Exam 1 Flashcards
Beck Cognitive Therapy
problems like depression result from clients illogical thinking about themselves and the world around them
ABC theory of personality
A=activating event; B=belief system; C=emotional consequence; intervention: D=disputing the irrational behavior at B; E=a new emotional consequence/an effective new philosophy on life
Albert Ellis Rational Emotive Behavioral Therapy
Therapy technique designed to help clients discover and change the irrational assumptions that govern their emotions, behaviors, and thinking
Alderian therapy
- therapy tries to understand patient’s style of life and reorient patient to a more adaptive life style
- assuming responsibility, creating ones own destiny, finding meaning and goals to create purposeful life
Altruism
allows clients to gain a sense of value and significance by helping other group members
Beck is associated with
being less directive and confrontational (uses more open-ended Qs)
Becoming Multiculturally competent
- Become aware of your own biases, values, cultural norms, and expectations
- *****Attempt to understand the world from your client’s vantage point
- Gain a knowledge of the dynamics of oppression, racism, discrimination, and stereotyping
- Study the historical background, traditions, and values of your client and be open to learning from him/her
- Expand your vantage point to explore your client’s ways of life that are different from your own
- Develop an awareness of acculturation strategies
behavior therapy
therapy that applies learning principles to elimination of unwanted behaviors
bibliotherapy
the use of self-help books and other reading matierals as a form of therapy
blaming trap
some clients are caught up in “who’s to blame” for a specific issue
Catharsis
the process of releasing, and providing relief from strong or repressed emotions
choice therapy
Developed by Glasser; All behavior is chosen and is Total Behavior, which is made up of four components: acting, thinking, feeling and physiology; Belief that we only have control over our emotions by how we choose to act/think.
cognitive behavioral approaches
goal setting, association and dissociation
CBT
action therapy in which the goal is to help clients overcome problems by learning to think more rationally and logically
cognitive distortions
inaccurate and irrational automatic thoughts or ideas that lead to false assumptions and misinterpretations
cognitive homework
a concept from Beck CT that views the client as capable of making objective interpretations of his or her behavior, with the collaboration of the therapist
dichotomous thinking (Beck)
cognitive error; the tendency to think in terms of polar opposites—that is, in terms of the best and worst—without accepting the possibilities that lie between these two extremes. The term has been used to characterize the tendency of people with major depressive disorder to view mildly negative events as extremely negative
black and white thinking (all or nothing thinking)
different types of traps (miller)
Question Answer, taking sides, expert, labeling, premature focus, blaming
Donald Meichenbaum CBM
focuses on identifying dysfunctional self-talk in order to change unwanted behaviors
existential factors
The group is able to help individual members take direction of their own lives and accept responsibility for the quality of their existence.
experiential therapy
A therapeutic approach that emphasizes the value of the therapist’s realness in interacting with a family.
expert trap
The clinical error of assuming and communicating that the counselor has the best answers to the client’s problems
family systems therapy
emphasizes an understanding of the roles of each family member and how the family functions as a system (this method is usually conducted with all members of the family, but it can be practiced individually)
feminist therapy
focuses on women’s issues and strives to help women achieve greater personal freedom and self-determination