Clients Often Stay in Touch with Their Psychotherapists Only If

question 85

Multiple Choice

Clients often stay in touch with their psychotherapists only if satisfied with the treatment they received.This helps us understand why therapists

• A) avoid developing a therapeutic alliance.
• B) prefer client-centered therapy over other forms of treatment.
• C) avoid diagnosing clients' disorders during the course of therapy.
• D) often overestimate the effectiveness of psychotherapy.

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Definitions:

Processing Speed

The rate at which an individual can perceive, understand, and respond to information or stimuli.

Rehearsal

A strategy for remembering that usually involves continuing to actively process to-be-remembered material, like repeating it to oneself.

Working Memory

The part of the cognitive machinery that holds information one is actively thinking about at the moment; also referred to as short-term memory.

Retrieval

What we usually mean by remembering, that is, getting information out of mental storage so we can use it.