Psychodynamic

Question 1

Free Association

Answer 1

therapist tells the patient to describe any thought, feeling, or image that comes to mind even if it seems unimportant

Question 2

Transference

Answer 2

they act and feel toward the therapist as they did toward important person in their lives

Question 3

Resistance

Answer 3

unconscious refusal to participate fully in the therapy

Question 4

Dream interpretation

Answer 4

can reveal unconscious instincts, needs, and wishes
Manifest: consciously remembered dream
Latent: meaning

Question 5

Catharsis

Answer 5

• reliving past repressed feelings
• powerful emotional release that, when successful, is accompanied by cognitive insight and positive change

Question 6

Working Through

Answer 6

patient and therapist must examine the same issues over and over in the course of many sessions

Question 7

Short- Term Psychodynamic Therapies

Answer 7

patient choose a single problem, a dynamic focus to work on and work only on the psychodynamic issues that relate to it

Question 8

Relational Psychoanalytic Therapy

Answer 8

therapist disclosing things about themselves, particularly their own reactions to patients, and try to establish more equal relationships with patients

Question 9

Hypnotherapy

Answer 9

patient undergoes hypnosis and is then guided to recall forgotten events or perform other therapeutic activities

Question 10

Play Therapy

Answer 10

an approach to treating childhood disorders that helps children express their conflicts and feelings indirectly by drawing, playing, and making stories