Psychotherapy

In psychoanalytic treatment, the patient is instructed to verbalize spontaneously and without censoring whatever thoughts come to mind. This fundamental technique is called:

A patient assumes that a colleague secretly dislikes him and intends to undermine him. Which cognitive processing error describes these negative inferences about another person’s thoughts and motives?

During psychotherapy involving spouses, which session pattern is listed as a contraindication?

Which otherwise healthy individual meets an explicitly listed indication for supportive psychotherapy?

What is the main therapeutic aim of rational-emotive psychotherapy?

A hypnotized individual is intensely immersed in the trance experience. Which factor of hypnosis does this illustrate?

A patient cannot find words to describe emotions and instead gives endless situational details or symptoms. Which term describes this presentation among the indications for supportive psychotherapy?

How is the state of a hypnotized individual described?

Which statement expresses a general principle of family therapy?

In client-centred psychotherapy, what does therapist congruence mean?

A patient says, “I feel inadequate; therefore, I am inadequate.” Which cognitive processing error does this illustrate?

During a typical cognitive therapy session, what is examined as part of the mood check?

A patient says, “Either I succeed completely at this task, or I am a total failure.” Which cognitive processing error is illustrated?

When psychotherapies are classified by depth of probing in the unconscious mind, which category is also called analytic psychotherapy?

A patient sees a friend on the street who fails to acknowledge him and concludes that his friends no longer like him. Which cognitive distortion does this illustrate?

A depressed patient makes a great effort to help a friend in trouble but cannot accept that he is doing his best. Which cognitive distortion does this illustrate?

As a common feature of psychotherapies, what does the therapeutic rationale or myth explain?

A teacher notices that two students appear bored and concludes that all the students dislike his class. Which cognitive distortion is illustrated?

Which technique is listed under conditioning, behaviour therapy, and behaviour modification?

Which listed limitation is identified as the only true contraindication to therapy?

Which personality disorder is specifically described as only rarely an indication for group therapy?

Which psychotherapy is classified as a group approach within the reconstructive school?

What relationship forms the basis of psychotherapy and enables free communication leading to understanding, integration, and acceptance of self?

Which form of psychotherapy is specifically listed as contraindicated in hypochondriasis?

A patient becomes distressed during intensive psychotherapy. Which change in existing symptoms is described as a possible unwanted effect?

Which personality disorder is specifically highlighted as unlikely to respond to psychotherapy?

A patient receiving psychotherapy has a physical illness presenting with mental symptoms. Which unwanted effect of psychotherapy is particularly relevant?

Which theoretical formulation of psychotherapy primarily provides guidance, advice, and reassurance?

A patient has a chronic, disabling psychiatric condition for which basic change is not considered a realistic goal. Which form of psychotherapy matches this description?

Which set of factors is used to classify psychotherapy?

In which phase of organic psychosis is psychotherapy explicitly listed as contraindicated?

A therapist aims to teach a patient new patterns of behaviour and social functioning. Which theoretical formulation does this represent?

Free association, transference-countertransference, resistance and working through are important in which form of psychotherapy?

In cognitive therapy, how is the distraction used in thought stopping characterized?

Which condition is a contraindication to hypnosis?

During assessment of a couple's marital difficulties, which circumstance is a listed indication for intervention?

What is the stated purpose of group psychotherapy for an individual member?

What is the individual's state of wakefulness during hypnosis?

Which theoretical framework underlies family therapy?

Which phase of psychotherapy is specifically listed as an indication for combined therapy?