Therapies

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psychotherapy

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any psychological techniques used to facilitate positive changes in a person's personality,behavior,adjustment.

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demonology

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the study of demons, and the treatment of persons possessed by demons

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hysteria

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(now called somatic or disorders) an outdated term describing people with physical symptoms for which no physical causes can be found

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psychoanalysis

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main goal is to reduce internal conflicts that lead to emotional suffering

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a Freudian therapy

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free association

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having a client saying whatever comes to mind without worrying whether ideas are painful, embarrassing or illogical

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in psychoanalysis ; technique

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resistance

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blackface in the flow of free association; topics the client resists thinking or talking about

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transference

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the tendency of patients to transfer feelings to a therapist that correspond to those that patient had for important persons in his/her past

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brief psychodynamic therapy

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uses direct questioning to reveal unconscious conflicts

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interpersonal psychotherapy (IPT)

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designed to help people by improving their relationships with other people

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spontaneous remission

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improvement of symptoms due to the passage of time

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client centered therapy

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nondirective therapy based on insights gained from conscious thoughts and feelings;emphasizes accepting ones true self

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unconditional positive regard

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an unqualified,unshakable acceptance of another person

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empathy

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the therapist try to see things through the clients eyes and feeling some part of what the client is feelings

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authenticity

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the ability of a therapist to be genuine and honest about his/her own feelings

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Carl rodgers

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reflection

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rephrase, summarizes,repeats the clients thoughts and feelings expressed by clients so they can become aware of what they themselves are saying

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in client centered therapy; psychological mirror

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existential therapy

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focuses on problems of existence such as death,meaning,choice and responsibilities; emphasizes making courageous life choices

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promotes self knowledge

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gestalt therapy

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helps people rebuild thinking,feeling,and acting into connected wholes; achieved by expanding personal awareness by accepting responsibilities and by filling in gaps in experience

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cognitive therapy

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helps clients change thinking patterns that lead to troublesome emotions or behaviors

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selective perception

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perceiving only certain stimuli among a larger array of possibilities

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overgeneralization

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blowing a single event out proportion by extending it to a large number of unrelated situations

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all or nothing thinking

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they see events as completely good or completely bad, right or wrong, and themselves as either successful or failing miserably

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rational -emotive behavior therapy (REBT)

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attempts to change irrational beliefs that cause emotional problem

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Albert ellis

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behavior therapy

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any therapy designed to actively Change behavior

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behavior modification

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the application of learning principles to change human behavior especially Maladaptive behavior

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aversion therapy

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an individual learns to associate a strong aversion to an undesirable habit (smoking,drinking,gambling)

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hierarchy

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a rank ordered series of higher and lower amounts, levels,degrees,steps

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reciprocal inhibition

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using one emotional state to block another

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systematic desensitization

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a guided reduction in fear anxiety or aversion