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Who are the 3 key people in psychoanalytic theory?

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Frued
Erikson
Jung

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What are the 3 types of approaches to psychoanalytic therapy?

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  1. Contemporary: Object relations
  2. Self psychology
  3. Relational Psychoanalysis
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what are the Key Themes in psychoanalytic theory?

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Life Instincts

Death Instincts

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What is personality according to psychoanalytic theory?

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Structure: id, ego, superego

Psychosexual stages: oral, anal, phallic, latent, genial

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What is pathology according to psychoanalytic theory?

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Ego-Defense Mechanisms

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What are the 7 kinds of psychotherapies are used in psychoanalytic therapy?

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  1. Blank screen approach
    2.Transference
    3.Countertransference
  2. Free Association
  3. Dream analysis
  4. Interpretation Analysis of
    resistance
  5. Analysis of transference
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Who created Adlerian Theory?

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Alfred Adler

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What are the key themes in Adlerian Theory?

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  1. Family Constellation
  2. Early Recollection Holistic
    Concept: understand our parts in relationship to socially embedded context
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Sibling order affecting personality derives from what theory?

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Adlerian

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What are the 3 kinds of psychotherapies are used in Adlerian therapy?

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  1. Encourage (build
    courage) , self- understanding, and insight
  2. Working toward life goals
  3. Lifestyle Assessment
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Who created Person-Centered Therapy?

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Carl Rogers

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What are the 5 key themes in Person-Centered theory?

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  1. Self-Actualization
  2. Authenticity
  3. UPR
  4. Relationship
  5. Incongruence
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What are the 3 personality concepts of Person-Centered Theory?

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  1. Ideal vs. real self
  2. conditions of worth
  3. locus of control
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What is pathology according to person-centered theory?

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  • Incongruence between ideal/real

- external locus of control

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What are the 3 kinds of psychotherapies used in Person-Centered therapy?

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  1. Environment of UPR
  2. Self-actualization
  3. Positive self-regard
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Who are the key people in Existential theory?

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Viktor Frankl
Rollo May
Irvin Yalom

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what are the key themes of Existential theory?

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  1. Existential anxiety (“givens of existence”)
  2. Freedom
  3. Choice
  4. Authenticity
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What is pathology according to Existential theory?

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  1. Inauthenticity- not accepting personal responsibility.
  2. Existential neurosis (experience of meaninglessness)
  3. Existential vacuum
  4. Restricted Existence
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What are the 2 kinds of psychotherapies used in Existential therapy?

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  1. Exploration of freedom

2. Logo-therapy

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Who are the 2 main theorists in Behavioral therapy?

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  1. B.F. Skinner

2. Albert Bandura

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What are 8 Key themes in Behavioral Theory?

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  • Classical conditioning,
  • operant conditioning,
  • social-cognitive theory
  • CBT.
  • Functional assessment,
  • behavioral analysis,
  • ABC model,
  • behavioral assessment interview
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The idea of Personality being reinforced by what someone does belongs to what theory?

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Behaviorism

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What is pathology according to Behavior therapy?

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Maladaptive behavior that is being reinforced

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What are 8 examples of techniques used in Behavioral therapy?

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  1. Treatment goals in objective
    terms.
  2. Use of positive reinforcement
    and negative reinforcement.
  3. Behavioral extinction.
  4. Positive and Negative Punishment.
  5. Systematic Desensitization.
    6.Exposure therapies
  6. Self-management
  7. Mindfulness based stress reduction
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Who are the key theories in CBT? (REBT, CT, CBM)

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  • Albert Ellis
  • Aaron Beck
  • Donald Meichenbaum
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What are key themes in CBT?

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  • Thoughts/Behaviors/Emotions
  • A-B-C-D
  • Automatic thoughts
  • schemas
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What influences Personality according to CBT?

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Interplay of thoughts, emotions and behaviors

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What influences pathology according to CBT?

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  • Negative Automatic Thoughts
  • Cognitive distortions schema
  • CBT triad
  • irrational beliefs
  • negative cognitive triad
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What are 4 examples of techniques used in CBT?

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  1. Reframing
  2. addressing negative thought patterns
  3. disputing irrational thoughts 4. stress inoculation training
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Who is the key person involved in Third Wave CBT?

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Steven Hays

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What are the types of Post-Modern Therapies?

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  • Narrative
  • Solution
  • Feminist
  • Postive Psychology
  • Multicultural perspective
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Who are the key people in post modern therapies?

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  • Insoo Kim Berg
  • Steve de Shazer
  • Michael White
  • DavidEpston
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What are the key themes in Post Modern therapies?

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-Social constructionism
-Use of language create meaning
-Reality is socially constructed
-relative approach to understanding truth
-Problems exist external to
pt and influence pt.
-Socially storied lives

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What is personality influenced by according to Post Modern Therapy?

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  • social context

- the narrative one tells themselves

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In Post Modern therapies, what influences pathology?

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  • Solution-Problem saturated stories.

- Identifying with the problem

36
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Innovative moments and unique outcomes are example of techniques used in what kind of therapy?

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Narrative Therapy (Post Modern)

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What kinds of techniques are used in Solution focused therapy?

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  • Miracle Question
  • Scaling
  • Exceptions
  • Looking for what is working
  • suspending personal judgement,
  • externalizing
  • alternative stories
  • reauthoring
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Who are the key people in Gestalt therapy?

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  • Fritz Perels
  • Erving Polster
  • Miriam Poster
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What are the 10 key themes in Gestalt therapy?

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  • Expand Awareness
  • Holism
  • Field Theory
  • Organismic Self-Regulation
  • The now
  • Empty chair
  • Confrontation
  • Internal Dialog Exercise
  • Exaggeration Exercise
  • Reversal Exercise
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In what theory is the View of a person rooted in existential philosophy and phenomenology?

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Gestalt Therapy

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What is are 8 concepts of pathology according to Gestalt Therapy?

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  • Introjection
  • Projection
  • retroflection
  • deflection
  • confluence
  • unfinished business
  • impasse
  • energy block
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What are 5 concepts (or techniques) used in Gestalt psychotherapy?

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  • Awareness of moment helps people to self regulate
  • people grow and change when they invest in who they are (not who they should be)
  • phenomenological inquiring (paying attention to the now)
  • Increase self-knowledge and awareness
  • being able to make contact
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Who are the key people in Feminist therapy?

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  • Jean Baker Miller
  • Carol Zerbe Enns
  • Olivia Espin
  • Laura Brown
44
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What are the key themes in Feminist Therapy?

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  • Integrates Feminist/multicultural/social justice concepts

- Personal is Political

45
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According to Feminist Therapy, what influences personality?

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  • People are contextual

- important to consider the social/cultural/political context

46
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What influences pathology in Feminist therapy?

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-People’s problems are socially constructed

47
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What are 3 kinds of techniques are used in Feminist psychotherapy?

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  • Egalitarian relationship
  • increase awareness of gender-role socialization
  • internalized messages of oppression
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Who are the Key people in Family Systems Therapy?

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  • Murray
  • Bowen
  • Virginia
  • Satir
49
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What are 8 of the Key themes in Family System Therapy?

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  • Joining
  • Boundary setting
  • unbalancing
  • reframing
  • ordeals
  • paradoxical interventions
  • enactments
  • multigenerational family therapy
50
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What influences Personality in Family Systems Therapy?

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  • Structure
  • Feedback Loops
  • Homeostasis
51
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What influences Pathology according to Family Systems Therapy?

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  • Enmeshment
  • lack of differentiation
  • defused boundaries
  • rigid boundaries
52
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What kinds of Techniques are used in Family Systems Psychotherapy?

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  • Understanding the family Process
  • Reestablishing boundaries
  • Joining

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