treatment (pysch) Flashcards
pyschotherapy
Treatment involving psychological techniques; consists of interactions between a trained therapist and someone seeking to overcome psychological difficulties or achieve personal growth.
eclectic approach
type of pyschotherapy tailored to fit the needs of a specific patient
resistance
clients attempt to block or repress anxiety provoking memories from entering concsious awareness
transferrence
when a patients feelings redirect onto the therapist
insight therapies
talk therapy (pyschotherapy)
active listening
echoing, restating, and seeking clarification of what the person expresses and acknowledging the expressed feelings.
behavior therapy
Applies learning principles to the elimination of unwanted behaviors.
exposure therapies
A technique that treats anxieties by exposing people (in imagination or actuality) to the things they fear & avoid. used for OCD, anxiety, and PTSD
virtual reality exposure therapy
Progressively exposes people to simulations of their greatest fears.
cognitive therapy
Teach people new, more adaptive ways of thinking and acting based on the assumption that thoughts intervene between events and our emotional reactions. Aaron beck wanted to reverse clients negative beliefs about themselves
cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT)
An integrative therapy that aims not only to alter the way people think, but also to alter the way they act. founded by albert ellis
meta analysis
statistical combination of results from two or more seperate studies
therapeutic alliance
emotional bond between therapist and client
antipyschotic drugs
Drugs used to treat schizophrenia and other forms of severe thought disorder.
Examples include Thorazine & Haldol
antidepressant drugs
Used to treat _depression__ but can also be prescribed for anxiety, OCD, and PTSD.
They work by increasing the _availability____ of norepinephrine or serotonin by partially blocking the reuptake process.
Examples include Prozac, Zoloft, and Paxil.
repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS)
Painless application of repeated pulses of magnetic energy to the brain through a magnetic coil held close to a person’s skull.
resilience
the process and outcome of successfully adapting to difficult or challenging life experiences, especially through mental, emotional, and behavioral flexibility and adjustment to external and internal demands.
biomedical therapy
Physically changing the brain’s functioning by altering its chemistry with drugs, or affecting its circuiting with electroconvulsive shock, magnetic impulses, or psychosurgery.
Only psychiatrists offer biomedical therapies.
pyschoanalysis
sigmund freud. By excavating their childhood _past__, patients then work through the buried feelings and take responsibility for their own growth
interpretation
efforts by the therapist to connect conscious (or preconscious) feelings, thoughts, and behaviors (e.g., symptoms) to the unconscious materials that gave rise to them.
pyschodynamic therapy
focuses on unconscious processes as they are manifested in the client’s present behavior. The goals of psychodynamic therapy are client self-awareness and understanding of the influence of the past on present behavior.
client centered therapy
the therapist uses techniques such as active listening within a genuine, accepting, empathetic environment to facilitate clients’ growth.
unconditional positive regard
involves showing complete support and acceptance of psychotherapy clients.
counterconditioning
a procedure that uses classical conditioning to evoke new responses to stimuli that are triggering unwanted behaviors. two types; exposure therapy and aversive conditioning
