Therapy Flashcards

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What is psychoanalytic therapy?

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talk therapy. psychological intervention designed to help people resolve emotional, behavioral, and interpersonal problems

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What is humanistic therapy?

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Emphasizes realization of human potential

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What are important qualities of Rogers’s person-centered therapy (e.g., nondirective)?

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  • Unconditional positive regard
  • Empathy
  • Reflection
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What is exposure therapy?

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confronts clients with what they fear

replace fear and stimulus with relaxation and stimulus
- “I’m afraid of planes, but my child is getting married in Australia”

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What is flooding?

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client confronts the feared stimulus all at once

-snake phobia so my therapist is gonna “flood” me. He’ll put me in a room with lots of snakes and lock me in a room. Eventually, I will learn that I am okay.

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What is systematic desensitization?

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relax as they are gradually exposed to what they fear (Peter, Rabbit, and Cookie)

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What is a token economy?

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desirable behaviors are rewarded with tokens that patients can exchange for tangible rewards

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What is cognitive therapy?

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  • Focuses on thought processes that underlie psychological symptoms
  • Aaron Beck – automatic thoughts
  • Therapist questions patient’s distorted assumptions and beliefs
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What is cognitive-behavioral therapy?

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  • Combination of cognitive and behavior therapies
  • Identifies automatic thoughts
  • Focus on changing thoughts and behavior
  • roleplaying
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Is psychotherapy effective?

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  • 75% people say yes
  • All forms more effective than no therapy
  • Efficacy of cognitive-behavioral therapy better established than other forms
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Drug therapies (Schizophrenia)

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-antipsychotic drugs
Very effective for positive symptoms
Side effects

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Drug therapies (Anxiety)

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  • anti-anxiety medications (GABA agonists)

- Useful for short-term – calm jittery feelings, relax muscles

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Drug therapies (Depression)

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  • antidepressant medications

- Most common – selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs)

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Drug therapies (Bipolar disorder)

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mood stabilizer – lithium

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What is electroconvulsive therapy (ECT)?

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  • brief burst of electric current to induce seizure in brain
  • More effective than antidepressant drugs
  • Side effect – memory loss
  • last resort
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What is dream interpretation?

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Therapist focuses on unconscious symbols in dreams

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What is free association?

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speak freely. Get to unconscious thoughts, past the “think before we speak” filter

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What is behavioral therapy?

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uses principles of learning and conditioning

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What are classical conditioning and operant conditioning methods?

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Classical Conditioning - exposure therapy (flooding and systematic desensitization)

Operant Conditioning - Use reinforcement and punishment (Token economy)