13 Methods Of Therapy Flashcards
A systematic interaction between a therapist and a client that brings psychological principles to bear on influencing the clients thoughts, feelings, or behavior to help the client, overcome, psychological disorders, adjust to problems in living, or develop as an individual
Psychotherapy
A historic institution for the care of the mentally ill
Asylum
A type of psychotherapy that is based on Freud’s thinking, and assume that psychological problems reflect early childhood experiences and internal conflicts
Psychodynamic theory
Freud’s method of psychotherapy
Psychoanalysis
In psychoanalysis, the expression of repressed feelings and impulses to allow the release of psychic energy associated with them
Catharsis
In psychoanalysis, the uncensored uttering of all thoughts that come to mind
Free Association
The tendency to block the free expression of impulses and primitive ideas - a reflection of the defense mechanism of repression
Resistance
Responding to one person (such as a psychoanalyst) in a way similar to how one responded to another person (such as a parent in childhood)
Transference
In dreams, the acting-out of ideas and impulses that are repressed when one is conscious
Wish fulfillment
In psychodynamically orientated therapist who focuses on the consciousness, coping behavior of the ego instead of the hypnotized, unconscious functioning of the id
Ego analyst
A form of psychotherapy that focuses on the client subjective, consciousness experience of the “here and now”
Humanistic therapy
Rogers’s method of psychotherapy that emphasizes the creation of a warm, therapeutic atmosphere that frees clients to engage in self exploration and self-expression
Client-centered therapy
Perls’s form of psychotherapy that attempts to integrate conflicting parts of the personality through directive methods designed to help clients perceive their whole selves
Gestalt therapy
Systematic application of the principles of learning to the direct modification of a client’s problem behaviors
Behavior therapy
Wolpe’s method for reducing fears by associating a hierarchy of images of fear-evoking stimuli with deep muscle relaxation
Systematic desensitization
A behavior-therapy technique in which a client observes and imitates a person who approaches and copes with feared objects or situations
Modeling
A behavior-therapy technique in which undesired responses are inhibited by pairing, repugnant or offensive stimuli with them
Adversive conditioning
A controlled environment in which people are reinforced for desired behaviors with tokens (such as poker chips) that may be exchanged for privileges
Token economy
In operant conditioning, a series of behaviors that gradually become more similar to a target behavior
Successive approximations
A behavior-therapy method for helping people in their interpersonal relations that utilize self-monitoring, behavior, rehearsal, and feedback
Social skills training
The systematic feeding-back to an organism of the information about bodily function, so that organisms can gain control of that function
Biofeedback training (BFT)
A form of therapy that focuses on how clients cognitions (e.g. expectations, attitudes, and beliefs) lead to distress and may be modified to relieve distress and promote adaptive behavior
Cognitive therapy
Ellis’s form of therapy that encourages clients to challenge and correct irrational expectations and manipulative behavior
Rational emotive behavior therapy (REBT)
In approach to therapy that uses cognitive and behavioral techniques that have been validated by research
Cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT)
A statistical technique for combining and averaging the results of individual research studies
Meta-analysis
Anxiety that can occur when one discontinuous use of a tranquilizer
Rebound anxiety
Acting to relieve depression
Antidepressant
Antidepressant drugs that work by blocking the reuptake of serotonin by presynaptic neurons, thus increasing the amount of serotonin available to the brain
Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs)
Antidepressant drugs, that block the reuptake of both serotonin and norepinephrine
Serotonin-norepinephrine reuptake inhibitors (SNRIs)
Treatment of disorders like major depression by passing electric current (that causes a convulsion) through the head
Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT)
Surgery intended to promote psychological changes or to relieve disordered behavior
Psychosurgery
The serving or destruction of a section of the frontal lobe of the brain
Prefrontal lobotomy
