unit 8b: treatment of psychological disorders Flashcards
two categories of therapy
psychotherapy and biomedical therapy
psychotherapy
a trained therapist uses psychological techniques to assist someone to overcome psychological difficulties or achieve personal growth
biomedical therapy
prescribed medications or procedures that act on the person’s physiology
eclectic therapy
a combination of psychotherapy and biomedical therapy
psychodynamic therapy
therapy deriving from the psychoanalytic tradition that views individuals as responding to unconscious forces & childhood experiences
free association
patients say whatever thoughts, memories, or images that come to mind
analyzing resistance
the blocking from consciousness of anxiety-laden materials
transference
patients transfer to the therapist emotions linked with other relationships
insight therapies
humanistic and psychodynamic therapies. aim to improve psychological functioning by increasing a person’s awareness of underlying motives and defenses
client-centered therapy
popular humanistic therapy developed by carl rogers. focuses on the client’s self-perceptions. therapist is caring, accepting, and non-judgmental
behavior therapy
applies learning principles to eliminate unwanted behaviors
counterconditioning
uses classical conditioning to evoke new responses to stimuli that are triggering unwanted behaviors
mary cover jones
psychologist with an experiment of a 3 year old child who fear rabbits. she associated rabbits with eating and then the fear went away
2 types of counterconditioning techniques
exposure therapy and aversive conditioning
exposure therapy
treat anxieties by exposing people to the things they fear
aversive conditioning
associates an unpleasant state with an unwanted behavior (ex. nausea and drinking)
systematic desensitization
a type of exposure therapy that associated a pleasant relaxed state with gradually increasing anxiety-triggering stimuli. commonly used to treat phobias
behavior modification
treatments that use operant conditioning principles. reinforces desired behaviors and withholds reinforcement for undesired behaviors
cognitive therapy
therapy that reaches people new, more adaptive ways of thinking. based on the assumption that thoughts intervene between events and out emotional reactions
rational-emotive behavior therapy (REBT)
a confrontational cognitive theory that vigorously challenges people’s illogical, self-defeating attitudes and assumptions. developed by albert ellis
aaron beck
tries to treat patients by reversing client’s false beliefs or errors in logic or thoughts that minimize the value of one’s accomplishments
cognitive-behavioral therapy
integrative therapy that combines cognitive therapy (changing self-defeating thinking) with behavior therapy (changing behaviors)
group therapy
therapy conducted with groups
family therapy
therapy that treats the family as a system and views unwanted behaviors as influenced by, or directed at, family members
