Chapter 16 Vocab Flashcards
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Physicians who specialize in the diagnosis and treatment of psychological disorders
Psychiatrists
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Sharp tool is used to create a hole in the skull where spirits and mental tension could escape
Trephining
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Transferring treatment of mental illness from inpatient institutions to community-based facilities that emphasize outpatient care
Deinstitutionalization
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Verbal interactions intended to enhance clients’ self-knowledge and thus promote healthful changes in personality and behaviour
Insight Therapies
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An insight therapy that emphasizes the recovery of unconscious conflicts, motives, and defenses through techniques such as free association and transference
Psychoanalysis
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Clients spontaneously express their thoughts and feelings exactly as they occur with as little censorship as possible, used to access the unconscious
Free Association
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Therapist interprets symbolic meaning of client’s dreams, used to access the unconscious
Dream Analysis
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Therapist’s attempts to explain the inner significance of the client’s thoughts, feelings, memories, and behaviours
Interpretation
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Largely unconscious defensive maneuvers intended to hinder the progress of therapy
Resistance
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Client relating to their therapist in ways that mimic crucial relationships in their lives
Transference
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Insight therapy that emphasizes providing a supportive emotional climate for clients, who play a major role in determining the direction and pace of their therapy
Person-Centered Therapy
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Client is place opposite an empty chair and asked to imagine and express upon someone who has harmed them, or a negative aspect of themselves
Open-Chair Techniques
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Giovanni Fava, seeks to enhance clients’ self-acceptance, purpose in life, autonomy, and personal growth
Well-Being Therapy
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Martin Seligman, gets clients to recognize their strengths, show gratitude, savour positive experiences, forgive, and find meaning in life
Positive Psychotherapy
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The simultaneous treatment of several clients in a group setting
Group Therapy
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Treatment of both partners in an intimate relationship, in which the focus is relationship issues
Couples/Marital Therapy
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The treatment of a family unit as a whole, in which the main focus is on family dynamics and communication
Family Therapy
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The application of learning/conditioning principles to direct efforts to change clients’ maladaptive behaviours (Except CBT)
Behaviour Therapies
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Behaviour therapy used to reduce clients’ anxiety responses through counterconditioning
Systematic Desensitization
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List of anxiety-inducing stimuli ranked from least to most distressing
Anxiety Hierarchy
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Clients are confronted with live situations that they fear to learn that the situation is harmless
Exposure Therapies
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Immediately exposing a client to the highest possible anxiety-inducing situation
Flooding
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Behaviour Therapy in which an aversive stimulus is paired with a stimulus that elicits an undesirable response
Aversion Therapy
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Behaviour therapy designed to improve interpersonal skills that emphasizes modeling, behavioural rehearsal, and shaping
Social Skills Training
