Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Psychology

Chapter

Therapeutic Approaches

Question:
Which of the following is correctly matched?
Options:
Psychodynamic therapy: The therapist who interprets the thoughts and feelings of the client to her/him so that s/he gains an understanding of the same.
The behaviour therapy: the therapist is capable of finding out the correct behaviour and thought patterns, which would be adaptive for the client.
Existential therapy: The client feels secure to explore the nature and causes of her/his problems by herself/himself.
All of the above
Correct Answer:
All of the above
Explanation:
Psychodynamic therapy assumes that the therapist understands the client’s intrapsychic conflicts better than the client and hence it is the therapist who interprets the thoughts and feelings of the client to her/him so that s/he gains an understanding of the same. The behaviour therapy assumes that the therapist is able to discern the faulty behaviour and thought patterns of the client. It further assumes that the therapist is capable of finding out the correct behaviour and thought patterns, which would be adaptive for the client. Both the psychodynamic and the behaviour therapies assume that the therapist is capable of arriving at solutions to the client’s problems. In contrast to these therapies, the existential therapies emphasise that the therapist merely provides a warm, empathic relationship in which the client feels secure to explore the nature and causes of her/his problems by herself/himself.