Social Work Test Prep

Name this therapy:

THIS THERAPY is a form of cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT). The primary focus of this treatment approach is to suggest changes in thinking that will lead to changes in behavior, thereby alleviating or improving symptoms. The therapy emphasizes changing irrational thinking patterns that cause emotional distress into thoughts that are more reasonable and rational. THIS THERAPY [...]

Name this therapy/CBT treatment:

THIS THERAPY identifies the cognitions, emotions and physiological arousal that accompany a fear-inducing stimulus, and attempts to break the pattern of escape that strengthens the fear response through measured exposure to progressively stronger stimuli until habituation is reached. The technique involves the creation of a program of steadily escalating steps or challenges, which [...]

Name it:

THIS THERAPY is a medical procedure in which a small, carefully controlled amount of electric current is passed through the brain to treat symptoms associated with certain mental disorders. The electric current produces a convulsion for the relief of symptoms associated with such mental illnesses as major depressive disorder, bipolar disorder, acute psychosis, and catatonia [...]

Name that therapy:

The goal of  THIS THERAPY is to raise clients’ awareness regarding how they function in their environment (with family, at work, school, friends). The focus of therapy is more on what is happening (the moment-to-moment process) than what is being discussed (the content). Awareness is being alert to what are the most important events [...]

Name that therapy:

THIS THERAPY combines standard cognitive-behavioral techniques for emotion regulation and reality-testing with concepts of mindful awareness, distress tolerance, and acceptance largely derived from Buddhist meditative practice. THIS THERAPY is the first therapy that has been experimentally demonstrated to be effective for treating BPD.  Research indicates that THIS THERAPY is also effective in treating patients [...]

Quick quiz:  This shouldn’t strain your brain too, too much:

[THIS THERAPY] is a psychosocial (both psychological and social) therapy that assumes that faulty thought patterns cause maladaptive behavior and emotional responses. The treatment focuses on changing thoughts in order to solve psychological and personality problems.

Answer in comments or at the Encyclopedia of Mental Disorders (where there’s [...]