chapter 16 Flashcards
Involuntary Treatment
when therapy isn’t under the individual’s choice
Voluntary Treatment
person chooses to attended therapy to obtain the relief from symptoms
Psychotherapy
psychological treatment that uses different methods to help someone overcome personal problems or to attain growth
Psychoanalysis (Freud)
set of theories and therapeutic techniques that deal in part with the unconscious mind, looks at sexual and aggressive urges
Free Association
the patient is allowed to talk about whatever they want to, to help guide the therapist into there unconscious
Dream Analysis
interpretation of what the patient is dreaming of. Manifest part is the remembered and the latent content is the underlying true meaning of the dream
Transference
patient transfers positive or negative feelings from a person in their life to there therapist
Psychodynamic Therapy
offshoot of psychoanalysis, less intense therapy in terms of number and length of visit, introduces conscious mind into the equation, takes a look at other urgers outside of sexual and aggressive
Play Therapy
used with children, use the process of play to work kids through psychological problems. Therapist observes how kid acts with toys.
Behavior Therapy
works on addressing problematic behaviors
Counterconditioning
classical conditioning approach to changing behavior, teach patient opposite response
Token Economy
operant conditioning approach to changing behavior, reinforce desirable behaviors with poker chips
Aversive Conditioning
use an unpleasant stimulus to stop an undesirable behavior
Exposure Therapy
to treat a phobia you have to be exposed to the phobia
Systematic Desensitization
gradually expose the person of what they are fearful of
Virtual Reality
create a digital environment to treat the client.
Cognitive Therapy
tackles the thinking side of things to fix the faulty thinking
Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy
tackle both the thoughts and behaviors to get the best results
Humanistic Therapy
focus on people reaching their potential and becoming more self aware
Client-Centered Therapy (patient)
you need to show empathy with your client, client is more likely to open up.
Biomedical Therapy
uses physiological treatments such as medications to treat psychological disorders
Anti-Psychotics
designed to help treat people with schizophrenia
Anti-Depressants
used to treat depression
Anti-Anxiety
A drug used to treat symptoms of anxiety, such as feelings of fear, dread, uneasiness, and muscle tightness, that may occur as a reaction to stress
Electroconvulsive therapy
a brief electrical stimulation of the brain while the patient is under anesthesia
Individual Therapy
client and therapist meet one on one
Group Therapy
when a therapist meets with several clients with the same problem
Couples Therapy
two people in a intimate relationship that meet with a therapist
Family Therapy
where the family unit comes in and discusses what is going in with therapist
