Therapy Flashcards
Psychotherapy
The treatment of psychological problems through psychological techniques
Placebo effect
Nonspecific improvement resulting from a person’s expectations to change
Eclectic approach to therapy
integrating many different theories and tequniques
Good therapists communicate…
interest, understanding, respect, tact, maturity, ability to help
What type of therapy did Freud adopt?
Insight therapy
What is the goal of psychoanalysis?
To help patients understand the unconscious motivations behind their behaviours
What are the 5 techniques of psychoanalysis?
- free association
- dream analysis
- interpretation
- resistance
- transference
Humanistic Therapy emphasizes…
the development of human potential
Person-centered therapy was created by…
Carl Rogers
Person-centred therapy
when a therapist guides their client to help them but doesn’t tell them outright
Client-centred therapists must show…
unconditional positive regard, congruence, empathetic listening
Behaviour therapy focuses on..
changing overt behaviour
Behaviour therapy
helps people replace maladaptive behaviours with more effective ones
Operant conditioning
A method of learning that uses reward and punishment as a reinforcer for behaviour
Token economies
Rewarding with tokens that they can buy with or trade in for items
Extinction
Ignore the behaviour and it will go away
Punishment
The presentation of an aversive stimulus
Time Out
The removal of a person from sources of reinforcement to decrease behaviour
Counterconditioning is form of _______ therapy
Exposure
Counterconditioning
When someone is taught a new, more adaptive response to a stimulus
Systematic Desensitization is used in…
Exposure therapy
Aversive conditioning
When a noxious stimulus is paired with a stimulus that elicits an undesirable behaviour
What is aversive conditioning used to treat?
Nail biting, sex adiction, smoking, drinking etc
Modelling
Seeing someone else do the behaviour your scared of will help eliminate fears
Cognitive behaviour therapy
Focuses on changing client behaviour by changing thoughts and perceptions
Rational Emotive Therapy
Emphasizes the importance of logical, rational thought processes
What does Aaron Back claim?
Depression is caused by people’s distorted thoughts about reality
