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Adjustment, Maladjustment & Treatment Flashcards

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any attempt to cope with stressful situations

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adjustment

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types of adjustment mechanisms

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  • fantasy or daydreaming
  • nomadism
  • denial
  • repression
  • projection
  • identification
  • introjection
  • regression
  • rationalization
  • intellectualization
  • displacement
  • reaction formation
  • sublimation
  • substitution / compensation
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desires or goals can be fulfilled through imagination

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fantasy or daydreaming

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desires or goals are never satisfied

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nomadism

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refusal to acknowledge reality

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denial

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uncomfortable thoughts from consciousness

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repression

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placing motives in someone else

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projection

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enhances self-esteem by conducting as if another person

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identification

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unconsciously acquires characteristics from a person he dislikes

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introjection

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childlike behavior and responses

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regression

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plausible reasons in place for real reasons

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rationalization

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thinking abstractly about stressful situations as a way of detaching oneself from them

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intellectualization

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motives are shifted from an original object to a substitute object

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displacement

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exaggerated ideas and emotions that are opposite of one’s repressed beliefs or feelings

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reaction formation

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unconscious desires are directed into socially acceptable activities

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sublimation

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cover behavior in an unrelated one rather than the opposite

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substitution or compensation

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inability to maintain effective relationships, function successfully in various domains, or cope with difficulties and stresses

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maladjustment

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causes of maladjustment

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  • family
  • personal cause
  • environmental cause
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abnormal reactions to frustration

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  • neurosis
  • psychosis
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mild mental disorder or anxiety disorder

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neurosis

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[neurosis] remains in contact with reality but manifest poor _____ to his environment

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adjustment

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severe mental disorder that needs hospitalization

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psychosis

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[psychosis] has completely lost contact with ______ and can no longer cope with his environment

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reality

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anxiety or neurotic reactions

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  • anxiety neurosis
  • phobia
  • obsessive-compulsive
  • conversion reactions
  • hypochondria
  • dissociative reactions
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psychotic reactions

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  • schizophrenia
  • schizophreniform disorder
  • schizoaffective disorder
  • brief psychotic disorder
  • manic-depressive
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other maladaptive reactions to frustration

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  • drug addiction
  • alcoholism
  • sexual deviations
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psychological conflicts are converted into physical symptoms

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conversion reaction

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other term for conversion reaction

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conversion hysteria

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important episodes are repressed in response to extreme stress

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dissociative reactions

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3 forms of dissociative reaction

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  • amnesia
  • fugue
  • dissociative identity disorder
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temporary loss of memory

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amnesia

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loss of memory that continues for a long time, accompanied by physical flight

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fugue

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33
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extreme dissociative disorder whereby a person may develop two or more distinct personalities in which each personality developed is unaware of each other

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dissociative identity disorder

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condition brought by underlying conflict and needs at the unconscious level

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sexual derivations

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sexual attractions

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  • voyeurism
  • exhibitionism
  • sadism
  • masochism
  • frotteurism
  • pedophilia
  • fetishism
  • transvestic fetishism
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36
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sexual attraction from watching other people

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voyeurism

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37
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sexual attraction from showing their genitalia

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exhibitionism

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38
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sexual attraction from hurting other people

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sadism

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sexual attraction from being hurt by others

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masochism

40
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touching up against others nonconsensually

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frotteurism

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sexual attraction from young children

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pedophilia

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sexual attraction from inanimate objects

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fetishism

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sexual attraction from clothing of the opposite gender

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transvestic fetishism

44
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withdrawal from reality and a severe disturbance of his intellectual and emotional functioning, coupled with deterioration of social and occupational functioning

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schizophrenia

45
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________ is also known as bipolar disorder

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manic depressive disorder

46
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characterized by emotional distortion consisting of recurrent episodes of depression and elation occurring simultaneously

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manic depressive disorder

47
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delivery of adequate measures modelled to alleviate a pathological condition

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treatment

48
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categories of treating mental and behavioral disorder

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  • medical treatment
  • psychological treatment (psychotherapy)
49
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attempts to alter physiological functioning including drug therapies, electroconvulsive therapy, and psychosurgery

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medical treatment / biological therapy

50
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examples of medical treatment / biological therapy

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  • pharmacotherapy
  • electroconvulsive shock therapy
  • psychosurgery
51
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three categories of pharmacotherapy

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  • anti-psychotic drugs
  • anti-depressant drugs
  • anti-anxiety drugs
52
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loss of motor control especially in the face, caused by prolonged use of antipsychotic drugs

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tardive dyskinesia

53
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provides relief to a wide variety of symptoms such as hallucination, thought disorders, anxiety

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anti-psychotic drugs

54
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reduce depression as it may increase the concentration of certain neurotransmitters, serotonin, and norepinephrine in the synaptic gap

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anti-depressive drugs

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side effects of these drugs are:

irregular heartbeat, blurred vision, and constipation

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anti-depressant drugs

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relieves symptoms of anxiety

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anti-anxiety drugs

57
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highly effective in countering anxiety

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benzodiazepines

58
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side effect of ____ drug:

difficulty in sleeping when the drug is not taken

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anti-anxiety drugs

59
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helpful in treating manic depressive disorder

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lithium

60
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treatment for depression wherein a patient receives powerful electric shocks to the head and is continued until the patient has a seizure lasting at least 30 seconds

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electroconvulsive shock therapy

61
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administration of insulin which produce prolonged coma-like state in the patient

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insulin shock

62
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treatment of mental disorder by surgical removal or destruction of selective brain areas

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psychosurgery

63
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patients who acquired ______ become highly excitable and impulsive, others become apathetic and a total absence of emotion, a few become living vegetables requiring permanent care

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psychosurgery

64
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treatment of individuals primarily through verbal communication

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psychotherapy

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types of psychotherapy

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  • art therapy
  • behavior therapy
  • cognitive therapy
  • cognitive-behavior therapy
  • existential therapy
  • gestalt
  • interpersonal therapy
  • person-centered therapy
  • phototherapy
  • play therapy
  • psychoanalysis
  • psychodynamic therapy
  • rational-emotive behavior therapy
  • reality therapy
  • transactional analysis
  • eclectic therapy
66
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uses creative process to help people who might have the difficulty expressing their thoughts and feelings

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art therapy

67
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art therapy can help increase _____, cope with _____ and ______ experiences

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  • self-awareness
  • symptoms
  • traumatic
68
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involves relaxation training, stress management, biofeedback, and desensitization of phobias

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behavior therapy

69
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form of behavior therapy in which exposes a person to the thing or situation that he finds upsetting or disturbing

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exposure thrapy

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designed to help a person identify and change distorted thought patterns that can lead to feelings and behaviors that are troublesome, self-defeating, or self-destructive

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cognitive therapy

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cognitive therapy focuses on the _____ than the underlying or past conflicts or issue

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current problem

72
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help a person to recognize his negative thought patterns and behaviors and to replace them with positive one

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cognitive behavior therapy

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type of cognitive-behavior therapy

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dialectical behavior therapy

74
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deals with important life themes

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existential therapy

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based on the here and now of living

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gestalt

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short term therapy that focuses on an individual’s social relationships and how to improve social support

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interpersonal therapy

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emphasizes understanding and caring rather than diagnosis, advice, and persuasion

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person-centered therapy

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approach used in person-centered therapy

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active listening

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characteristics of effective therapists

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  • genuine
  • accepting
  • empathetic
80
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used to treat people suffering from seasonal affective disorder; makes use of special light bulbs

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phototherapy

81
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for young children at specific developmental stages

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play therapy

82
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long-term, intensive therapy in which a person has to examine memories, events, and feelings from the past to understand current feelings and behavior

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psychoanalysis

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developed during psychoanalysis

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transference

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transference whereby the individual developed love and admiration

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positive transference

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transference whereby the individual developed envy or hostility

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negative transference

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procedure where the patient relaxes and is allowed to let his thoughts wander as he muses without any apparent preconceived goal or prodding from the therapist

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free association

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3 main experiences caused by the patient’s cure

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  • abreaction or catharsis
  • insight
  • working-through
88
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patients experiences a kind of emotional cleansing

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abreaction or catharsis

89
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patient must understand his feelings and feel what he understands

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insight

90
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lengthy process of reeducation and problem solving

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working-through

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focuses on increasing a person’s awareness of his unconscious thoughts and behaviors, developing new insights, and resolving conflicts to live a happier life

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psychodynamic psychotherapy

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believes that emotional disturbance is caused by the person’s perception of an event or situation in an irrational way

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rational-emotive behavior

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helps clients explore behavior that created problems for them and examine the consequences of their behavior

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reality therapy

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usually conducted in groups; clients learn how to change roles in order to behave in more desirable ways

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transactional therapy

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combination of therapies

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eclectic therapy

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