plan geared for change.
E)asking clients to recall,report,and share dreams.
Q2) Which of the following procedures would a reality therapist be least likely to employ?
A)self-help procedures
B)the use of humor
C)homework assignments
D)asking a client to emotionally reexperience a childhood experience
E)asking questions to get a better sense of the client's inner world
Q3) The first step in the process of reality therapy consists of a comprehensive assessment leading to a specific diagnosis.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 12: Feminist Therapy
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Q1) Although feminist therapy shares many of the premises of person-centered therapy,feminist therapy does not agree with the notion that:
A)the therapeutic relationship is,in and of itself,sufficient to produce change.
B)therapy is based on unconditional positive regard and acceptance.
C)the therapeutic relationship should be a non-hierarchical one.
D)therapy aims to empower clients to live according to their own values and to rely on an internal locus of control.
E)therapists should be genuine rather than hiding behind an expert role.
Q2) All of the following are reasons many feminist therapists do not use diagnostic labels,or use them reluctantly,except that:
A)diagnostic labels reinforce gender role stereotypes.
B)diagnostic labels reflect the inappropriate application of power in the therapeutic relationship.
C)diagnostic labels focus on the social factors that cause dysfunctional behavior.
D)diagnostic labels encourage adjustment to the norms of the status quo.
Q3) Feminist therapists work to demystify the counseling relationship.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 13: Postmodern Approaches
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Q1) All of the following are characteristics shared by the postmodern and person-centered approaches except:
A)the high value of the therapeutic relationship.
B)the belief that are capable of solving their problems.
C)the importance of using specific techniques in therapy.
D)the therapist's sense of caring and respect for their client.
E)the importance of the client defining the goals for therapy.
Q2) The linguistic approach stresses the expert role of the therapist in suggesting solutions to a family's problems.
A)True B)False
Q3) A limitation of the postmodern approaches is:
A)therapists require extensive training in providing brief therapy.
B)inexperienced therapists may over rely on techniques and appear mechanistic.
C)the use of open-ended questioning.
D)its lack of applicability to group counseling.
Q4) The postmodern philosophy suggests that reality and truth are objective and clearly defined.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 14: Family Systems Therapy
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Q1) Strategic family therapy stresses some of the same basic concepts as the structural approach to family therapy.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Satir's human validation model focuses on functional versus dysfunctional communication in families.
A)True
B)False
Q3) The goal of structural family therapy is to break down any hierarchical structure and replace it with equal relationships among all family members.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Strategic family therapy has its foundation in communications theory.
A)True
B)False
Q5) According to Haley,who the therapist is as a person is far more important than specific intervention techniques.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 15: An Integrative Perspective
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Q1) Which of the following approaches to therapy is best suited for helping people to create an alternative life story?
A)narrative therapy
B)psychoanalytic therapy
C)person-centered therapy
D)Adlerian therapy
E)behavior therapy
Q2) Which of the following approaches places emphasis on challenging clients to recognize that they are responsible for events that they formerly thought were happening to them?
A)psychoanalytic therapy
B)existential therapy
C)behavior therapy
D)Adlerian therapy
E)solution-focused therapy
Q3) Narrative therapy can be applied to:
A)eating disorders.
B)depression.
C)relationship concerns.
D)all of these.
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Chapter 16: Case Illustration: an Integrative Approach to
Working With Stan
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Q1) The therapy approach most likely to focus directly on helping Stan to stop using alcohol and drugs would be:
A)person-centered therapy.
B)Gestalt therapy.
C)behavior therapy.
D)existential therapy.
E)psychoanalytic therapy.
Q2) Which one of the following approaches to therapy would pay the least attention to Stan's thought processes?
A)rational emotive behavior therapy
B)Adlerian therapy
C)Gestalt therapy
D)reality therapy
E)cognitive-behavioral therapies
Q3) How might an existential therapist work with Stan's depression and suicidal thoughts?
A)by examining his faulty belief system
B)by confronting Stan with the issue of finding meaning and purpose in his life
C)by using active listening and reflection as Stan talks about his feelings
D)by determining the nature of his shadow
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