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ABC Model

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Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy A- Activating Event B- Beliefs C- Consequence

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Introjection

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Object Relations Psychodynamic Therapy person replicates in themselves behaviors/attributes or other fragments from other people

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MAPPING THE INFLUENCE

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Narrative Therapy mapping the problem and it’s influence in the client’s life and relationships

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Name the 5 Systems Therapies

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Bowen Family Therapy General Systems Theory Strategic Therapy Structural Family Therapy Satir/Communications Therapy

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Theory of Change: Change occurs through restructuring the family’s organization.

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Structural Family Therapy

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Theory of Change: Change occurs by understanding multigenerational dynamics and differentiation

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Bowen Family Therapy

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Adversarial Transference

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Self Psychology Psychodynamic Therapy need for a supportive relationship that the patient can oppose in order to grow

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Pay, Humor & “Craziness”

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Experiential/Symbolic Therapy finding solutions in creative interactions

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Common Irrational Beliefs

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Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy help people explore common ______ beliefs to identify illogical beliefs and thinking patterns to overcome psychological problems and mental distress

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Theory of Change: Change occurs by creating conditions for the client to grow through the therapeutic relationship with the presence of three essential components: 1. congruence/genuineness 2. unconditional positive regard 3. empathy

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Client/Person-Centered Therapy

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Exposure

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Cognitive Behavior Therapy client faces stimuli slowly and in a safe space to overcome the negative associations/strong reactions

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Schemas

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Cognitive Behavior Therapy rules/templates for information processing that are shaped by developmental influences and other life experiences

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Theory of Change: Change occurs by increasing client’s self-awareness and challenging and modifying his or her fundamental premises, life goals, and basic concepts.

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Adlerian Therapy

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NEGATIVE COGNITIVE TRIAD

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Cognitive Behavior Therapy 1. View of Self 2. View of the World 3. View of Prospects for the Future

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Theory of Change: Change happens through mindfulness, developing skills to manage distress tolerance and emotional regulation, and improving interpersonal problem solving skills. Emphasis on accepting uncomfortable thoughts instead of struggling with them.

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Dialectic Behavior Therapy

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BIBLIOTHERAPY

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Bowen Family Therapy assigning reading material

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Theory of Change: Change occurs by helping the system view the family as the problem rather than an individual as the problem. The family system becomes the focal point of therapeutic interventions.

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General Systems Theory

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Self-Objects

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Self Psychology Psychodynamic Therapy empathetic or attuned caretakers

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Lifestyle Assessment

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Adlerian Therapy see what their social context & social interest levels are

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Presupposing Change

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Solution-Focused Therapy focus on the positive change that has been occurring

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Theory of Change: Change occurs through exploring and integrating material from both unconscious and conscious levels of understanding. Unconscious processes include dreams, images, symptoms, intuitions and other non-volitional experiences.

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Depth Psychology Therapy

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Death is a basic human condition that gives significance to life.

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Existential Therapy ______ is a basic human condition that gives significance to _______.

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Projection

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Object Relations Psychodynamic Therapy ____ undesirable feelings onto someone else rather than admitting/dealing w them

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Other-Acceptance

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Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy Sometimes other people will not treat me fairly

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Equipotentiality

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General Systems Theory same experience arrives at different feelings

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First/Second Order Change

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General Systems Theory changes happen in the family that may or may not have an effect (first does not , second does)

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Battle for Structure

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Experiential/Symbolic Therapy therapist establishes the rules and working atmosphere to engage family

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Family Constellation

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Adlerian Therapy exploration of family atmosphere

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Positioning

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Strategic Therapy take on a more exaggerated/extreme view to help them see there is hope/ability to change

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Theory of Change: Change occurs through insight and understanding early, unresolved issues.

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Psychodynamic Theory

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Nuclear Family Emotional System

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Bowen Family Therapy four basic relationship patterns that govern where problem develops in family

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Affirmations/Compliments

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Solution-Focused Therapy regularly acknowledge progress & strengths of client

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Transforming Rules

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Satir/Communications Therapy assisting clients to create more functional, less rigid guidelines

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Interpersonal Effectiveness

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Dialectic Behavioral Therapy assertive & communication skills training

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Honoring the Pain

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Existential Therapy help client see the pain as a way that lead to other opportunities/personal discoveries/growth

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Activating Constructive Anxiety

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Experiential/Symbolic Therapy reframing anxiety as efforts towards competence

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Self-Acceptance

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Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy I have both good and bad points

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Splitting

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Object Relations Psychodynamic Therapy contradictory states compartmenatlized

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Theory of Change: Change happens through the existential encounter - the authentic meeting of therapist and the client in the present moment and by expanding the client’s range of experience.

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Experiential/Symbolic Therapy

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Writing a Letter

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Narrative Therapy to self and others to reinforce new story

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Joining

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Structural Family Therapy blending with the family

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Incongruent Communication

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Satir/Communications Therapy discrepancies between verbal and non-verbal cues

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Self-Actualization

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Client/Person-Centered Therapy tendency of all humans to reach their full potential

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Tracking

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Structural Family Therapy paying close attention to focus on how the family members interact w one another

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Here & Now Focus

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Gestalt Therapy the past is discussed in terms of how the past affects the present

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ALLIANCES

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Structural Family Therapy subgroup

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Theory of Change: Change occurs through accessing client’s strengths and resources. Emphasizes finding solutions to a problem, not on discovering the cause or origins of the problem.

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Solution-Focused Therapy

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Theory of Change: Change occurs through action-oriented directives and paradoxical interventions.

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Strategic Therapy

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Theory of Change: Change occurs through increased awareness of here-and-now experience in a dialogic relationship.

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Gestalt Therapy

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COGNITIVE RESTRUCTURING

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Cognitive Behavior Therapy client identify & restructures things to generate alternative healthy responses

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Objects

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Object Relations Psychodynamic Therapy primary caregivers

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Theory of Change: Change occurs through both reparative experiences within the treatment relationship and how new insight into and modification of entrenched object relations pathology.

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Object Relations Psychodynamic Therapy

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Name the 6 Psychodynamic Therapies

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Psychodynamic Theory Object Relations Psychodynamic Therapy Self Psychology Psychodynamic Therapy Attachment-based Therapy Adlerian Therapy Depth Psychology Therapy

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RELAXATION TRAINING

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Cognitive Behavior Therapy teach client self-soothing techniques

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PROJECTIVE IDENTIFICATION

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Object Relations Psychodynamic Therapy process where projection of feelings/thoughts and the second person is changed by it

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Life-Acceptance

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Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy Life does not always work out the way you want.

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Can a strategic therapist assign homework?

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yes to try to change the way the family functions

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Theory of Change: Change occurs through empathic attunement and strengthening the self-structures through optimal responsiveness.

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Self-Psychology Psychodynamic Therapy

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Family Sculpting

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Satir/Communications Therapy put people into a spatial metaphor - a physical representation of family members characterizations

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Exception Questioning

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Solution-Focused Therapy what has worked in the past - tell me about a time where the problem did not exist

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Phenomenological Method

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Gestalt Therapy “I see you tearing up” VS “I see you are sad”

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TRIANGLES

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Bowen Family Therapy not just a person it can be a thing

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Labeling Distortions

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Cognitive Behavior Therapy recognize and label particular distortions in thinking

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Choice Theory

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Reality Therapy this therapy is based on ______ theory which asserts that each of us is a self-determining being who can choose future behaviors and hold ourselves consciously responsible for how we are acting, thinking, feeling and our physiological states

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FAMILY MAP

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Structural Family Therapy used to diagnose and tx plan - not shared with family

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Depth

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Depth Psychology Therapy collective unconscious

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Scaling Questions

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Solution-Focused Therapy rates their current position and asked to identify how they can move up or down the scale

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PRESCRIBING THE PROBLEM

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Strategic Therapy therapist encourages/instructs the client to engage in or practice the symptom

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Optimal Frustration

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Self Psychology Psychodynamic Therapy when a self-object is needed but not accessible

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PSYCHE & SOUL

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Depth Psychology Therapy makes meaning possible

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Negative/Positive Feedback

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General Systems Theory behavioral reactions that either keep or help change family behaviors

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Idealizing Transference

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Self Psychology Psychodynamic Therapy patient looks up to and admires therapist

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Restraining

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Strategic Therapy discourage change from happening too quickly

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Coping Questions

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Solution-Focused Therapy questions asked to illustrate resources that the client already has

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POWER HIERARCHY

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Structural Family Therapy assess who/how the authority/control is held in family

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EXTERNALIZING THE PROBLEM

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Narrative Therapy separating the person from the problem

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Social Constructivism

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Narrative Therapy process to explore where the messages are coming from

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Theory of Change: Change occurs by learning to modify dysfunctional thought patterns. Once the patient understands the relationship between thoughts, feelings and behaviors, s/he is able to modify or change the patterns of thinking to cope with stressors in a more positive manner.

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Cognitive Behavior Therapy

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Theory of Change: Change happens through self-awareness and improved communication.

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Satir/Communications Therapy

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Battle for Initiative

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Experiential/Symbolic Therapy family states agenda and therapist waits for them to take initiative

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Take Responsibility

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Satir/Communications Therapy encouraging clients to take responsibility

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COALITIONS

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Structural Family Therapy alignments against another family member

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Deconstructive Questions

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Narrative Therapy Qs that clarify meaning and help people unpack their stories

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Styles of Communication

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Satir/Communications Therapy rules that govern family interaction/function

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Ego

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Object Relations Psychodynamic Therapy what creates defense mechanisms?

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Theory of Change: Change occurs through finding philosophical meaning in the face of anxiety by choosing to think and act authentically and responsibly. The core question addressed in existential therapy is “how do I exist?” in the face of uncertainty, conflict, death.

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Existential Therapy

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ENACTMENT

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Structural Family Therapy done in session to see problems play out

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HOMEOSTASIS

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General Systems Theory family prefers current functioning VS change in the system

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As free beings, everyone must accept the responsibility that comes with freedom.

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Existential Therapy As ______ everyone must accept the _______ that comes with freedom.

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Distress Tolerance

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Dialectic Behavioral Therapy how to tolerate pain not change it

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Equifinality

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General Systems Theory arrive at same place from different experiences

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Active Imagination

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Depth Psychology Therapy heavy use of metaphors

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Name the 2 Post-Modern Therapies

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Narrative Therapy Solution-Focused Therapy

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Everyone has 5 Needs

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Reality Therapy Love/Belonging Power/Achievement Freedom Fun/Relaxation Survival

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Internalization

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Object Relations Psychodynamic Therapy process of _____ basic attitudes towards self and others

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Theory of Change: Change occurs through exploration of past and current relational attachments and trauma in the environment of a healing, secure, and reliable relationship.

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Attachment-based Therapy

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Non-summativity

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General Systems Theory family is treated as a whole not just each individual family member

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Unbalancing

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Structural Family Therapy supporting someone who is in a one-down position, thus changing hierarchical position

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GENOGRAM

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Bowen Family Therapy acts as assessment and treatment tool to explore family dynamics

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Congruence

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Client/Person-Centered Therapy therapist is genuine with client

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MIMESIS

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Structural Family Therapy therapist tracks the family’s style of communication and uses it

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Mastery/Pleasure Ratings

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Cognitive Behavior Therapy explore initial beliefs/imagined & then experience the things and rate it again to see how the ratings compared

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Emotional Cutoff

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Bowen Family Therapy managing unresolved issues w ppl they have cut off

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Anxiety is part of the human condition

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Existential Therapy ________ is part of the human condition

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Mirroring Transference

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Self Psychology Psychodynamic Therapy patient seeks acceptance & confirmation

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Dream Interpretation

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Adlerian Therapy dreams are seen as a way of compensating for the shortcomings in life

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UNCONDITIONAL POSITIVE REGARD

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Client/Person-Centered Therapy complete acceptance & non-judgmental respect

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Mastering the emotional pain

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Existential Therapy process of reflection that helps heal client

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Theory of Change: Change occurs through identifying and meeting needs as well as developing satisfying interpersonal relationships.

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Reality Therapy

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Enlisting a Witness

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Narrative Therapy invite someone to witness the re-authoring process

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DIFFERENTIATION OF THE SELF

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Bowen Family Therapy moving away from “group think” in family

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SOCRATIC QUESTIONING

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Cognitive Behavior Therapy explore alternate thinking, explore how they got to their beliefs

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Mythology

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Depth Psychology Therapy contain mythic/transpersonal/archetypal core that needs to be interpreted to create meaning of struggle

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SUBSYSTEMS

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Structural Family Therapy how the family is organized

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Name the 4 Humanistic/Existential Therapies

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Client/Person-Centered Therapy Gestalt Therapy Existential Therapy Experiential/Symbolic Therapy

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Client discovers his own life meaning.

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Existential Therapy Client discovers his own _________.

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Trial of Labor

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Experiential/Symbolic Therapy exploration of family dynamics

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EMPTY CHAIR TECHNIQUE

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Gestalt Therapy role play w people/things/feelings/symptoms

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Theory of Change: Change occurs by separating patient from problem and creating a new narrative or story, which emphasizes the client’s competencies and strengths.

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Narrative Therapy

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Calibration

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General Systems Theory normal operation of family

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Dialogical Relationship

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Gestalt Therapy therapist’s presence allows for the client to become fully present.

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ASSERTIVENESS TRAINING

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Cognitive Behavior Therapy specify desires and needs using minimally effective responses to assert their position

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Metaphors & Storytelling

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Satir/Communications Therapy used to help clients understand their roles

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ORDEALS

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Strategic Therapy encouraged to carry out harmless but unpleasant tasks whenever symptoms occur

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Multigenerational Transmission Process

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Bowen Family Therapy problems transpire over many generations

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THREE COLUMN TECHNIQUE

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Cognitive Behavior Therapy client collects automatic thoughts and lists the situation in which the through occurred, the automatic thought, and the associated feelings

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Early Recollection

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Adlerian Therapy memories before age 10 used as assessment tool

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Name the 4 Cognitive Behavior Therapies

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Cognitive Behavior Therapy Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy Dialectic Behavior Therapy Reality Therapy

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Wholeness

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General Systems Theory concept to help understand each member of family has an impact on the whole feeling of family

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EXPERIENCE-NEAR EMPATHY

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Self Psychology Psychodynamic Therapy therapist imagines what it is like to the be client

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Miracle Question

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Solution-Focused Therapy “What would be different that will tell you a miracle has happened and you problem has been resolved?”

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Attachment Behavior System

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Attachment-based therapy Secure Attachment Preoccupied/Anxious Attachment Dismissive/Avoidant Attachment Fearful/Avoidant Attachment

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Downward Arrow

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Cognitive Behavior Therapy used to uncover underlying assumptions

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FAMILY LIFE CHRONOLOGY

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Satir/Communications Therapy gathering as much info as possible - what family has been through and how those events impact the family and how these things are carried out presently

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PARADOXICAL DIRECTIVES

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Strategic Therapy apparent contradictions to shift power & control

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Inferiority

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Adlerian Therapy seen as a motivating force

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Family Projection Process

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Bowen Family Therapy parents transmit their emotional problems to child

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Shadow Material

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Depth Psychology Therapy repression of unwanted parts of the self

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Twinship Transference

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Self Psychology Psychodynamic Therapy patient experiences the therapist as someone like himself

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Theory of Change: Change occurs through changing irrational beliefs to rational beliefs, which improves client’s emotional and behavioral functioning.

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Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy

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SYSTEMATIC DESENSITIZATION

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Cognitive Behavior Therapy pairs relaxation with exposure to something stressful

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Experiments

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Gestalt Therapy experience things rather than talk about them

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Locus of Control

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Client/Person-Centered Therapy help clients take control of their lives

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Boundary Making

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Structural Family Therapy done within enactments to set up a rule/change dynamic

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