Counseling

Psyc 401 - Theories of Counseling and Psychotherapy

therapist’s interpersonal skills

the biggest influence on the success of therapy

client factors

which is more influential on the success of a patient- therapist or client factors?

integrative/eclectic

this technique uses concepts from multiple theories

Western, Educated, Industrialized, Rich, Democratic

WEIRD stands for

don’t

psychotherapists do/don’t automatically get better with practice

specific, measured, learned, practiced

more effective therapists of all approaches have interpersonal characteristics that can be…

compassion and partnership

broad therapeutic attitudes underlying therapeutic skills in effective therapy

expertise and active engagement

in order to help change behaviors or lifestyles, psychotherapists need the patient’s …

random assignment

______ ensures that differences between groups don’t exist before treatments

inferiority complex

a feeling of inadequacy/insecurity, deriving from actual/imagined physical and/or psychological deficiency