Therapies Flashcards
goal is to uncover and resolve conflicting thoughts, feelings, and intentions
psychoanalytic therapy
hidden content of dreams
latent content
actual plot of dream
manifest content
release of emotional stress that occurs when unconscious or repressed feelings are brought into consciousness
catharsis
develop self awareness, self acceptance and realize full potential
humanistic therapy
Imagine that the person to whom you wish to express your feelings is sitting in the empty chair
empty chair technique
Place two sides of a dilemma in two different chairs and express each side while in that chair
two chair technique
Focus is on altering symptoms rather than exploring their meaning
behavioral therapy
pairs the stimulus that triggers an unwanted behavior with a new, more desirable behavior
counterconditioning
train client to relax in the presence of anxiety producing situation; done in a systematic way
systematic desensitization
A form of psychotherapy in which people are taught to think in more adaptive ways.
cognitive therapy
drawing conclusions without evidence
arbitrary inference
draw conclusion based on single experience/limited event
overgeneralization
Group members talk about individual problems, but also gain insight from group members who have gone through similar experiences
group therapy
acceptance and support of client without conditions
unconditional positive regard
Electric-shock treatments that often relieve severe depression by triggering seizures in the brain.
ECT (Electroconvulsive Therapy )
Severing tissue in the frontal lobe for the treatment of psychological disorders
lobotomy
The surgical removal of portions of the brain for the purpose of treating psychological disorders
psychosurgery
type of response: judging negatively, blaming, criticizing
evaluative
type of response: reading between the lines, diagnosing
interpretive
type of response: agreeing, backing up, reassuring
supportive
type of response: questioning, prying
probing
type of response: non-directive, reflecting back to client what they have said
understanding
Know the ABC’s of REBT
Understand what each letter represents and how to apply it
Know the Response Styles
Review the response styles examples
a succession of thoughts and images during sleep
dreams
a dream in which you know you are dreaming
lucid dream
falling sensation and muscle twitch; just after falling asleep
hypnic jerk
mind wakes from sleep; body doesn’t
sleep paralysis
the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders
DSM
