Clinical Exam 1 Review Fun
Across
- 3. Gradually replacing fear with relaxation, one step at a time (2 words).
- 6. When your outer self finally matches your inner truth.
- 7. The mental renovation project of replacing bad thoughts with better ones (2 words).
- 9. When your therapist starts to feel suspiciously like your dad or ex.
- 11. That mysterious force making you “forget” therapy homework every week.
- 15. The therapist’s superpower for feeling with, not just for, a client.
- 17. Yalom’s favorite topic: the dread that life might not add up to anything inherently.
- 19. The internal clash when who you are doesn’t line up with who you think you should be.
- 21. The “I need no one” stance that hides fear behind independence (2 words).
- 23. Freud’s favorite word game—say whatever pops into your mind, no censor allowed (two words crammed together).
- 24. The post-WWII plan that married research and practice in psychology training (2 words).
- 26. The psychological reason Pavlov’s dog drooled and Skinner’s rats behaved.
- 30. Mental funhouse mirrors that twist how we interpret reality (2 words).
- 31. That warm sense of “someone else is like me”—Kohut’s third selfobject need.
Down
- 1. The lifelong jitters born from feeling unloved or unsafe as a kid (ala Horney, 2 words).
- 2. Removing an unpleasant thing—no, it’s not punishment (2 words)
- 4. The inner dictator barking “you should be perfect!”—a Horney hallmark (4 words)
- 5. The part of OCD treatment where you’re not allowed to do your ritual (2 words).
- 7. Making a paper cut feel like a mortal wound—cognitively speaking.
- 8. Turning one failure into a lifelong prophecy of doom applied to all scenarios.
- 10. The CBT cure for inertia: do something, and mood will follow (2 words).
- 12. A life-script or template that keeps casting you in the same old role.
- 13. The “I see you, you exist” reflection every developing self craves.
- 14. The trick of watching your thoughts float by like leaves on a stream.
- 16. Those sneaky inner one-liners like “I’m a failure” that Beck loved to catch (2 words).
- 18. When your psyche turns anxiety into a sudden limp or paralysis.
- 20. The radical Rogers idea: liking people even when they’re a mess (3 words).
- 22. The “face your fears” approach preferred by behaviorists treating anxiety disorders (2 words).
- 25. When you assume everything is secretly about you.
- 27. The people-pleasing dance of “if I’m nice enough, they won’t leave me” (2 words)
- 28. The mental art of noticing your thoughts without buying their drama.
- 29. The inner toddler demanding instant gratification.