Chapter 16 Flashcards
Therapeutic goals of psychoanalysis
Insights regarding the unconscious conflicts and motives
Therapeutic techniques of psychoanalysis
Free association, dream analysis, interpretation, transference
Therapeutic goals of client-centered therapy
Increased congruence between self concept and experience; acceptance of general self
Therapeutic techniques of client centered therapy
Genuineness, empathy, unconditional positive regard, reflecting back to client; the client picks the direction of the therapy
Therapeutic goals of behavior therapy
Elimination of maladaptive symptoms and acquisition of more adaptive responses.
Therapeutic techniques of behavior therapy
Classical and operant conditioning; systematic desensitization; aversive conditioning; social skills training; reinforcement;
Systematic desensitization
can help patients overcome phobias through counter-conditioning by gradually bringing them into closer contact with the feared stimulus.
Therapeutic techniques of Cognitive Behavioral Treatments
Reduction of negative thinking and substitution of more realistic thinking.
Hanns Strupp
Wanted to record sessions
Antianxiety drugs
relieve tension, apprehension and nervousness
Antipsychotic drugs
for schizophrenics, gradually reduce psychotic symptoms, including hyperactivity, mental confusion, hallucinations and delusions; decrease activity at certain dopamine synapses
Tardive dyskinesia
neurological disorder marked by involuntary writhing and ticlike movements of the mouth, tongue, face and hands.
Antidepressants
inhibit uptake at both serotonin and norepinephrine synapses