Chapter 16: Therapy Flashcards
Interpersonal, relational intervention by trained therapist to aid in life problems.
Therapy
What are the goals of psychotherapy?
Goals are to increase sense of well-being and reduce discomfort.
Psychotherapy can also be known as ____.
Talk therapy, counseling, psychosocial therapy, or just therapy.
What are the benefits of psychotherapy?
Learn to change adverse behaviors and thoughts, improve relationships, find ways to cope and solve problems, & help set realistic goals.
Who seeks therapy?
Anyone and everyone. From Children to older adults.
The use of medications and other procedures acting directly on the body to reduce the symptoms of mental disorders is known as _____?
Biomedical therapy
Psychodynamic Psychotherapy can also be known as ____?
“Expressive” & “Insight-oriented”
How long does a psychodynamic therapy approach last?
1-2 sessions/week; open-ended duration.
Interpersonal psychotherapy is NOT a time-limited treatment for major depressive disorders. True or False?
False
What are the goals of Cognitive Therapy?
Cognitive therapy aims to help patients lean effective self-help skills through “homework” assignments that help change negative thoughts and feelings into positive ones.
Which psychologist found that bringing out the repressed inner conflicts & feelings often improved an individual’s well-being?
Sigmund Freud
Free association used what kind of technique?
This is where patients speak freely about memories, dreams, & feelings.
The unconscious redirection of feelings for one to another.
Transference
Counter-transference is when ________ happens.
The redirection of therapist’s feelings for the patient.
Ideas unacceptable to conscious prevents therapy from proceeding.
Resistance
Which two psychologists supported Humanistic Therapy?
Abraham Maslow & Carl Rogers
Humanistic goal is _____ where psychoanalytic goal is ______.
H: Promote growth P: Cure mental illness
Behavior therapy works especially well for eliminating anxiety disorders, treating phobias & compulsions, gaining control over impulses, learning social skills to replace maladaptive behavior. True or false?
True
What is Exposure therapy most commonly & effectively used for?
Treating anxiety disorders.
The study of drug effects on behavior, mood, & mind.
Psychopharmacology
Therapy the induces a mild seizure that disrupts sever depression for some people.
Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT)
What are some examples of psychosurgery?
Lobotomy & Microsurgery
A ______ destroy s the connections between the frontal lobes and the rest of the brain.
Lobotomy
A _______ might work to disrupt problematic neural networks involved w/ aggressive or OCD.
Microsurgery
