Chapter 16; Psychological and Biological Treatments Flashcards
who seeks and benefits from treatment
women, caucasian, and financially stable people are more likely to seek out therapy, but it benefits everyone
paraprofessionals
person with no professional training who provide mental health services
professionals
clinical psychologists, mental health counsellors, clinical social workers, understand the mental health system, appreciate ethical issues, can select best treatment
insight therapies and the approaches
psychotherapies with the goal of expanding awareness or insight, include group therapy, person-centered therapy, and psychoanalysis
psychoanalysis and techniques it uses
therapy with the goal of decreasing guilt/frustration, and make the unconscious conscious, use approaches such as
1. free association
2. Interpretation
3. transference
free association
technique in which clients say whatever comes to mind without censorship
interpretation
formulation of explanations of what is going on in a persons unconscious to cause their problems
transference
clients projection of intense, unrealistic feelings/expectations from their past onto the therapist. This is a vehicle for clients to understand their irrational expectations
person-centred therapy
humanistic, non-directive therapy that helps clients realize their true potential, clients can use the therapy time however they want, therapist must express unconditional positive regard: nonjudgmental acceptance of all feelings the client expresses
what is the purpose of unconditional positive regard
allows clients to reclaim aspects of their “true selves” disowned earlier to others placing conditions of worth on them, ei. accept themselves
group therapy and its benefits
therapy that treats more than 1 person at a time, is efficient, time saving, less costly, can practice new skills, modelling, addresses isolation, provides support
what is the difference between group therapy and AA
AA is a self-help group: composed of peers who share a similar problem and doesn’t include a mental health specialist
relapse prevention treatment
assumes that many people with addiction will at some point experience a lapse and prepares for it
abstinence violation effect
negative feelings about a slip can lead to continued drinking
behavioural therapy
focus on specific problem behaviours and current variables that maintain problematic behaviours, ex. SD/ flooding therapy
