Psycho Behavioral Therapy Lecture Powerpoint

Question 1

Behavior therapy

Answer 1

Short term therapy that explores self destructive actions and changing maladaptive behaviors based on the idea that all behaviors are learned an unhealthy behaviors can be changed by focusing on stimulus, internal interpretation, response, and consequences

Question 2

Cognitive therapy

Answer 2

Short term therapy that recognizes that how we feel is based on how we think and that by modifying faulty thoughts and inaccurate beliefs perception of events and emotional state can improve

Question 3

Cognitive behavioral therapy

Answer 3

Extremely popular hybrid of cognitive and behavioral therapy that helps client discover they are capable of choosing positive thoughts and behaviors, treatment is short term and goal oriented

Question 4

Cognitive behavioral therapy works best for patients who are…

Answer 4

…highly motivated (practice approach outside therapy setting)

Question 5

Cognitive behavioral play therapy

Answer 5

A subclass of cognitive behavioral therapy where a therapist watches a child play to determine what makes them uncomfortable as they often recreate whats been done to them

Question 6

Systemic desensitization

Answer 6

A subclass of cognitive behavioral therapy for phobias that replaces a fear response with relaxation resonses

Question 7

Aversion therapy

Answer 7

A subclass of behavioral therapy that teaches people to associate a stimulus that is desirable with an unpleasant stimulus (alcoholics who take disulfiram so they get sick when they drink)

Question 8

Psychodynamic therapy

Answer 8

One of the oldest modern therapies based on idea that patient has unresolved conflicts in childhood creating an underlying problem and personality is shaped by different conflicts at different times in childhood, patients develop insight on the influence of the past on present behavior and uncover unconscious patterns of interpersonal relationships

Question 9

Psychotherapy timeline

Answer 9

Much longer, usually 2 years involving long term many sessions to uncover, a therapeutic alliance and conversation between patient and therapist

Question 10

Humanistic/existential therapy

Answer 10

Emphasis on understanding the human experience and focus on patient rather than the symptoms based on the philosophy that humans are inherently good (humanistic) and must have meaning (existential), encourages clients to take ownership of their lives, is suited particularly among suicidal patients

Question 11

Multicultural therapy

Answer 11

A therapy that addresses concerns of those who are of minority status in some regard