Psychological therapies (16.2)

Question 1

Insight therapy

Answer 1

A general term referring to therapy that involves dialogues between patient and therapists for the purpose of gaining awareness and understanding of psychological problems and conflicts

Question 2

Psychodynamic therapies

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Forms of insight therapy that empathize the need to discover and resolve unconscious conflict (developed by Freud)

Question 3

Free association

Answer 3

Technique during which patients are encouraged to talk or write without censoring their thoughts in any way

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Dream analysis

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A method of examining the details of a dream (the manifest content) in order to gain insight into the true meaning of the dream, the emotional, unconscious material that is being communicated symbolically (the laten content)

Question 5

Resitance

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Occurs in therapy when the patient engages in strategies that keep unconscious thoughts or motivations that they wish to avoid from fully entering conscious awareness

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Transferance

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Whereby patients direct certain patterns or emotional experiences towards analysts, rather then the original person involved in the experience

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Object relations therapy

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A variation of psychodynamic therapy that focuses on how early childhood experiences and emotional attachments influence later psychological functions

Question 8

Phenomenological approach

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The therapists addresses the clients feelings and thoughts as they unfold in the present moment, rather then looking for unconscious motives or dwelling in the past

Question 9

Client -centered therapy

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Focuses on individuals abilities to solve their own problems and reach their full potential with the encouragement of therapists

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Behavioral therapies

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Attempt to directly address problem behaviors and the environmental factors that trigger them

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Systemic desensitization

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Gradual exposure to a feared stimulus or situation is coupled with relaxation training

Question 12

Aversive conditioning

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Is a behavioral technique that involves replacing a positive response to a stimulus with a negative response, typically by using punishement

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Cognitive behavioural therapies (CBT)

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A form of therapy that consists of procedures such as cognitive restructuring, stress inoculation training, and exposing people to experiences they may have a tendency to avoid

Question 14

Mindfulness - based cognitive therapy (MBCT)

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A technique that combines mindfulness meditation with standard - cognitive behavioral therapy tools

Question 15

Decentering

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Occurs when a person is able to “step back” from their normal conciousness and examine themselves from objectively as an observer

Question 16

Systems approach

Answer 16

An orientation that encourages therapists to see an individuals symptoms as being influenced by many interacting systems