Z Unit 13.1 Psychology Flashcards
(12 cards)
Biomedical therapy
offers medication or other biological treatments.
Psychotherapy
a trained therapist uses psychological techniques to assist someone seeking to overcome difficulties or achieve personal growth.
Eclectic approach
using a blend of psychotherapies
Psychoanalysis
people could be cured by making conscious their unconscious thoughts and motivations, thus gaining “insight”.
Resistance
patients either directly or indirectly oppose changing their behavior or refuse to discuss, remember, or think about presumably clinically relevant experiences.
Interpretation
therapist’s explanation to the patient of the latent or hidden meanings of what the patient says, does, or experiences.
Psychodynamic therapy
focus on themes across important relationships, including childhood experiences and the therapist relationship.
Insight therapies
psychodynamic and humanistic therapies
Client- centered therapy
focuses on the person’s conscious self-perceptions.
Active listening
echoing, restating, and seeking clarification of what the person expresses (verbally or nonverbally) and acknowledging the expressed feelings.
Unconditional positive regard
people may accept even their worst traits and feel valued and whole.
Transference
phenomenon characterized by unconscious redirection of feelings from one person to another.