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Chapter 15
Psychotherapy - PSYCH 203
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Psychology
Undergraduate 1
04/12/2016

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Insight Therpy
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Talk therapy
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Behaviour Therapy
Definition
Direct efforts to alter problematic responses and habits
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Biomedical Therapy
Definition
The physiological approach to therapy. Involves primarily drug and electroconvulsive therapy
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Clinical and counseling psychologists
Definition
specialize in the diagnosis and treatment of psychological disorders and everyday behavioural problems
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Psychiatrist
Definition
someone who specializes in the treatment of psychological disorders
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Sight therapies
Definition
therapy intended to enhance clients self knowledge to promote healthy changes
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Psychoanalysis
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bringing repressed fears and conflicts to the concious mind
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free association
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when clients say whatever is on their mind with no censor
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dream analysis
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interpreting dreams
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Interpretation
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trying to explain inner significance of a persons thoughts and feelings
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Resistance
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unconcious defensive maneuvers that hinder progress of therapy
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Transference
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when people relate to the therapist in ways similar to their own personal relationships
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CLient centered therapy
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a type of insight therapy that focuses on emotional support for clients
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Carl Rogers
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Developed client centered therapy
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Genuineness
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the first therapeutic condition. therapist must be genuine with the client. Commmunicating in a honest and spontaneous way .
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Unconditional positive regard
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The second condition of the therapy climate . therapist must be completley non judgemental. therapist doesn't have to approve of everything the client says
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Empathy
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therapist must understand the persons point of view
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Clarification
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reflect back the cleints feelings back but with more clarifcation
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POsitive psychology
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get clients to recognize their own strengths , appreciate blessing, sovr the positive things in life, and find meaning to their life.
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group therapy
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Simultaneous treatment of multiple people at once
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Therapist and client must be on _____ footing
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equal
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Couples/Marital therapy
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therapy of both partners in a committed relationship
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Family Therapy
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treatment of family unit as a whole . main focus on family dynamic and communication
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Hypnosis tends to increase what ?
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memory distortions
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Behaviour therapies
Definition
application of principles of learning to change a persons maladaptive behaviors
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FIrst main assumption of behavior therapy
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behavior is a product of learning
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Second main assumption of behavior therapy
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What has been learned can be unlearned
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Systematic Desensitization
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attempts to reduce a persons anxiety by counter conditioning
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FIrst step in systematic densensitizaion?
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build an anxiety hierarchy , This is a list of anxiety arousing stimulus related to specific source on anxiety
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Second step in systematic desensitization
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training a person in a deep muscle relaxation
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Third step in SYstematic densensitization
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slowly work through hierarchy list while remaining relaxed
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exposure therapies
Definition
exposing therapies in order to show them that its actaully harmless
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