Adler’s technique called “the question” is virtually the same things as _______________.

Client: I dont know why I am so scared to commit. I have been with my girlfriend for years. I know she loves me. I really see a future with her. I am just too terrified to move forward. What is wrong with me?” Therapist: You have repressed feelings of abandonment stemming from the way your mom treated you as a child. This is called a reaction formation. You are essentially pushing her away so that she cannot abandon you like your mother did.” What type of therapist is this?

Which school of thought is similar to positive psychology in that they state “if something is working do more of it.”

Feminist therapists would have a hard time accepting the idea that a woman, any woman, was not oppressed in some way.

Which therapist tries help the client find their own solutions to things by “playing dumb” or acting as if they do not know the answers to questions by making statements like “Is it possible that…”

Gestalt therapists avoid asking “why.”

From gestalt: _______ is when you connect with others or nature. Change cannot happen with out it and sometimes we have certain issues that prevent us from achieving it. 

Client: “I’m just so depressed. I know no one will ever love me again.” Therapist: That’s just an irrational thought. Surely, you cannot know that because you dont have a crystal ball that reads into the future. Regardless though, I am glad you are here. According to research, depression can be easily treated in about 12 sessions using these specific techniques….   This is what type of therapist?

A behaviorist would teach a client how to meditate/be mindful because they know someone cannot be anxious and mindful at the same time.

According to the partial-reinforcement extinction effect (PREE), responses reinforced ______________ will tend to extinguish relatively quickly.