Theories Flashcards
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
Clients learn to stop avoiding, denying, and struggling with their inner emotions and, instead, accept that these deeper feelings are appropriate responses to certain situations that should not prevent them from moving forward in their lives
- Creative hopelessness
- Metaphors
- Name the story
- Mindfulness
Adlerian therapy
Identifying and exploring faulty logic and life goals; develop a sense of belonging (Engagement, assessment, insight, reorientation)
- Family constellations
- Early memories
- Push button
- Spitting in the soup
- Encouragement
- Acting “as if”
- Confrontation
Attachment Based Therapy
Help clients rebuild trust & security in relationships; overall treatment goal based on client age (Kids: strengthening caregiver relationship; adult: healthy sense of self & relationships)
- Play therapy
- Role play
- Inner child work
- Communication skills
Behavior Therapy
A treatment process that focuses on changing unwanted behaviors through rewards and reinforcements
- Positive/negative reinforcement
- Exposure therapy
- Activity scheduling
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
Challenge & replace distorted thoughts with healthy alternatives through cognitive restructuring
- Socratic dialogue
- Decatastrophizing
- Reframing/refocusing
- Self-monitoring
Contextual Therapy
A form of psychotherapy that considers the environment in which a person lives and functions. It considers all of the external factors that may be impacting their mental health, such as family dynamics, work stressors, and social support networks
- Facts
- Individual psychology
- Systemic transactions
- Relational ethics
Dialectical Behavioral Therapy
Helps clients recognize, accept, and manage strong emotions in a healthy way
- Mindfulness
- Emotional regulation
- Distress tolerance
EMDR
A psychotherapy technique designed to relieve the distress associated with disturbing memories
Emotionally Focused Therapy
Short-term therapy that aims to improve couple relationships by rekindling the physical and emotional bond that can get sacrificed to disappointment in a partner and alienation from them
Existential Therapy
Focuses on free will, self-determination, and the search for meaning—often centering on the individual rather than on their symptoms. The approach emphasizes a person’s capacity to make rational choices and to develop to their maximum potential. No diagnoses. No specific techniques.
Logotherapy
A form of psychotherapy that is based on the premise that every individual has an innate search for meaning in life. This form of therapy focuses on helping individuals to identify what they consider as meaningful in their lives, even amidst challenging times and circumstances
- Self-transcendence
- Personal strengths
Experiential Therapy
Cause of family problems identified as emotional suppression and denial of personal impulses. Individuals shouldn’t fill roles and people are naturally good.
- Uses expressive tools like acting, role-playing, props, and guided imagery
Family Systems
If one member disrupts the family the entire family is affected. Family structure and behavior are addressed
- Differentiation
- Detriangulation
- “I” talk
- Genograms
Feminist Therapy
Focuses on the challenges that minority groups face as a result of bias, stereotyping, oppression, discrimination, and other factors, and how those stressors can negatively affect their mental health
- Gender role analysis
- Power analysis
- Confrontation
- Reframing
Functional Family Therapy
Intensive, short-term therapy that addresses the referring behaviors (i.e., curfew violations, running away, and truancy) and juvenile delinquency from a relational, family-based perspective.
- Promoting perception of positive change
- Reframing
- Behavioral change plans
