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| therapy for mental methods aimed at making people feel better and function more effectively. |
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| insight therapy that emphasizes revealing the unconscious conflicts |
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manifest content
Latent content |
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| actual content of one’s dream |
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| symbolic of hidden meaning of dreams |
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| patient encouraged to talk about anything that came to mind |
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| patient becomes reluctant to talk about a certain topic or changing subject or becoming silent |
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| tendency for patient or client to project positive or negative feelings for important people from the past onto the therapist |
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| (Carl Rogers) focus on conscious, subjective experiences of emotion and people’s sense of self, experiences in their daily life, not childhood or history |
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| nondirective insight therapy based on Carl Rogers, which client does all the talking and therapist listen |
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| 4 key elements Carl Rogers considered necessary for successful client/therapist relationship |
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Reflection
Authenticity
Empathy
Unconditional positive regard |
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| therapist relates what the client says rather than interpreting those statements |
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| Unconditional positive regard |
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| warmth, respect, and accepting atmosphere created by the therapist for the client in person-centered therapy |
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| ability of the therapist to understand the feelings of the client |
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| genuine, open, and honest response of the therapist to the client |
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| directive insight therapy which the therapist helps clients to accept all parts of their feelings, using leading questions and planned experiences such as role-playing. |
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How does Gestalt Therapy differ from
Person-Centered Therapy? |
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| Diff. from person-centered therapy by it is directive insight not nondirective |
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| action therapies based on principles of classical and operant conditioning, aim at changing disordered behavior without concern of the original causes of such behavior |
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| Systematic desensitization |
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| client is asked to make a list of ordered fears and taught to relax while concentration on those fears |
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| person is rapidly and intensely exposed to their fears |
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| undesirable behavior is paired with an aversive stimulus to reduce the frequency of the behavior. (someone wants to stop smoking who uses rapid-smoking until puke) |
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| person jumping to a conclusion that is not based on any evidence |
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| person focuses on only one aspect of situation while ignoring all other relevant aspects |
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| person draws sweeping conclusions based on only one incident or event and applies those conclusions to events that are unrelated to the original. (I insulted my teacher, I’ll flunk and never be able to get a job) |
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| person blows a negative event out of proportion |
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| ignoring relevant positive events |
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| person takes responsibility or blame for events that are unconnected to the person. (husband comes home from work and unhappy, wife assumes he is angry at her) |
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| focused on helping people change their ways of thinking |
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| Cognitive behavioral therapy |
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| help clients overcome problems by learning to think more rationally and logically |
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| Rational emotive behavior therapy |
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| clients are directly challenged in their irrational beliefs and helped to restructure their thinking into more rational belief statements |
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| Function of group therapies |
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| insight or cognitive behavioral style, although person centered, Gestalt, and behavior therapies. |
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| Goal of family therapy groups |
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| share their problems and provide social and emotional support for each other. |
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| Structure of group therapies |
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| small groups or related persons or other groups of unrelated persons that meet without the benefit of a therapist |
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| Function of self help groups |
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| formed around a particular problem |
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| Advantages or group therapy |
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| lower cost, exposure to the same problems, opportunity for both therapist and the person to see how that person interacts with others, social and emotional support from people who have problems that are similar or nearly identical to one’s own |
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| Disadvantages of group therapy |
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| make some people to reluctant to speak freely when the therapist is not the only person there, client must share the therapist’s time during session |
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| the use of drugs to control or relieve the symptoms of psychological disorders. |
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| Antipsychotic: Typical Neuroleptic |
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| treats delusions or hallucinations, side effects: motor problems, tardive dyskinesia, examples: Chorpromazine, Droperidol, Haloperidol |
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| Antipsychotic: Atypical Neuroleptic |
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| treats pos and some neg symptoms of psychoses, side effects: may cause serious blood disorder, examples: Risperidone, Clozapine, Aripiprazole |
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| Antianxiety: Minor Tranquilizers |
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| treats symptoms of anxiety and phobic reactions, side effects: slight sedative effect, potential for physical dependence, examples: Xanax, Ativan, Valium |
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| treats manic behavior, side effects: potential for toxic buildup, examples: Lithium, anticonvulsant drugs |
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| treats depression, side effects – weight gain, constipation, dry mouth, dizziness, headache, drowsiness, insomnia, some sexual arousal disorders, examples: Iproniazid, Isocarboxazid, Phenelzine sulfite, Tranylcypromine sulfate |
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| Antidepressants: Tricyclics |
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| treats depression, side effects: skin rashes, blurred vision, lowered blood pressure, weight loss, examples: Imipramine, Desipramine, Amitriptyline, Doxepin |
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| treats depression, side effects: Nausea, nervousness, insomnia, diarrhea, rash, agitation, some sexual arousal problems, examples: Fluoxetine, Sertraline, Paroxetine. |
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| psychosurgery in which the connections of the prefrontal lobes of the brain to the rear protions are severed |
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| electrode wire inserted into cingulated area of the brain with guidance of magnetic resonance imaging machine to destroy the brain tissue with an electric current |
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| Effects of electroconvulsive therapy |
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| treats severe depression, immediate improvement in mood, treat schizophrenia and severe mania. |
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| aimed mainly at one’s motive and action |
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| main goal is to change disordered or inappropriate behavior directly |
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