theories & t/x Flashcards
A type of group, with no formally identified leader, where members share a common experience:
self help group
Type of group that is structured to keep the same members in the group for a specified number of sessions:
closed group
Part of one’s nature that reflects basic or innate desires- pleasure, aggression, sexual impulses:
id
Which ego defense mechanism is displayed by a client who waits 3 days to seek help for severe abdominal pain?
denial
Predictable events in the normal course of life, such as having a baby, getting married, and beginning a career:
maturational crisis
Therapy focusing on immediate thought processing, how a person perceives the experience, determining how they behave:
cognitive therapy
A type of group, with a group leader, to help members who share a common problem cope with it
support group
Part of one’s nature that reflects moral and ethical concepts, values, parental and social expectations:
superego
Which ego defense mechanism is displayed by a man who pouts like a 4 y.o. if not the center of girlfriend’s attention?
regression
Level of anxiety: sharpened senses, increased motivation, learning is effective, “butterflies”:
mild
rationalization
Managing the environment; the therapeutic community; benefit is interaction among clients:
milieu therapy
Unanticipated or sudden events that threaten an individuals integrity, such as death of a loved one or loss of a job:
situational crisis
Part of one’s nature that is the balancing or mediating force:
ego
Therapy that considers how reinforcement influences behavior, learns response to receive reward or avoid punishment:
behavioral therapy
Level of anxiety: Does not respond to redirection, chest pain, nausea, vomiting, feels dread, cannot complete tasks:
severe
Which ego defense mechanism is displayed by a women who tells a friend she cannot think about her son’s death right now?
suppression
Type of group that is ongoing and runs indefinatley, allowing members to join or leave the group as they need to:
open
A crisis that is a natural disaster such as a flood or hurricane; or a crisis such as war, terrorist attack, or crime:
adventitious crisis