Principles of Psychotherapy — Flashcards

Flashcard 1: _____ therapy is a recommended psychotherapy modality for managing PTSD

Answer: Exposure

Flashcard 2: Repressed material, particularly a painful experience or conflict, can be brought back to consciousness by hypnosis or free association, through a process called _____ in psychotherapy

Answer: abreaction

Flashcard 3: _____ therapy primarily relies on developing patient insight

Answer: Psychodynamic

Flashcard 4: Is abstract thinking considered a favourable or unfavourable factor for a patient undergoing psychoanalysis?

Answer: Favourable

Extra: Psychological mindedness (the capacity for self-examination, self-reflection, and abstract thinking) is considered a favorable prognostic factor for psychoanalysis. Patients who are overly concrete or literal may struggle with the metaphorical and symbolic interpretations involved in the process.

Flashcard 5: _____ is a general term for the process of releasing strong or repressed emotions

Answer: Catharsis

Flashcard 6: An unconscious memory or thought can reach consciousness by overcoming the barrier of repression during _____ or free association

Answer: sleep

Flashcard 7: Treatment of functional aphonia is _____ and psychotherapy.

Answer: reassurance

Flashcard 8: "If it's true in one case, it applies to any case that is even slightly similar" demonstrates the maladaptive assumption of _____

Answer: overgeneralizing

Flashcard 9: Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing involves inducing _____ when a person is imagining about an anxiety producing event.

Answer: saccades

Flashcard 10: _____ exposure typically involves having the patient close their eyes and imagine feared stimuli.

Answer: Imaginal