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| based on the principles of learning, behavior therapists make direct efforts to alter problematic responses |
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| interventions into a person's biological functioning |
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| Clinical psychologists and Counseling psychologists |
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| specialize in the diagnosis and treatment of psychological disorders and everyday behavioral problems |
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| physicians who specialize in the diagnosis and treatment of psychological disorders |
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| insight therapy that emphasizes the recovery of unconscious conflicts, motives, and defenses through techniques such as free association and transference |
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| clients spontaneously express their thoughts and feelings exactly as they occur, with as little censorship as possible |
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| therapist's attempts to explain the inner significance of the client's thoughts, feelings, memories, and behaviors |
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| largely unconscious defensive maneuvers intended to hinder the progress of therapy |
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| clients unconsciously start relating to their therapist in ways that mimic critical relationships in their lives |
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| insight therapy that emphasizes providing a supportive emotional climate for clients, who play a major role in determining the pace and direction of their therapy |
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| Systematic desensitization |
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| a behavior therapy used to reduce phobic clients' anxiety responses through counter-conditioning |
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| treatment of mental disorders with medication |
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| relieve tension, apprehension, and nervousness |
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| used to gradually reduce psychotic symptoms, including hyperactivitiy, mental confusion, hallucinations, and delusions |
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| Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) |
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| newer class of antidepressants which slow the reuptake process at serotonin synapses |
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| Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) |
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| biomedical treatment in which electric shock is used to produce a cortical seizure accompanied by convulsions |
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| the practice of therapy involving drawing ideas from two or more systems of therapy instead of committing to just one system |
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