Chapter 17 Flashcards
(31 cards)
psychotherapy
intervention to resolve emotional, behavioural & interpersonal problems and improve quality of life
paraprofessional
person with no professional training who provides mental health services
insight therapies
psychodynamic and humanistic-existential approaches to expand awareness or insight
free association
patients express themselves without censorship
resistance
avoid confrontation and anxiety associated with uncovering previously repressed thoughts, emotions and impulses
transference
projecting intense, unrealistic feelings and expectations from the past onto the therapist
work through
confront and resolve problems, conflicts and ineffective coping responses in everyday life
IPT - interpersonal therapy
strengthen social skills and target interpersonal problems, conflicts and life transitions
humanistic-existential psychotherapy
the development of human potential - human nature is basically positive
phenomenological approach
therapists encounter patients in terms of subjective phenomena (thoughts, feelings) in the present moment
person-centred therapy
centring on the patient’s goals and ways of solving problems
Gestalt therapy
integrate different and sometimes opposing aspects of personality into a unified sense of self
experiential therapies
interventions that recognise the importance of awareness, acceptance and expression of feeling
behaviour therapist
focussing on specific problem behaviours, and current variables that maintain problematic thoughts, feelings and behaviours
systematic desensitisation
teaches patients to relax as they are gradually exposed to what they fear in a stepwise manner
exposure therapy
confronts patients with what they fear, with the goal of reducing the fear
dismantling
examining the effectiveness of isolated components of a larger treatment
responsive prevention
therapist prevents the patient from performing their typical avoidance behaviour
participant modelling
therapist first models a problematic situation and then guides the patient through steps to cope with it unassisted
token economy
desirable behaviours are rewarded with tokens the patients can exchange for tangible rewards
aversion therapies
punishments to decrease the frequency of undesirable behaviours
CBT - cognitive behavioural therapy
replace maladaptive or irrational cognitions with more adaptive, rational cognitions
group therapy
therapy that treats more than one person at a time
AA
alcoholics anonymous - 12 step, self-help program that provides social support for achieving sobriety
