Chapter 17 - Therapy Flashcards
biomedical therapy
prescribed medications or medical procedures that act directly on the patients nervous system
eclectic approach
an approach to psychotherapy that, depending on the clients problems, uses techniques from various forms of therapy
psychoanalysis
Sigmund Freud’s therapeutic technique. Freud believed the patients free associations, resistances, dreams, and transferences – and a therapist interpretations of them – released previously repressed feelings, allowing the patient to gain self insight
resistance
in psychoanalysis, the blocking from consciousness of anxiety laden material
interpretation
in psychoanalysis, the analyst’s noting supposed dream meanings, resistances and other significant behaviors and events in order to promote insight
transference
in psychoanalysis, the patients transfer to the analyst of emotions linked with other relationships (such as love or hatred for a parent)
client centered therapy
humanistic therapy, developed by Carl Rogers, in which the therapist use techniques such as active listening within a genuine, accepting, and empathic environment to facilitate clients growth. (Also called person centered therapy)
active listening
empathic listening in which the listener echoes, restates, and clarifies. Feature of Rogers client centered therapy
behavior therapy
therapy that applies learning principles to the elimination of unwanted behaviors
counterconditioning
behavior therapy procedure that conditions new responses to stimuli that trigger unwanted behaviors; based on classical conditioning. Includes exposure therapy and aversive conditioning
exposure therapy
behavioral techniques, such as systematic desensitization, that treat anxiety by exposing people (in imagination or actuality) to things they fear and avoid
systematic desensitization
A type of counterconditioning that associates a pleasant relaxed state with gradually increasing anxiety triggering stimuli. Commonly used to treat phobias
virtual-reality exposure therapy
an anxiety treatment that progressively exposes people to simulations of their greatest fears, such as airplane flying, spiders, or public speaking
aversive conditioning
A type of counterconditioning that associates and unpleasant state (such as nausea) with an unwanted behavior (such as drinking alcohol)
token economy
an operant conditioning procedure in which people earn a token of some sort for exhibiting a desired behavior and can later exchange the tokens for various privileges or treats
