List of top Psychology Questions on Therapeutic Approaches

What is psychotherapy?

Tinku has been undergoing Rational Emotive Therapy (RET). Identify the correct sequence of the therapeutic process:
(A) Negative emotions and behaviours as consequences of the antecedent event are identified and noted
(B) Client's irrational beliefs which are distorting present reality are identified
(C) Antecedent events which caused psychological distress are noted
(D) The irrational beliefs are refuted by the therapist through non-directive questioning
(E) Eventually, the client is able to replace the irrational beliefs with the rational ones.
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

The client-centered therapy developed by Carl Rogers is based on:

The Clinical formulation of a client's problem has the following advantages:
(A) Identification of areas to be targeted for treatment in psychotherapy
(B) Understanding the status of the client
(C) Understanding the problems
(D) To make money
(E) Choice of techniques for treatment

Identify the neuro-developmental disorders:
(A) Autism Spectrum Disorder
(B) Intellectual Disability
(C) Specific Learning Disorder
(D) Hallucinations
(E) Conduct Disorder

Match List-I with List-II:

List-I	List-II
(A) Logotherapy	(I) Freiderick Perls and Laura Perls
(B) Client Centred Therapy	(II) Victor Frankl
(C) Gestalt Therapy	(III) Albert Ellis
(D) Rational Emotive Therapy	(IV) Carl Rogers

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Arrange steps in the correct sequence followed in systematic desensitization technique:
(A) The therapist relaxes the clients and asks him to think about the least anxiety-provoking situation.
(B) The client is interviewed to elicit fear-provoking situations.
(C) The therapist prepares a hierarchy of anxiety-provoking stimuli with the least anxiety-provoking at the bottom.
(D) The client is asked to stop thinking of the fearful situation if the slightest tension is felt.
(E) Over the sessions, the client is able to imagine more severe fear-provoking situations while maintaining relaxation.

An adolescent started therapy a week back. Based on formulating the adolescent's problem, the therapist feels that the boy will be capable of arriving at solutions through a process of personal growth. The therapist's approach to therapy is in an accepting environment. Identify the type of therapy being provided:

When an alcoholic is given a mild electric shock and asked to smell the alcohol repeatedly to form an association between the two, this form of treatment is known as:

The process of emotional unburdening by the client, which has healing properties is called ........

Identify the therapy where the client is taught to recognize the bodily process and the emotions that are being blocked out from awareness. It focuses on increasing the client's self-awareness and self-acceptance and is known as:

According to the psychodynamic therapy, the cause of psychological disorders can be:

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