Chapter 16 - Key Words Flashcards
A psychological intervention designed to help people resolve emotional, behavioural, and interpersonal problems and improve the quality of their lives
psychotherapy
person with no professional training who provides mental healthy services
paraprofessional
psychotherapies, including psychodynamic, humanistic, and group approaches, with the goal of expanding awareness or insight
insight therapies
technique in which clients express themselves without cernsorship of any sort
free association
attempts to avoid confrontation and anxiety assocaited with uncovering previously repressed thoughts, emotions and impulses
resistance
projecting intense, unrealistic feelings
transference
treatment that strengthens social skills and targets interpersonal problems, conflicts, and life transitions
interpersonal therapy
therapies that emphasize the development of human potential adn the belief that human nature is basically positive
humanistic therapies
therapy centring ont he client’s goals and ways of solving problems
person-centred therapy
therapy that aims to integrate different and sometimes opposing aspects of personality into a unified sense of self
Gestalt therapy
therapy that treats more than one person at a time
group therapy
12 step, self-help program that provides social support for achieving sobriety
AA
family therapy approach designed to remove barriers to effective communication
strategic family intervention
treatment in which therapists deeply involve themselves in family activities to change how family members arrange and organize interactions
structural family therapy
therapists who focus on specific problem behaviours and on current variables that maintain problematic thoughts, feelings, and behaviours
behavioural therapists
patients are taught to relax as they are gradually exposed to what they fear in a stepwise manner
systematic desensitization
therapy that confronts patients with what they fear with the goal of reducing the fear
exposure therapy
research procedure for examining the effectiveness of isolated components of a larger treatment
dismantling
technique in which therapists prevent clients from performing their typical avoidance behaviours
response prevention
technique in which the therapist first models a problematic situation and then guides the client through steps to cope with it unassisted
participant modelling
method in which desirable behaviours are rewarded with tokens that clients can exchange for tangible rewards
token economy
treatment that uses punishment to decrease the frequency of undesirable behaviours
aversion therapy
treatments tha attempt to replace maladaptive or irrational cognitions with more adaptive, rational cognitions
cognitive-behavioural therapies
statistical method that helps researchers to interpret large bodies of psychological literature
meta-analysis
intervention for specific disorders supported by high-quality scientific evidence
empirically supported treatment (EST)
use of medications to treat psychological problems
psychopharmacotherapy
patients receive brief electrical pulses to the brain that produce a seizure to treat serious psychological problems
ECT
brain surgery to treat psychological problems
psychosurgery
