Theories Terms Flashcards
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Which theory puts a focus on the Here and Now
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Gestalt
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Reparative experiences with the therapist
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Object Relations/Psychodynamic
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Identify Unique Outcomes
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Narrative
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Emphasis on finding solutions, not on discovering the cause or origins of the problem
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Solution Focused
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Therapist is nondirective
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Client Centered/Humanistic
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Change occurs through action-oriented directives
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Strategic
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Restructure the family’s organization
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Structural
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Philosophical meaning in the face of anxiety
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Existential
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Change occurs by learning to modify dysfunctional thought patterns
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CBT
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Increase the client’s awareness in the present moment
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Gestalt
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Insight-Oriented
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Object Relations/Psychodynamic
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Choosing to think and act authentically and responsibly
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Existential
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Enlist a witness
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Narrative
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Accessing client’s strengths and resources
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Solution-Focused
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Paradoxical Interventions
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Strategic
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Systematic desensitization
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CBT
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Exploring experience by description
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Gestalt
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Emphasis on transference and countertransference
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Object Relations/Psychodynamic
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Finding alternatives: Clients review all possible options and alternatives for either interpreting a situation or resolving a problem.
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CBT
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Empty Chair Technique
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Gestalt
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Thought record
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CBT
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Projection Identification
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Object relations/Psychodynamic
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Restraining: The therapist will discourage change or changing too quickly in an effort to elicit the desire to change from the client.
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Strategic
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Client confronts anxiety inherent in living
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Existential
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Mimesis: The therapist tracks the family’s style of communication and uses it.
Structural
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Increase congruent communication
Satir/Communications
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Understanding multigenerational dynamics
Bowen
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Relaxation techniques
CBT
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Exception question
Solution Focused
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Unbalancing
Structural
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Maladaptive automatic thoughts
CBT
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Congruence/genuineness
Client Centered/Humanistic
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Anxiety is part of the human condition
Existential
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Promote insight and growth through interpretation
Object Relations/Psychodynamic
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Miracle Question
Solution Focused
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Telling, talking about, and naming emotional pain places the emotional experience into the world of mutual encounter, where the relationship between client and practitioner can be used to process the situation with increased support.
Existential
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Family life chronology: Gathering history as far back as possible. Include: ideology,
values, rules, disruptions, moves, and major events. What the family has been through and how those events impact the family. How past events and unresolved issues are carried out presently.
Satir/Communications
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Prescribing the symptoms
Strategic
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Deconstruct problem-saturated stories
Narrative
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Honoring the pain
Existential
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Enactment
Structural
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Differentiation
Bowen
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Monitor thoughts and moods
CBT
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Scaling Questions
Solution-Focused
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Ordeals: Particular type of symptom prescription in which clients are encouraged to
carry out harmless but unpleasant tasks whenever symptoms occur;
Strategic
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Reduce anxiety and emotional turmoil in family system
Bowen
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Experiments: Encourages the clients to experience their feelings rather than just talk about them.
Gestalt
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Rearrange how people sit together in the room
Structural
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Establish a holding environment
Object Relations/Psychodynamic
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Family Sculpting: people into a spatial metaphor – a physical representation of
family members characterizations.
Satir/Communications
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Coping questions
Solution Focused
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Affirmations/Compliments: Regularly acknowledge progress, strengths, and resources.
Example: Tell the client, "I am impressed you are sitting in that chair again after what you just went through.”
Solution Focused
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Everyone must accept the responsibility that comes with freedom
Existential
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Therapist is directive
Strategic
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Unconditional Positive regard
Client Centered/Humanistic
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Body awareness
Gestalt
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Empathy
Client Centered/Humanistic
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Self-actualization
Client Centered/Humanistic
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Facilitated detriangulation
Bowen
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Exposure
CBT
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Understand problem's effects
Narrative
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Labeling distortions
CBT
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Teach "I" statements
Satir/Communications AND Bowen
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Emotional Cutoff
Bowen
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Three-column Technique
CBT
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Reframing family dynamic as "problem"
Structural
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Separate patient from problem
Narrative
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Boundary making
Structural
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Self-acceptance
Client-Centered/Humanistic
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Write a letter to self and others
Narrative
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Boundary making
Structural
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Mindfulness
DBT
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Homeostasis
General Systems Theory
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What theory puts an emphasis on self-acceptance?
Client Centered/Humanistic
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What do we provide unconditional positive regard to in Client Centered/Humanistic?
The client, NOT their symptoms
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Circular Questioning: Asking questions to find out what happens next and how it is responded to
Systems, finding out what happens after something occurs, and asking to see how the system responds, and continuing the cycle of questioning, Cause and Effect circle
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The person has easy access to a wide range of feelings and
memories, positive and negative. Has a balanced view of parents and has worked
through hurt and anger from the past. Has developed a strong sense of self and
empathy for others.
Secured Attachment
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The person is still embroiled with anger and hurt at
parents. They sometimes value intimacy to such an extent that they become overly
dependent on the attachment figure both past and present. They often recall role
reversal in childhood and have a hard time seeing their own responsibility in
relationships. They dread abandonment.
Preoccupied/Anxious Attachment
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The person dismisses the importance of love and
connection– and the value of emotions in general. Often idealizes parents, but actual
memories don’t corroborate. They dislike looking inward and often have a shallow, if any, self-reflection. They often are very independent, dismissive of their own emotionality, and have difficulty tolerating the heightened emotions of others.
Dismissive/Avoidant Attachment
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The person usually has a history of trauma and or loss.
Similar to Dismissive/Avoidant, they dismiss the importance of love and connection but usually out of fear or a belief that they are unworthy of love. They have difficulty trusting others and may feel uncomfortable with emotional closeness.
Fearful/Avoidant Attachment:
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This theory puts an emphasis on providing a secure base for the client by demonstrating empathy and care.
Attachment-Based Therapy
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This theory puts an emphasis on disruptions in the client's life, especially those in early life and in current relationships, including the relationship with the therapist.
Supporting the client in regulating and expressing emotions in relationally difficult situations.
Attachment-Based Therapy
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What does Motivational Interviewing focus on
Motivational interviewing emphasizes providing empathy and rolling with the client’s resistance
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Holding to the structure and boundaries of the treatment unit
Psychodynamic
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When you have a question regarding group therapy, the best answer will include engagement of the entire group. The exceptions to this general rule would include...
a group member who has a personal need that is unrelated to the group or if there are safety concerns.
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