ch. 16 Therapy Flashcards
psychotherapy
uses psychological techniques to assist someone seeking to overcome difficulties and achieve personal growth
biomedical therapy
offers medication and other biological treatment. (E.g- antidepressants, deep brain stimulation)
eclectic
blend of therapies
Who came up with psychoanalysis?
Freud
goal of psychoanalysis?
Help bring out repressed feelings into conscious awareness, which could help them reduce growth-impeding inner conflicts
free association
patient says whatever comes to mind, and the analyst will note any resistance and provide insight into its meaning.
Psychoanalysis is not widely used because?
Most of it is not supported by scientific research.
What was influenced by Freud’s psychoanalysis?
Psychodynamic therapy
Psychodynamic therapy
help people gain insight into unconscious dynamics that arise from their life experience.
humanistic perspective
emphasizes people’s innate potential for self-fulfillment
psychodynamic and humanistic therapies are AKA?
insight therapies
What are some ways humanistic therapies differ from psychodynamic therapies?
- promotes self growth, not curing illness.
- conscious thoughts are more important that unconscious thoughts.
- present/future more important than past.
Who used humanistic techniques to develop Person-Centered Therapy?
Carl Rogers
person centered therapy
the therapist uses techniques such as active listening within an accepting, genuine, empathic environment to facilitate clients’ growth.
Roger’s belied the most important contribution is to?
accept and understand the client
Psychodynamic therapists expect people’s problems to diminish as?
they gain insight into their unresolved and unconscious tensions.
Humanistic therapists expect problems to diminish as?
people get in touch with their feelings.
Behavior therapists doubted that?
healing power results from self-awareness.
Counterconditioning
pairs the trigger stimulus with a new response that is incompatible with fear.
(exposure therapies)
Joseph Wolpe redefined Jone’s counterconditioming technique into the?
exposure therapies
exposure therapies
change people’s reactions by repeatedly exposing them to stimuli to trigger an unwanted response. Eventually, the person adapts.
systematic desensitization
a type of exposure therapy that associates a pleasant relaxed state with gradually increasing anxiety-triggering stimuli. Commonly used to treat specific phobias.
virtual reality exposure therapy
a counterconditioning technique that treats anxiety through creative electronic simulations in which people can safely face their greatest fears.
psychopharmacology
use of medication to treat psychological disorders
humanistic therapy
focus on inherent potential for self actualization
humanistic therapy focuses on?
the present/future, not past
humanistic therapy examines?
relationships in the clients life
client centered therapy
therapists use techniques such as active listening with a genuine, accepting, and empathetic environment to facilitate clients growth
active listening
paraphrasing, invite clarification, reflect feelings
self disclosure
therapist reveals aspects of their own feelings/experiences as a way of helping their client
behavior therapy
applies learning principles to modify behavior
behavior theory focuses on?
only on observable behavior, not on WHY a disorder occurs
examples of things treated with behavior therapy
phobias, children
operant conditioning in behavior therapy?
reinforcement and punishment can be utilized to either increase or decrease the frequency of a behavior
classical conditioning in behavior therapy?
pairing a previously neutral stimulus (such as the sound of a bell) with an unconditioned stimulus (the taste of food)
exposure therapy
try to change people’s reactions by repeatedly exposing them to stimuli that trigger unwanted reactions.
systematic desensitization
associate a pleasant relaxed state with a gradually increasing anxiety triggering stimuli
what is the most effective treatment for phobias?
systematic desensitization
flooding/exposure
expose clients to a feared stimuli all at once
aversive conditioning
associates an unpleasant state with an unwanted behavior
cognitive therapy
focus on replacing irrational beliefs/ negative thinking with more rational/positive ways of thinking
ABC model
Activating, Belief, Consequences
cognitive behavior therapy
simultaneously challenge irrational beliefs and works on problematic behaviors.
group therapy
people with similar issues meet together (often led by therapist)
