The goal of psychotherapy is to
a. undo a person's past so that these events will cease to cause emotional harm to the person.
b. bring about positive changes in personality, behavior, or personal adjustment.
c. treat mental disorders using psychiatric drugs and other physical approaches.
d. help a person to develop ego defenses that can be used to resolve emotional conflicts.
B
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a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false
According to Hartley, as ideas or stimuli came to elicit behaviors not originally associated with them, ____ behavior was converted into ____ behavior.
a. voluntary; involuntary b. involuntary; voluntary c. basic; refined d. refined; basic
Which of the following would be considered types of "distance therapy"?
a. REBT and EMDR. b. telephone and Internet therapy c. brief psychodynamic therapy and logotherapy d. all of these
The position of most major mental health organizations regarding "reparative" therapy for homosexuality is that it should
A. be initiated whenever consent is given by the individual. B. be undertaken for gay men but not lesbian women. C. not be done. D. always be attempted.