Psychotherapies are classified on several parameters. The first four, in the order in which they are taken up, are:
1. What is the cause, which has led to the problem?
2. How did the cause come into existence?
3. ________
4. What is the nature of the therapeutic relationship between the client and the therapist?
Which of the following fills the blank?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → What is the chief method of treatment?
Option (1) What is the chief benefit to the client? — Incorrect. The chief benefit to the client is a real parameter, but it is the fifth one. It comes after the therapeutic relationship.
Option (2) What is the chief method of treatment? — Correct. The third parameter asks about the <strong>chief method of treatment</strong>. Examples are free association and dreams in psychodynamic therapy, and challenging faulty patterns in behaviour therapy.
Option (3) What is the duration of treatment? — Incorrect. The duration of treatment is also a real parameter, but it is the sixth and last one.
Option (4) How is the client's problem formulated? — Incorrect. Formulating the client's problem is how the <strong>process of psychotherapy begins</strong>. It is a step in therapy.
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