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Psychoanalysts often encourage transference so that clients can re-enact relations with crucial people in the context of therapy.

A) True
B) False

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Which of the following statements about group therapy is LEAST accurate?

A) Therapy groups typically consist of 4 to 15 participants.
B) The therapist may share his or her personal experiences and feelings with the group.
C) Group participants essentially function as therapists for each other.
D) Group therapy is typically more expensive than individual therapy.

E) B) and C)
F) A) and D)

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Mieke has been having a recurring dream for the past four months, and during a session with her psychotherapist, the therapist proposed one possible explanation that might give meaning to the images in Mieke's dream. In providing an explanation for the meaning of the dream, the therapist is engaged in

Dr Nene is a psychotherapist who is extremely supportive of all his clients. He encourages his clients to talk about their concerns, and he often acts as a sounding board, restating and clarifying the themes that come to the surface as his clients speak freely about their concerns and problems. Dr Nene appears to be

Transference in psychoanalytic therapy may reveal itself when the patient

In couples' therapy, the primary focus of treatment is

Charlene is talking with her father, and she confesses that she lied about where she had been on the weekend. Her father tells Charlene that he loves her, but that he doesn't approve of her lying. According to Carl Rogers, Charlene's father is displaying the quality of

The finding that some of the therapies developed by middle-class Western cultures have turned out not to be useful when used with different cultural groups supports the textbooks unifying theme that psychology evolves within a socio-historical context.

Khutso has a psychological disorder, and her doctor has prescribed a drug from the benzodiazepine family to reduce the severity of Khutso's symptoms. In this case, Khutso's therapist is MOST likely treating her for

Which of the following disorders would be LEAST likely to be treated by psychiatrists?

Freud developed a systematic treatment procedure called ____________________, which was the origin of the group of therapies known as insight therapies.

Describe the various types of mental health professionals that provide therapy for abnormal behaviour and discuss the types of credentialling required for each.

A psychotherapist who participates in complex verbal interactions with clients in order to enhance clients' understanding of themselves and their problems would be classified as

Which of the following is NOT one of the three major categories of psychotherapy?

Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is a behavioural treatment for depression in which an electric shock is used to produce seizures accompanied by convulsions.

With regard to a therapist's sex,

Dr Samuel believes that most psychological disorders can be successfully treated by bringing unconscious conflicts and defences into conscious awareness. Knowing this, you might expect that Dr Samuel's bookshelves contain a large number of books written by

According to Carl Rogers, the process of therapy is more important than the climate in which the therapy takes place.

Electroconvulsive therapy and drug therapy for psychological disorders are two types of

Today, electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is MOST likely to be used as a treatment for patients with