September 13, 2011Okay, so I am in my second year of community college. I know what university I want to transfer to so I have been very mindful of the classes I have taken thus far. I am going to receive my AA degree next summer. I want to be a clinical psychologist. Unfortunately this college does [...]
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July 2, 2011The OCD and trauma-induced conditions really interest me and I like the hands on approach to the therapy, working with the patients and facing them with their fears.
I’m considering pursueing it as a career. Can’t seem to find the schooling requirements, though.
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June 24, 2011Biomedical and psychotherapy are two basic approaches to treating psychological disorders. A number of approaches fall under the category of psychotherapy, but they all include the following four essential characteristics:
1.Systematic interaction between a client and a therapist
2.Based on psychological theory and research
3.Influences a client’s thoughts, feelings, and behavior
4.Used in treating disorders, adjustment problems, and [...]
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May 22, 2011No, I did not type these out. Any help would be great. I meant with the questions themselves, not with life lessons. Thanks.
1. In cognitive therapy, a therapist pays attention to a patient’s perception, ___________, reason, attention, and judgment. (1 point)
2. Similar to psychotherapy, cognitive therapy uses a kind of [...]
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May 9, 2011Hi,
I need to see a therapist and I don’t know if it matters whether I choose a clinical psychologist or a clinical social worker with psychotherapy training.
I was diagnosed with ADHD and was recommended to be treated with cognitive behavioral therapy.
Thanks.
Nelly: No, I am not in school, though I was diagnosed while I was still [...]
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April 25, 2011Hey, I posted this in a different category… I didn’t know how to change the category so I’m posting again… sorry.
I really want to go into a PhD program for either clinical or cognitive psychology (I am now having doubts about clinical because I don’t know if I care about clinical training as much as [...]
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April 17, 2011healthier ones, the therapist would be using:
A. cognitive-existential therapy
B. client-centered therapy
C. Rational-emotive therapy
D. Interpersonal-physiotherapy
When a person focuses on a bad outcome, even when it is extremely unlikely, that person is demonstrating:
A. intolerance of uncertainty
B. conditions of worth
C. conditions positive regard
D. meta worry
The TV character Monk, who has to touch every light pole in the same [...]
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April 4, 2011in relation to cognitive behavioural therapy and psychotherapy. please help!!!! and thank you in advance
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March 28, 2011Which of the above types of psychotherapy are most effective for if you were to seek treatment for a psychological disorder? Why?
i understands everyones opinion but im saying if you were to choose one which would be the best of a psycological disorder?
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January 31, 2011Using a 2×2 design, a researcher compared two types of psychotherapy for Generalized Anxiety Disorder: Interpersonal Therapy (IPT) &Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT). Additionally half the participants in each form of psychotherapy got a daily dose of Klonopin (an anti-anxiety medication) or placebo. There were 6 participants in each of the four groups. Results were measured [...]
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January 11, 2011A. Schizophrenia is associated with excess or oversensitive dopamine receptors
B. There appears to be a strong genetic predisposition towards schizophrenia.
C. The ventricles of the brain are enlarged in many individuals with schizophrenia
D. Schizophrenics produce excessive amounts of neurotransmitter serotonin
E. Prenatal viruses may play a role in the development of schizophrenia
2.According to outcome research, an effective [...]
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November 30, 2010I am having a lot of trouble in school and in my personal life because of social anxiety disorder and generalized anxiety. I feel extremely uncomfortable in social situations. It is very difficult to make friends and to have a normal conversation with a stranger. This is something i would love to do. I seem [...]
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October 11, 2010So I was going to this Mental Health place (Jewish Board of Family and Health Services) for help. That is where my mom goes to. Her Therapist is the Manager there. Anyway I wrote my total probles on a paper because I have some Cognitive Dysfunction so I would forget and I also have Anxiety. [...]
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August 8, 2010What is the meaning of; and difference between these terms:
Psychology.
Psychotherapy.
Psychoanalysis.
Psychiatry.
Also, please explain these fields of psychology:
Applied psychology,
Clinical psychology,
Educational psychology,
Health psychology,
Industrial/Organizational psychology,
Reasearch psychology,
Abnormal psychology,
Psychopathology,
Biological psychology [?!?],
Neuroscience [is it a branch of psychology?],
Cognitive psychology,
Personality psychology,
Developmental psychology,
Social psychology.
Deep psychology.
Please guys, don’t give me dictionary meanings. I can do that myself. Explain each of these terms as if you [...]
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July 5, 2010I’m about to start a BSc in Computing Science and Psychology, but have decided to focus more of my effort on Psychology (it’s what I see myself realistically doing in the future).
For the past few years I’ve sort of been dabbling. Wasn’t sure on what I wanted to do and thus didn’t do any extra [...]
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