Chapter 15

For decades, counselors resiste integration, often to the point of denying the validity of alternative theories and of ignoring effective methods from other theoretical schools.

As the field of psychotherapy has matured, the concept of integration has emerged as a mainstay.

Syncretism occurs when a practitioner, lacking in knowledge and skill in selecting interventions, looks for anything that seems to work.

One of the best known forms of technical integration is multidimensional therapy created by Arnold Lazarus

Psychotherapy integration stresses tailoring of interventions to the individual client, rather than to an overarching theor

Although clients’ spiritual and religious beliefs may be important to them, it is ethically inappropriate for clinicians to address these beliefs in the context of therapy

Most forms of short-term psychotherapy are active in nature, collaborative in relationship, and integrative in orientation.

Therapeutic goals should always be specific, concrete, and short term.

Evaluating how well psychotherapy works is relatively simple.

Significant empirical research on effectiveness has been produced for all of the major models covered in this book

___________________ is best characterized by attempts to look beyond and across the confines of single-school approaches to see what can be learned from other perspectives

Which of the following is not one of the four most common pathways toward the integration of psychotherapies?

Which path calls for using techniques from different schools without necessarily subscribing to the theoretical positions that spawned them

All of the following therapies synthesize the best aspects of two or more theoretical approaches except

The _________________________ approach is grounded in a particular school of psychotherapy, along with an openness to selectively incorporate practices from other therapeutic approaches.

Support, warmth, feedback, empathic listening, and developing a working alliance are considered __________________ that have empirically shown to be curative

______________________ will increasingly become the organizing force for integration.

One aspect of integration that is particularly well-suited to taking cultural factors into account is

Sydney, a grief counselor, mentioned to his colleagues in a peer supervision group that he is open to discussing his clients’ spiritual and religious beliefs with them. What should he say to his colleagues who are skeptical about this practice?

Cognitive behavior therapists frequently design __________ to assist clients in practicing new behavior outside therapy sessions.

What would both cognitive behavior therapists and reality therapists be inclined to say to their clients?

Which of the following approaches does not emphasize the personal relationship as the crucial determinant of treatment outcomes?

Eliza considers herself an Adlerian therapist, Julie regards herself as a feminist therapist, and Kyle specializes in cognitive behavioral therapy. All three therapists, regardless of their theoretical orientation, must do all the following except

Most outcome studies in counseling have been conducted by researchers affiliated with

Research evidence from meta-analyses has demonstrated that psychotherapy is