A. Poor therapist – client relationship
B. Therapist incompetence
C. Therapy disrupts stable pattern of functioning
D. Therapy does not offer clients alternative cooping mechanisms
E. All of the above
Related Mcqs:
- According to research on psychotherapy’s effectiveness, at what point into psychotherapy can 50 percent of clients begin to experience beneficial effects?
A. 6 to 8 sessions
B. 10 to 15 sessions
C. 1 to 2 sessions
D. 25 to 30 sessions - Which of psychotherapy has been shown to significantly decrease the relapse rate of patients with depression when administered after successful drug treatment?
A. Cognitive-behavioral therapy
B. Psychoanalysis
C. Behavioural therapy
D. Humanistic therapy - Although it is generally recommended to begin with psychotherapy first to treat psychological disorders,for which group of patients would it be most beneficial to begin with drug treatments instead of psychotheraputic treatments?
A. Drug abusers
B. Suiciidal
C. Depressed
D. Psychotic
E. b and d - Which of the following is not a form of psychotherapy used to treat psychological disorders?
A. Cognitive therapy
B. Pharmacotherapy
C. Humanistic therapy
D. Behavioral therapy - Flooding, reciprocal inhibition and covert sensitization are examples of techniques used in which type of psychotherapy?
A. Cognitive therapy
B. Behavioral therapy
C. Humanistic therapy
D. Family therapy
E. b and c - Is psychotherapy effective?
A. Yes, definitely
B. Generally yes, but there are still some concerns
C. Generally no, but there are some exceptions
D. No, not at all - Free association interpretation and analysis of transference are treatment techniques in which model of psychotherapy?
A. Humanistic
B. Psychoanalytic
C. Cognitive
D. Behavioral - Demonstrating unconditional positive regard toward patients is a critical component for which type of therapy?
A. Family therapy
B. Rational-emotive therapy
C. Client-centered therapy
D. Gestalt therapy - Why is the difficult to evaluate the effectiveness of psychotherapeutic treatments?
A. Self-selection into therapy leads to biased samples
B. Creating true control groups for comparison
C. The number of possible treatment-disorder combinations to assess
D. Most patients do not give consent to participate in research
E. a,b and c - Which of the following criticisms of family and couples therapies are valid?
1: These treatments are not as effective as most individual treatments for problems relating to family or relationship conflict.
2: The attraction of these therapies may reflect little more than the charisma of those who developed them.
3: Bona fide treatments only produce beneficial outcomes for a minority of cases in 20 sessions or fewer.
4: These has been a relative lack of research on many of these therapies.A. 1 & 2
B. 2 & 3
C. 3 & 4
D. 2 & 4
