Chapter 16 Flashcards
psychotherapy
psychological intervention designed to help people resolve emotional, behavioral, and interpersonal problems and improve the quality of their lives
paraprofessional
person with no professional training who provides mental health services
insight therapies
psychotherapies, including psychodynamic, humanistic, existential, and group approaches, with the goal of expanding awareness or insight
humanistic therapies
therapies that emphasize the development of human potential and the belief that human nature is basically positive
free association
technique in which clients express themselves without censorship of any sort
resistance
attempts to avoid confrontation and anxiety associated with uncovering previously repressed thoughts, emotions, and impulses
transference
act of projecting intense, unrealistic feelings and expectations from the past onto the therapist
interpersonal therapy
treatment that strengthens social skills and targets interpersonal problems, conflicts, and life transitions
person-centered therapy
nondirective therapy centering on the clients’ goals and ways of solving problems
Gestalt therapy
therapy that aims to integrate different and sometimes opposing aspects of personality into a unified sense of self
group therapy
therapy that treats more than one person at a time
alcoholics anonymous
twelve-step self-help program that provides social support for achieving sobriety
strategic family intervention
family therapy approach designed to remove barriers to effective communication
structural family therapy
treatment in which therapists deeply involved themselves in family activities to change how family members arrange and organize interactions
behavior therapist
therapist who focuses on specific problem behaviors and current variables that maintain problematic thoughts, feelings, and behaviors
ecological momentary assessment
assessment of thoughts, emotions, and behaviors that arise in the moment in situations in which they occur in everyday life
systematic desensitization
clients are taught to relax as they are gradually exposed to what they fear in a stepwise manner
exposure therapy
therapy that confronts clients with what they fear with the goal of reducing the fear
dismantling
research procedure for examining the effectiveness of isolated components of a larger treatment
response prevention
technique in which therapists prevent clients from performing their typical avoidance behaviors
participant modeling
technique in which the therapist first models a problematic situation and then guides the client through steps to cope with it unassisted
token economy
method in which desirable behaviors are rewarded with tokens that clients can exchange for tangible rewards
aversion therapy
treatment that uses punishment to decrease the frequency of undesirable behaviors
cognitive-behavioral therapy
treatment that attempts to replace irrational cognitions and maladaptive behaviors with more rational cognitions and adaptive behaviors
meta-analysis
Statistical method that helps researchers interpret large bodies of psychological literature
empirically supported treatment
intervention for specific disorders supported by high-quality scientific evidence
psychopharmacotherapy
use of medications to treat psychological problems
personalized medicine
medical practice that customizes interventions to maximize success in treating patients with specific psychological or medical disorders and conditions
electroconvulsive therapy
treatment for serious psychological problems in which patients receive brief electrical pulses to the brain that produce a seizure
psychosurgery
brain surgery to treat psychological problems
