Modules 50-52: Therapy:

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psychotherapy

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an emotionally charged, confiding interaction between a trained therapist and someone who suffers from psychological difficulties.

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eclectic approach

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an approach to psychotherapy that, depending on the client's problems, uses techniques from various forms of therapy.

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psychoanalysis (psychodynamic)

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sigmund fruid's therapeutic technique. freud believed the patioent's free associations, resistances, dreams, and transferences-and teh therapist's interpretations of them-released previously repressed feelings, allowing teh patient to gain self-insight.

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reesistance

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in psychoanalysis, the blocking form consciousness of anxiety-laden material

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interpretation

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in psychoanlysis, the analyst's noting uspposed dream meaning, resistnace,s and othe rsignificant behavior in order to promote insight

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transference

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in psychoanalysis, teh patient's transfer to the analyst of emotions linked with other relationships (such as love or hatred for a parent.)

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free association

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just saying whatever comes into mind.

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client-centered therapy

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a humanisitic therapy, developed by carl rogers, in which the therapist uses techniques such as active listenig within a genuine, accepting, empathic environment to facilitate client's growth.

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active listening

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emapathic listening in which the listerner echoes, resstates, and clarifies. a feature of roger's client centered therapy.

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behavior therapy

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therapy that applies learning principles to teh elimination of unwanted behaviors.

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counterconditiong

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a behavior therapy procedure tha tconditions new responses to stimulti that trigeger unwanted behviors; based on classical conditioning. includes systematic desensitization adn aversive conditioning.

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exposure therapies

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behavior techniques, such as systematic desensitization , that treat anxieties by exposing people (in imagination or actuality) to the things they fear and avoid.

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systematic desensitization

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a type of counterconditioing that associates a pleasant relaxed state with gradually increasing anxiety-triggerin gstimuli.commonly used to treat phobias.

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aversive conditioning

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a type of counterconditioning htat associates an unpleasant state (such as nausea) with an unwanted behavior (such as drinking alcohol).

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token economy

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an operant conditioning procedure that rewards desiered behavior. a patient exchanges a token of some sort, earned for exhibiting the desired behavior, for various privileges or treats.

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cognitive therapy

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therapy that teaches people new, more adaptive ways of thinking and acting; based on the assumption that thoughts intervene between events and our emotional reactions.

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cognitive-behabior therapy

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a popular integrated therapy that combines cognitive therapy (changing self-defeating thinking) with behavior therapy (changing behavior).

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family therapy

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therapy that treats the family as a system. views an individual's unwatned behavior as influenced by or directed at other family members; attemtps to guide family members toward postiive relationships and improved communication

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psychotherapy

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an emotionally charged, confiding interaction between a trained therapist and someone who suffers from psychological difficulties.

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meta-analysis

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a procedure for statistically combining the results of manny different reserach studies.

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psychopharmacology

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the study of teh effects of drugs on mind and behavior

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electroconvulsive therapy (ECT)

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a biomedical therapy for severly sdepressed patients in which a brief electric current is sent through the brain of an anesthetized patient

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lithium

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a chemical that provides an effective drug therpay for the mood swings of bipolar (manic-depressive) deisorders.

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psychosurgery

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surgery that removes or destroys brain tissue in an effort to change behavior

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lobotomy

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a now rare psychosurgical procedure once used to calm uncontroallably emotional or violent patients. the procedure cut the nerves tha tconnect the frontal lobes to the emotion-controlling centers of teh inner brain.

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psychotherapy integration

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rather than picking and choosing methods, integration advocates aim to combine them into a single, coherent system

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latent content

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the dreams underlying but censored meaning.

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psychodynamic therapists try to do what...

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to understand patients current symptoms by exploring childhood experiences

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interpersonal psychotherapy

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a brief alternative to spychodynamic therapy...aims to help people gain insight into the roots of their difficulties. and focuses on current relationships and assists people in improving thier relationship skill.

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humanistic therapists do what...

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aim to boost self fulfill ment by helping people grow in self awareness and self acceptance

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client centerest therapists focuses on

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person'a conscious self perceptions rather than therapists interpretations

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nondirective therapy

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where teh therapist listens, without judgin or interpreting, and refrains from directing the client toward certain insights

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rogers encourages therapists to exhibit three things.

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genuine, acceptance, and emapthy

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unconditional postive regard

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full acceptance of a person with whatever problems they may have.

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progressive relaxation

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where the therapists trains you to relax one muscle group after another, until you achieve a drowsy state of complete relaxation and comfort.

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behavior modification is like what...

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operant conditioning

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stress inoculation training

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changing teh people to restructure their thinking in stressful situations

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regression toward the mean

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the tendency for extremes of unusual scores to fall back (regress) toward their average

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selective serotonin reuptak inhibitor drugs (antidepressant drugs)

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SSRI (slow the synaptic vacuuming up of serotonin, (Prozac, Zoloft, PAxil))

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Antipsychotic drugs

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thorazine, cloazaril,

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antianxiety drugs

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xanax or valium

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psychotherapy integration

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rather than picking and choosing methods, integration advocates aim to combine them into a single, coherent system

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latent content

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the dreams underlying but censored meaning.

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psychodynamic therapists try to do what...

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to understand patients current symptoms by exploring childhood experiences

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interpersonal psychotherapy

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a brief alternative to spychodynamic therapy...aims to help people gain insight into the roots of their difficulties. and focuses on current relationships and assists people in improving thier relationship skill.

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humanistic therapists do what...

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aim to boost self fulfill ment by helping people grow in self awareness and self acceptance

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client centerest therapists focuses on

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person'a conscious self perceptions rather than therapists interpretations

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nondirective therapy

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where teh therapist listens, without judgin or interpreting, and refrains from directing the client toward certain insights

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rogers encourages therapists to exhibit three things.

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genuine, acceptance, and emapthy

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unconditional postive regard

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full acceptance of a person with whatever problems they may have.

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progressive relaxation

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where the therapists trains you to relax one muscle group after another, until you achieve a drowsy state of complete relaxation and comfort.

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age regression

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where people relive their child hood experiences