Chapter 16- Psycholgical and Biological Treatments Flashcards
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psychotherapy
A psychological intervention designed to help people resolve emotional, behavioural and interpersonal problems and improves the quality of their lives
paraprofessionals
person with no professional training who provides mental health services
insight therapies
psychotherapies, including psychodynamic, humanistic, and group approaches, with the goal of expanding awareness or insight
humanistic therapies
therapies that emphasize the development of human potential and the belief that human nature is basically positive
free association
technique in which clients express themselves without censorship of any sort
resistance
attempts to avoid confrontation and anxiety associated with uncovering previously repressed thoughts, emotions, and impulses
resistance
people try to avoid further confrontation. they express resistance in many ways, including skulking therapy sessions or drawing a blank when the therapist asks a question about painful moment in their past
transference
clients project intense, unrealistic feelings and expectations from their past onto the therapist
interpersonal therapy
treatment that strengthens social skills and targets interpersonal problems, conflicts and life transitions
person centred therapy
therapy centring on the clients goals and ways of solving problems
Gestalt therapy
therapy that aims to integrate different and sometimes opposing aspects of personality into a unified sense of self
group therapy
therapy that treats more than one person at a time
alcoholics anonymous
12 step, self-help program that provides social support for achieving sobriety
strategic family intervention
family therapy approach designed to remove barriers to effective communication
structural family therapy
treatment in which therapists deeply involve themselves in family activities to change how family members arrange and organize interactions
behavioural therapists
therapists who focus on specific problem behaviours and on current variables that maintain problematic thoughts, feelings and behaviours
ecological momentary assessment
assessment of thoughts, emotions and behaviours that arise in the moment in situations in which they occur in everyday life
systemic desensitization
patients are taught to relax as they are gradually exposed to what they fear in stepwise manner
exposure therapy
therapy that confronts patients with what they fear with the goal of reducing the fear
dismantling
research procedure for examining the effectiveness of isolated components of a larger treatment
response prevention
technique in which therapists prevent clients from performing their typical avoidance behaviours
participant modelling
Technique in which the therapist first models a problematic situation and then guides the client through steps to cope with it unassisted
token economy
method in which desirable behaviours are rewarded with tokens that clients can exchange for tangible rewards
aversion therapy
treatment that uses punishment to decrease the frequency of undesirable behaviours
