Nature and Process of Psychotherapy
Nature and Process of Psychotherapy: Overview
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Important Questions on Nature and Process of Psychotherapy
Which of the following is a key concept in Carl Rogers' Person-Centered Therapy?

In what year did Sigmund Freud publish 'The Interpretation of Dreams'?

What is the main goal of cognitive therapy?

Which of the following therapeutic approaches focuses on changing maladaptive behavior through conditioning?

Who is considered the father of psychoanalysis?

What kind of problems is cognitive behaviour therapy best suited for?

How would a social learning theorist account for a phobic fear of lizards/cockroaches? How would a psychoanalyst account for the same phobia?

What are the techniques used in the rehabilitation of the mentally ill?

What are the factors that contribute to healing in psychotherapy? Enumerate some of the alternative therapies.

Which therapy encourages the client to seek personal growth and actualise their potential? Write about the therapies which are based on this principle.

Explain with the help of an example how cognitive distortions take place.

Discuss the various techniques used in behaviour therapy.

What are the different types of psychotherapy? On what basis are they classified?

Describe the nature and scope of psychotherapy. Highlight the importance of therapeutic relationships in psychotherapy.

Which of the following is not an ethical standard in Psychotherapy ?

Match List I with List II
LIST I Modality of Treatment |
LIST II Explanation |
A. Positive Transfer | I. When client opposes the progress of the therapy from the recall of painful memories |
B. Negative Transfer | II. The repeated process of using confrontation, clarification and interpretation |
C. Resistance | III. When the client idolises or falls in love with the therapist |
D. Working through | IV. When the client has feelings of hostility anger and resentment towards the therapist |
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Meeku was pulled up by his teachers for missing classes to play cricket during school hours. To modify his behaviour, Meeku's class-teacher applauded him every time his home work was submitted or when he answered in class. Gradually Meeku started enjoying his teacher's class and stopped missing it. Which behavioural technique did the class teacher use?
