Psychotherapy Flashcards
- Behavior therapy
Therapy that applies learning principles to the elimination of unwanted behaviors
20.Meta-analysis
A procedure for statistically combining the results of many different research studies
3.Eclectic approach
An approach to psychotherapy that depending on the client�s problems, uses techniques from various forms of therapy
1.psychotherapy
An emotionally charged, confiding interaction between a trained therapist and someone who suffers from psychological difficulties
19.Regression toward the mean
The tendency for extremes of unusual scores to fall back toward their average
18.Family therapies
Therapy that treats the family as a system
22.Tardive dyskinesia
Involuntary movements of the facial muscles, tongue and limbs
24.Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS)
The application of repeated pulses of magnetic energy to the brain
15.Token economy
An operant conditioning procedure in which people earn a token of some sort for exhibiting a desired behavior and can later exchange the tokens for various privileges of treats
25.psychosurgery
Surgery that removes or destroys brain tissue in an effort to change behavior
10.counterconditioning
A behavior therapy procedure that conditions new responses to stimuli that trigger unwanted behaviors
13.Virtual reality exposure therapy
An anxiety treatment that progressively exposes people to simulations of their greatest fears
5.interpretation
In psychoanalysis, the analyst�s noting supposed dream meanings, resistances and other significant behaviors and events in order to promote insight
21.psychopharmacology
The study of the effects of drugs on mind and behavior
26.lobotomy
A now rare psychosurgical procedure once used to calm uncontrollably emotional or violent patients
8.Active listening
Empathic listening in which the listener echoes, restates and clarifies
17.Cognitive behavior therapy
A popular integrated therapy that combines cognitive therapy with behavior therapy
16.Cognitive therapy
Therapy that teaches people new, more adaptive ways of thinking and acting
11.Exposure therapies
Behavioral techniques, such as systematic desensitization, that treat anxieties by exposing people to the things they fear & avoid
7.Client-centered therapy
A humanistic therapy, developed by carl rogers in which the therapist uses techniques such as active listening within a genuine, accepting, empathic environment to facilitate clients� growth
14.Aversive conditioning
A type of counter conditioning that associates an unpleasant state with an unwanted behavior
6.transference
In psychoanalysis, the patient�s transfer to the analyst of emotions linked with other relationships
23.Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT)
A biomedical therapy for severely depressed patients in which a brief electric current is sent through the brain of the anesthetized patient
4.resistance
In psychoanalysis, the blocking from consciousness of anxiety laden material
2.Biomedical therapy
Prescribed medications or medical procedures that act directly on the patient�s nervous system
12.Systematic desensitization
A type of counterconditioning that associates a pleasant relaxed state with gradually increasing anxiety triggering stimuli
