Mod 30+31 Flashcards
Electric approach
Techniques from different therapies for different people
Using relaxing on one and working on the other
Psychotherapy
Planned emotionally charged and confiding interaction between therapist and someone with disorders
If they suffer from depression
Psychoanalysis
Theory personality and therapeutic technique attribute to thoughts and actions
Being relaxed when relaxing
Resistance
Blocking anxiety material from conscious
Blocking bad grades
Interpretation
Noting possible meaning of dreams and other behaviors for insight
Noting if someone is very uptight when a subject is brought up
Transference
Telling psychologist how they feel about certain people
Saying that you don’t like your brother
Client centered therapy
Stresses being empathetic, genuine, and accepting towards the patient
Not faking
Active listening
The listener echoes, restates, and verifies what the patient is saying
Repeating what they say sort of
Behavior therapy
Applies learning principles to eliminate unwanted behaviors
Trying something and seeing how it works
Systematic desensitization
Trying to associate a relaxed state with increasing exposure to the anxiety creating stimuli
Slowly showing someone a dog overtime while they are calm
Aversive conditioning
Associating an unwanted behavior with an unpleasant state
Drinking with nausea
Token economy
Rewarding desired behavior with something that can later be exchanged for treats or privileges
Getting a button or being good, and and after getting five buttons you get candy
Cognitive therapy
Teaches people new ways of thinking
To think good and not bad thoughts
Cognitive behavior therapy
Combines cognitive therapy and behavior therapy
Making them think positive and change their ways
Family therapy
Treats the family as a system
This person acts this way because you do this
