Theories Flashcards
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
ACT
Targets thoughts and combines acceptance, compassion and commitment
-Stop self defeating emotional, cognitive and behavioral avoidance routines.
Affective Therapy
5 Stage Process
A ccept feelings W anxiety A ct with anxiety rather than fight R epeat E xpect the best
Behavioral Activation Therapy
Emotions = behaviors = rumination and avoidant behavior.
Cognitive Processing Therapy
Combination of: Exposure therapy, anxiety management training and cognitive restructuring.
- Helpful in treating rape victims and sexual assaults.
Dialectical behavior Therapy
Includes support, insight and eastern philosophy Helpful with: -Eating disorders -Borderline Personality Disorder - Substance use comorbid
Eye Movement Desensitization Response
EMDR
Visual, kinesthetic, auditory stimulation with a focus on traumatic memories.
Mentalization based Therapy
MBT
Psychodynamic approach/attachment theory
Understand their/others mental states, faulty thinking about relationships which trigger fears of abandonment.
Mindfulness Based Therapy
Present moment, meditation and relaxation.
- Clients become aware of their thoughts, feelings and bodily sensations.
Panic Control Therapy
PCT
CBT approach focusing on mistaken beliefs about meaning of bodily sensations.
- Psychoeducation, relaxation, cognitive restructuring, interceptive exposure.
Pivitol Response Training
PRT
BEHAVIORAL intervention for autism
Communication skills, decreased disruption, increased generalization of treatment gains.
Polyvagus Theory
Vegas Nerve Therapy
Device implanted in the chest and sends electrical impulses to activate the brain leading to improved mood.
Prolonged Exposure Therapy
Anxiety, depression and PTSD
- Goal is to decrease distress regarding trauma.
- Relaxation through exposure.
Rapid Resolution Therapy
Describe traumatic experiences while remaining emotionally connected to what is happening.
Develop the ability to tell events without re-experiencing them.
Collaborative
Referral and Monitoring Progress
Observing changes in thoughts, feelings and behaviors
Should be measurable.
Schema Therapy
Organized patterns of behavior, cognition and feelings reflecting childhood states.
- abandonment
- anger/impulsivity
- Primitive parents
- detached
Sensation focused intensive treatment
Combine treatments for panic and avoidance in an intensive self study format over 8 days.
Exposure to the most feared without teaching techniques for reducing anxiety.
Transference focused therapy
Transference is used to unintegrate anger into a whole object relationship.
Person Centered Therapy
Empathy, Congruence and unconditional positive regard.
Techniques: Active listening, reflection, clarification, modeling, support and encouragement.
Used for: Mild situational disorders involving self esteem, confidence and goals.
Existential Therapy
Helps clients find meaning and purpose, spirituality, clarification of choices.
Techniques: Paradoxical intention (i.e., staying away at night - wishing for what you don’t want).
Used for: Depression and anxiety
Gestalt Therapy
Focuses on wholeness, resolving unfinished business, grief.
Technique: Empty chair, confrontation, dream exploration, encouragement, giving voice to physical sensations.
Used for: Physical symptoms, difficulty with feelings, anxiety/depression.
Often combined with cognitive and behavioral approaches.
Reality Therapy
Behavioral concerns (i.e., eating disorders, conduct, substance, impulse and phobia)
Useful with cognitive therapies.
Techniques: Behavior contracting, rewards/punishments, homework, modeling, assertiveness, token economy, natural consequences, role playing, aversion, flooding.
Strategic Family Therapy
Focuses on disrupting symptom maintenance and feedback loop.
Defines clear hierarchies and boundaries within the family.
Structural Family Therapy
Focuses on power, hierarchies, boundaries (flexible, inflexible, rigid, enmeshed, etc)
Family Systems Theory
Focuses on differentiation, emotional reactivity, modifying family relationships.
