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| Free Association Phychoanalysis |
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Definition
| technique- a patient is instructed to say whatever comes to mind |
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| Dream Analysis Psychoanalysis |
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Definition
| technique used to interpret a patient's dreams and unconcious thoughts |
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| Transference Psychoanalysis |
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Definition
1. A process experienced by the patient
2. a patient might feel toward the analyst the way he or she feels toward some other important figure in his or her life.
3. When the patient understands they are transferring feelings, they become aware of their real feelings and motives.
4. Role play |
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Term
Client Centered Therapy
(Humanistic Therapy) |
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Definition
| reflected that the belief that the client and therapist are partners in therapy |
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Term
Rational Emotive Therapy or RET
(Cognitive Therapy) |
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Definition
-number 1 choice in theraoy today
developed by Albert Ellis
aimed at changing unrealistic assumptions about oneself and about other people.
-correct false and self-defeating beliefs |
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Systematic Desensitization
(Behavior Therapies) |
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Definition
| desensitize irrational fears by gradually confronting what it is that makes one anxious |
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Flooding
(Behavior Therapies) |
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Definition
| an "all at once" approach to desensitizing one's fears by confronting what makes one anxious |
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Modeling
(Behavior Therapies) |
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Definition
| teaching one to behave a certain way by having that client watch someone else. |
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Aversive Conditioning
(Behavior Therapies) |
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Definition
| making certain behaviors unpleasant so that one will learn to avoid it |
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Drug Therapy
(Biological Therapies) |
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Definition
| uses medication and is the number 1 way to help problems |
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Term
Electoshock Therapy
(Biological Therapies) |
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Definition
| electirce shock is sent through the brain to try and reduce symptoms of mental disturbance |
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Term
Psychosurgery
(Biological Therapies) |
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Definition
surgery (treatment) that destroys part of the brain.
pre-frontal lobotomy |
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