Methods of Therapy Flashcards
What is Psychotherapy?
Systematic interaction between client and therapist
Does there need to be a diagnosis of a psychological disorders to engage in psychotherapy?
No, many people use it for introspection and self growth
Traditional psychoanalysis included:
free association, resistance, transference, and dream analysis.
Humanistic therapies provides a more:
positive, therapeutic and warm atmosphere.
Carl Roger advanced more:
client centered therapy.
Behavior Therapy applies:
principles of learning to directly promote desired behavioral changes
Behavior therapy seeks to discontinue:
Self defeating behavior
Methods of fear reduction include:
Systematic desensitization, virtual therapy, and modeling
Aversive conditioning involves:
Pairing an aversive stimuli with the unwanted impulse
Operant Conditioning is:
Token economy
Operant Conditioning involves:
Successive approximation
Operant Conditioning
Biofeedback training
Social Skills Training seeks to:
Decrease social anxiety and build social skills through operant conditioning techniques
Cognitive Therapy aims to:
Change beliefs, attitudes, and automatic types of thinking that create and compound problems
In Aron Beck’s Cognitive Therapy, clients:
Client confronts feelings and beliefs that make no sense
Become aware of cognitive errors
