Introduction to Psychotherapy Practice Flashcards

Practice flashcards covering the introductory concepts, major school orientations (Psychodynamic, CBT, Humanistic), ethical guidelines, and research methodologies in psychotherapy as presented in the lecture transcript.

What is the percentage weight of the final exam in the course assessment?

The final exam accounts for $60$% of the final grade.

According to Wampold (2019), what is the interaction between patient and psychotherapist usually referred to?

Working alliance

What percentage of people entering psychotherapy show some benefit from it?

About $75$%

How does the American Psychological Association (APA) define evidence-based practice?

The integration of the best available research with clinical expertise in the context of patient characteristics, culture, and preferences.

What specific Romanian law regulates the practice of psychotherapy?

Law $213/2004$

What are the minimum postgraduate training requirements for psychotherapy in Romania?

A minimum $500$-hour specific training program, a minimum of $250$ hours of personal therapeutic work, and a minimum of $1$ year ($150$ hours) of supervised practice based on $300$ clinical hours.

In the humanistic-experiential approach, what are the four elements of ongoing experience?

$1.$ Perception and sensations, $2.$ Cognition (memory, thoughts, appraisal), $3.$ Emotion, and $4.$ Behaviour.

Who proposed the distinction between 'I and You' (mutual interaction) and 'I and It' (treating the other as an object) dialogues?

Martin Buber

What are the three core relational conditions proposed by Carl Rogers?

Empathy, acceptance, and congruence.

What are the four 'givens of existence' described by Irvin Yalom?

Death, freedom, isolation, and the lack of meaning.

List the four types of boundary disturbances identified in Gestalt therapy.

Introjection, projection, retroflection, and deflection.

What are the six stages of the Gestalt experiential cycle?

$1.$ Sensation, $2.$ awareness, $3.$ mobilization of energy, $4.$ action, $5.$ contact, and $6.$ withdrawal/satisfaction.

What therapeutic technique did Eugene Gendlin develop for assisting clients in identifying and clarifying emotions?

Focusing

In Emotion-Focused Therapy (EFT), what are the four types of emotions described?

Primary adaptive emotions, primary maladaptive emotions, secondary emotions, and instrumental emotions.

What three main ideas are common to all psychodynamic theories?

$1.$ The role of the unconscious, $2.$ the phenomenon of transference, and $3.$ the importance of past experiences for personality and psychopathology.

What is the difference between intellectual and emotional insight in psychoanalysis?

Intellectual insight is a logical understanding of events, while emotional insight involves accessing and metabolizing the emotion associated with traumatic events.

Which researcher is responsible for the theory of attachment and the identification of secure, avoidant, ambivalent, and disorganized styles?

John Bowlby

What are the three levels of cognition in the CBT model?

$1.$ Automatic Thoughts (most accessible), $2.$ Underlying Assumptions (rules for living), and $3.$ Core Beliefs (deepest, absolute statements).

In Albert Ellis's REBT, what does the ABC model stand for?

Activating events ($A$), Beliefs ($B$), and Consequences ($C$).

What is the 'BASIC I.D.' acronym in Arnold Lazarus's Multimodal therapy?

Behavior, Affect, Sensation, Imagery, Cognition, Interpersonal, and Drugs/Biology.

According to APA guidelines, how long should a psychologist wait after therapy termination before engaging in sexual intimacies with a former client?

At least $2$ years.

What are the four major pathways of psychotherapy integration?

Technical eclecticism, theoretical integration, assimilative integration, and common factors.

Who introduced the 'Dodo bird effect' in $1936$, claiming all empirically validated therapies produce equivalent outcomes?

Rosenzweig

According to Wampold (2001), what percentage of therapy outcomes is attributed to the therapeutic alliance versus specific model effects?

Alliance effects account for $36$%--$50$%, while specific model/technique effects account for approximately $7$%.

What is the distinction between 'Efficacy Research' and 'Effectiveness Research'?

Efficacy research determines if an intervention works under ideal circumstances, while effectiveness research measures effects under 'real world' clinical settings.