Behavioral Marital Therapy

Question: Abnormal Psychology Homework Help? I've spent a week looking for the answers to the following questions in my book and I can't find them. Can anyone Help please? To summarize what is known about psychotherapy effectiveness we can say that the chances of an average client benefiting significantly are impressive. for disorders that have a brief duration, treatment provides no obvious benefit. degree of improvement and number of therapy sessions are unrelated. In which of the following circumstances would a psychosocial assessment clearly need to be used?  After a change in her hormone treatment regimen, Hillary began to show severe mood swings Ever since the divorce, James has been sleeping less and less. Since the car accident, Jill has had nightmares When asked what their orientation is, what do most of today's psychotherapists say? behavioral cognitive-behavioral eclectic For which client is behavior therapy most likely to be effective? Wilson, whose complaint is premature ejaculation. Angela, who has a variety of personality disorders. Colin, who is struggling with vague concerns about his career and marital prospects. Tamara, who is trying to understand the origins of her personality.

Answer: The first one is the woman going through the divorce...The first option with the hormones is in need of medical assessment and the last option is a more serious psychological issue (PTSD) and would need psychological assessment ... The second question is cognitive-behavioral The last is Wilson...Not 100% sure on that, but its much more likely than the other options...Angela is going to need a more cognitive approach, Tamara is in need of psychoanalysis, and colin just needs counseling Whoops forgot the first question... Its the first option

Question: Psyc Help please!!!!? 5. A therapist suggests that Margaret is depressed because she attributes her failures to her own incompetence instead of blaming her parents and teachers for the unreasonable demands they place on her. The therapist’s interpretation most clearly reflects a ___________ perspective. A) biological B) psychoanalytic C) humanistic D) social-cognitive E) trait 6. which drug sometimes helps patients exhibiting negative symptoms of schizophrenia such as apathy and withdrawal? A) Clozaril B) Prozac C) Xanax D) lithium 7. Although Albert Ellis and Allen Bergin disagree about the value of self-sacrifice and marital fidelity, as professional therapists they both appear to agree that: A) psychotherapists should not reveal their personal values to clients. B) personal values do not affect professional assessments of therapeutic outcomes. C) psychological research should not be used to inform therapists' values. D) psychotherapists' personal values actually influence the process of therapy. 8. Therapists Perceptions of the Effectiveness of Psychotherapy Are Likely to Be Misleading Because A) therapists typically minimize the seriousness of their clients' symptoms when therapy begins. B) clients typically emphasize their problems at the start of therapy and their well-being at the end of therapy. C) clients tend to focus on their observable behavioral problems rather than on their mental and emotional abilities. D) Therapists typically overestimate their clients' potential levels of adjustment. 9. Sasha believes that the questions on college tests are so unrelated to course work that studying is useless. Sasha’s belief most clearly illustrates: A) reciprocal determinism B) reaction formation C) an external locus of control D) the Barnum effect E) displacement 10. Thirty-nine studies compared treatment offered by professional therapists with treatment offered by paraprofessionals. A statistical analysis of these studies indicated that paraprofessionals were typically: A) less effective than professionals even when the problems they treated were mild. B) equally effective as professionals only when the problems they treated were mild. C) more effective than professionals only when the problems they treated were mild. D) equally effective as professionals even when dealing with disturbed adults Please don't comment if you dont intend to help. It's rude. Thank you.

Answer: do your own home work you don't need a psychic to help you

Question: Marital Despair! I cannot communicate with my wife.? I will try and keep this short, so thank you for reading... I am at my wits end and just feel like I cannot continue with my marriage to my wife. What is so sad is that we are so compatible if it weren't for our serious issues. I am currently living a long-distance marriage (I am in London, my wife is in America NJ) The reason it is long distance is because once we had finally married each other (after 2 years of a long distance relationship) I had moved into her parents house with her and her daughter. We had never lived with each other before that and due to my anger issues and volatile behaviour (which I have since massively improved on after seeking professional therapy) and my wife's volatile and at times verbally abusive and anger provoking behavioural problems (borderline personality disorder/PMDD), I had to leave after only two months of being married. We would have torn each other apart. Her problems with me were causing her to become verbally abusive and my anger problems were becoming combustive in retaliation (NEVER physically violent, but most certainly vocally, extremely aggressive). It reached a boiling point and we both mutually agreed that I would need to leave and go back to London to re-evaluate our marriage. A year later I can say that we are still married (although at times, only just) We are extremely committed and loyal and faithful to each other, but I just feel that I cannot go back to live with her. I feel like we are not compatible enough to live with each other, but I really don't want my marriage to end. I just cannot communicate with her. She is extremely stubborn and has a very arrogant pride which denies her completely the ability to apologise when she has been wrong about something. She completely misunderstands and misinterprets situations and there is just NO communicating with her the actual facts. There is no compromise or listening to each other and mutually understanding and I just feel that without this ability our marriage is completely doomed. She gets angry with me when I try to voice my concerns of sacrificing my job and everything I am familiar with in London, for a life which could end up as volatile as the first time I was living there with her. I obviously want to move back to live with her forever, but I just feel that I will never be able to communicate with her and her dismissive and self-deluding mentality. I know for a fact that it will cause problems and that I will just end up being sent back to London homeless and jobless as I was the first time I had to come back. Her opinion of my worries and concerns is this: "you're just a scared little boy. I need a REAL man". Considering the personal demons and very dark places of my soul that I have had to confront in therapy for her, I feel that this is extremely abusive and disrespectful. Please help me understand this dilema. Your personal thoughts and opinions would be extremely welcome and I thank you for taking the time to read my of my story. Kind regards Alan G • My personal thanks for your generous time and such an intelligent answer. I will most certainly be voting this as the best answer. "It is better to be happy than to be right", possibly one of the best pieces of advice I have ever received! Thank you for your wisdom. Lou G • My heartfelt thanks for your supportive answer. Very very constructive of you to offer a link to online help. I very much appreciate it. It was a very tough decision between you and Alan G. Everyone else who left a constructive answer • Thank you kindly for your time and interesting opinions.

Answer: It is time to focus on things you can change. Like, you can change YOU, but you can not change HER. Understand? You can not change what she says to you, you can only change how you respond. Know that it is better to be happy than to be right. I agree that you need a pro involved, but in the mean time, take some positive steps like: Make a list of all the things you like about her. Read this list daily and add to it. Think about the things that make you want to spend the rest of your life with her over all others. Make some calls to her, just to let her know you are thinking about her and how much you care. Write a letter - the effort makes a difference. I don't think she should have called you "a scared little boy" but this is a sign of 1) she feels insecure either in your ability to stay with her or you ability to support her. and 2) you ARE scared. But it is quite reasonable to be concerned about walking away from your only known means of support and moving across the ocean. Is she worth the risk? Then take the risk!