Deck 13: Transcultural Psychotherapy

Question 1

What is the purpose of the fourth stage of Morita therapy?

A) To prepare to go back to everyday living
B) To learn to become aware of ourselves and our surroundings
C) To allow the client to recover from the exhaustion of their inner psychic conflicts
D) To learn deep meditation techniques

Answer 1

A

Question 2

Mishirabe is a Buddhist practice that includes

A) Long term exposure to physical pain through burning and meditation
B) Taking a year-long vow of poverty which includes deep meditation
C) Entering a cave and meditating without food or water for a period of days
D) Service to Buddhist monks

Answer 2

C

Question 3

Which is NOT true about a Naikan therapist in a Naikan center?

A) They provide for the physical needs of the client while they are at the therapy center including meals and a room
B) They provide a quiet setting for therapy
C) They have one 60 to 90 minute therapy session each day
D) They are available to clients day or night.

Answer 3

C

Question 4

Morita therapy was originally conducted where?

A) At a Morita center
B) In the client's home
C) In the therapist's home
D) In nature

Question 5

In general, what is the focus of Asian therapy methods?

A) Understanding one's relationships with others
B) Going through the process of understanding self and other
C) Unconscious forces that influence out lives
D) That life is in everything therefore we must search for it

Question 6

Asian therapy methods focus on the importance of freedom from fears.

Question 7

Mona 's first step in therapy is to stay six nights at a center and reflect on herself intensely. She is most likely in which type of therapy?

A) Mindfulness
B) Naikan
C) Morita
D) Dialectical Behavior therapy

Question 8

Naikain and Morita are Chinese forms of therapy.

Question 9

To which therapeutic approach are Asian therapies most similar?

A) Existential
B) Gestalt
C) Solution-focused
D) Narrative

Question 10

Buddhism was founded in India.

Question 11

Which idea is likely the most prominent in Japanese psychotherapy?

A) Seeking peace and acceptance
B) Finding life in all things
C) Loving everyone and everything
D) Life is about where you place your attention

Question 12

Which of the following would you expect from Naikan therapy?

A) The client bowing to the therapist at the beginning of the session.
B) The therapist teaching the belief that we can undo the failures of the past
C) Helping the client to realize all of the little things that people in their lives have done for them
D) The therapist functions as the authority in the therapy process

Question 13

Which of these is NOT a therapist skill that Shapiro and Carlson state would be improved by the practice of mindfulness?

A) Therapist empathy toward client
B) Therapist use of clinical techniques
C) Therapist attitudes during therapy
D) Therapist emotion regulation

Question 14

Who was Siddartha Gautama?

A) The founder of Buddhism
B) The primary developer of mindfulness based therapy
C) The founder of Naikan therapy
D) A follower of Confucius

Question 15

Meditation is an important aspect of Japanese psychotherapies.

Question 16

Asian therapies are composed solely of meditation.

Question 17

A therapist asks his client "What person and what period have you examined?" The therapist is most like a ________ therapist.

A) Naikan
B) Solution-focused
C) Existentialist
D) Morita

Question 18

For which population has Naikan therapy NOT been used?

A) Prisoners
B) Preschool -aged children
C) Married couples
D) Workplace conflict resolution

Question 19

Morita therapy was originally developed for people with what disorder?

A) Generalized anxiety disorder
B) Depression
C) Phobias
D) Enuresis

Question 20

What was Morita's view on feelings?

A) That they should be the primary focus of therapy
B) That we can be trained to control our feelings
C) That meditation silences our feelings
D) That there is no need to try to change a client's feelings

Question 21

Discuss the role of the Naikan client.
a.m. to 9:00 p.m. Clients examine carefully how they have lived and who they are. Practicing Naikan means pausing for a day or a week to make a stop in the flow of time and to see life from another side. This procedure helps clients let go of their worries. As clients get rid of their worries, they become happier, and so do the people around them.

Question 22

According to Graham (2005), African-centered worldviews are founded on three principals or underlying assumptions:

Question 23

Name the Four Noble Truths.

Question 24

What is mindfulness based stress reduction? When is it used?

Question 25

Shapiro and Carlson suggest that one way to include mindfulness into the therapy process is for the therapist to personally practice mindfulness

Question 26

Name four of the principles of the Eightfold Path.

Question 27

Ma'at is a male god who has made declarations concerning a moral code for the living.

Question 28

The Morita therapeutic process consists of four stages. What are these?

Question 29

How are Naikan therapy and existentialism alike?

Question 30

What is guided mindfulness?

Question 31

The Buddhist practice of mishirabe strongly influenced the development of Naikan therapies.

Question 32

What are the benefits and limitations of Naikan therapy?

Question 33

Discuss Naikan therapy techniques.

Question 34

Therapists working with Arab clients should always use a direct, non-metaphorical approach.

Question 35

According to Buddhism, how does one cease suffering?

Question 36

What are the two components of mindfulness.

Question 37

Naikan approaches are practiced by 15% of therapists in the United States.

Question 38

What are the two main goals of Naikan psychotherapy?

Question 39

Why are Asian psychotherapies considered to be "quiet therapies?"

Question 40

Morita proposed three ideas about emotions. What are these?

Question 41

Discuss Ma'at?