Definitions

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unconscious exclusion of distressing and painful thoughts

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repression (psychoanalysis)

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refusing to see or accept problems

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denial (psychoanalysis)

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expressing the opposite of one’s true impulse

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reaction formation (psychoanalysis)

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directing energy towards a safe target

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displacement (psychoanalysis)

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modifying a drive to acceptable social behavior

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sublimation (psychoanalysis)

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going back to an earlier phase of development due to fear ⇒ more common in transition stage

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regression (psychoanalysis)

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justification by intellectual reasoning

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rationalization (psychoanalysis)

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attributing to others unacceptable desires ⇒ put what you think on to another person

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projection (psychoanalysis)

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working against what we resist to talk about or think about

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resistance (psychoanalytic phenomenon)

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draw conclusions with no supporting evidence

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arbitrary inference (CBT distortions)

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selecting attending to negative cues, neglecting the positive or more neutral ones

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selective abstraction (CBT distortions)

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taking a localized or specific negative event and applying it globally

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overgeneralization (CBT distortions)

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over emphasizing the importance or magnitude of an event

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magnification (CBT distortions)

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under emphasizing the importance or magnitude of an event

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minimization (CBT distortions)

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attributing external events to oneself without evidence supporting a causal connection

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personalization (CBT distortions)

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manifests as an inability or unwillingness to see shades of gray

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polarized thinking (CBT distortions)

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filling in the gaps of your knowledge by assuming what someone else’s thoughts are

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mind reading (CBT distortions)

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the tendency to make conclusions and predictions based on little to no evidence and hold them as truth

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fortune telling (CBT distortions)

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tells you to do the opposite of what your intention is

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Paradoxical intention (existential therapy)

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stopping clients form reflecting too much when it is problematic or unhealthy

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dereflection (existential therapy)

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asking open ended questions to help challenge value systems

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Socratic questions (existential therapy)

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speech for someone who recently died in a term for endearment

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eulogy (existential therapy)

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accepting others views without reviewing them

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introjection (Gestalt problems)

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weak boundaries between self and the environment

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confluence (Gestalt problems)

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we do to ourselves what we would like to do to someone else

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retroflection (Gestalt problems)

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avoiding of contact or awareness by turning aside

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deflection (Gestalt problems)

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takes on the role of each aspect of themselves that are in conflict and engage each side in a dialogue

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internal dialogue (Gestalt techniques)

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the client is asked to put feelings or thoughts into action and draumatizes part of their existence

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enactment (Gestalt techniques)

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staying with the feeling and continuously focus on their present emotions/awareness

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focus (Gestalt techniques)

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form of role play where the client goes through a situation practicing a behavior/conversation

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rehearsal (Gestalt techniques)

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You got this :)

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