Ap Psychology Myers: Chapter 13: Treatment Of Psychological Disorders

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eclectic approach

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psychotherapy method uses techniques from various therapies

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psychotherapy

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treatment applying psychology

interactions between trained therapist and someone who wants to overcome difficulty or achieve personal growth

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psychoanalysis

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Freud's psychotherapy techniques: free association, resistance, dreams, transferences, self-insight

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resistance

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psychoanalytic phenomenon: blocking latent anxiety from consciousness

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interpretation

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psychoanalytic phenomenon: analyst's noting of dream meanings, resistance, behaviors, events

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transference

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psychoanalytic phenomenon: when a patient transfers their emotions of another relationship to the analyst (like love or hatred for mom or dad)

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psychodynamic therapy

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derives from psychoanalysis, views individuals as responding to unconscious wishes/desires, childhood experiences, aims to enhance self-insight

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insight therapies

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aims to improve psychological functioning by making client aware of their motives and defenses

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client-centered therapies

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(person-centered therapy) humanistic therapy invented by Carl Rogers, promotes active listening, empathetic environment

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active listening

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empathetic listening technique where listener echoes, restates, and clarifies as per Rogers' humanistic therapy