Study Guide with practice exams for Psychotherapy: Theory, Research and Practice at Leiden University

Chapter 1

Open questions (no answers available)

1. Raymond Corsini describes how a prisoner’s life changed when he was told that he had a high IQ. Why does Dr. Corsini consider this psychotherapy?

2. Although Sigmund Freud is generally called the “father of psychotherapy,” describe the contributions of his key predecessors and contemporaries.

3. Imagine that you are a beginning psychotherapist. Describe how you would utilize advances in neurosciences to inform your treatment approach.

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MC-questions

Question 1

The psychotherapeutic term “dynamic” was first used by:

1. Sigmund Freud

2. Hippocrates

3. Franz Anton Mesmer

4. Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz

Question 2

Herman von Helmholtz described the unconscious reconstruction of what our past