Chapter 16 Flashcards
(48 cards)
asylum
institution created for the specific purpose of housing people with psychological disorders
cultural competence
therapist’s understanding and attention to issues of race, culture, and ethnicity in providing treatment
intake
therapist’s first meeting with the client in which the therapist gathers specific information to address the client’s immediate needs
nondirective therapy
therapeutic approach in which the therapist does not give advice or provide interpretations but helps the person identify conflicts and understand feelings
play therapy
therapeutic process, often used with children, that employs toys to help them resolve psychological problems
strategic family therapy
therapist guides the therapy sessions and develops treatment plans for each family member for specific problems that can addressed in a short amount of time
structural family therapy
therapist examines and discusses with the family the boundaries and structure of the family: who makes the rules, who sleeps in the bed with whom, how decisions are made, and what are the boundaries within the family
voluntary treatment
therapy that a person chooses to attend in order to obtain relief from her symptoms
Clinical psychologist
Work with most serious cases
Counseling psychologist
Unlikely to work with clients that have serious mental health issues
School psychologist
Psychological testing, Behavioral Management
Psychiatrist
In most states, only degree that can prescribe medication
Insight therapy
Remove distressing symptoms by leading people to understand their causes through deeply felt personal insights. Psychoanalytic, Person centered, Group
Behavioral therapy
Based on principles of learning that focuses on observable measurable behavior. Aversion, Flooding, Systemic desensitization, Time outs, token economics, stimulus satiation
Cognitive therapy
Focuses on client’s thoughts rather than his or her own feelings or behaviors. Rational Emotive, Cognitive-behavioral.
Biomedical therapy
Treatments that focus on the biological basis of a disorder. Pharmacotherapy, Electroconvulsive Shock Therapy (ECT), Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS), Psychosurgery
Psychoanalytic therapy
Conflicts of the unconscious. Resistance, Transference, Countertransference
Resistance
patients resist attempts to bring unconscious into conscious
Transference
patient’s unconscious feelings about someone experienced as feelings toward therapist
Countertransference
the tendency of the therapist to displace onto the client feelings caused by people in the therapist’s life
Person Centered Therapy
therapist is a sounding board for client’s thoughts, Therapist is truly empathic and warm
Group Therapy
Clients benefit from knowing others have similar problems. Psychotherapy, Support, Self-help
Psychotherapy groups
Focus on personality reconstruction or remediation of deep-seated psychological problems.
Support groups
Deal with special populations and deal with specific issues and offer support, comfort, and connectedness to others.
