Mental Health Professionals Flashcards
Clinical Psychologist deals with extensive problems. Enumerate this extensive problems.
D.S.M A.P.P.L
Depression
Sexual Difficulties
Mental Retardation
Anxiety
Psychosis
Personality Disorder
Learning Disabilities
Clinical Activities of a clinical psychologist
DCC TRAP
Diagnosis & Assessment
Consultation
Clinical Supervision
Teaching
Research
Administration
Psychotherapy
This is the most frequent activity where is most devoted
Psychotherapy
Devoted to graduate and undergraduate education and teaches advance course in psychology
Teaching
Another form of teaching
Clinical Supervision
What is another psychological jargon of one-on-one relationship
Individual Therapy
Psychotherapy includes for types of therapy. What are those?
OGFC
One on one therapy
Group therapy
Family therapy
Couple therapy
This is the chief element in the clinicians professional identity
Assessment or Testing
How does psychotherapy works?
It consist if relationship between client and therapist designed to produce an ATMOSPHERE OF TRUST that will help dissolve the vlients debilitatiing defenses
Goals of psychotherapy
- Major changes in behavior
- patients desire help only with troublesome fear that prevents them frin achieving certain goals
Psychotherapy involves mainly:
- SEARCH FOR INSIGHTS
- ORIGIN OF THE PROBLEM
- THE PURPOSE SERVED BY ONE’S UNDESIRABLE BEHAVIOR
What are the non-classroom varieties of interaction?
- CASE MANAGEMENT REPORTS
- CONFERENCES
- DISCUSSIONS
All practicing clinicians engage in assessment:
TESTING
OBSERVING
INTERVIEWING
Research studies deals with:
- SEARCHING FOR ETIOLOGY OF PSYCHOPATHOLOGY
- DEVT & VALIDATION OF ASSESSMENT DEVICES
- EVALUATION OF THERAPY TECHNIQUES
All research issues are found in the _________________.
The journal of consulting and clinical psychology