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Psychotherapy
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is an interaction between a therapist and someone suffering from a psychological problem
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Eclectic psychotherapy
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a form of psychotherapy that involves drawing on techniques from different forms of therapy, depending on the client and the problem
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Psychodynamic psychoterapies
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explore childhood events and encourage individuals to use this understanding to develop insight into their psychological problems
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Resistance
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is a reluctance to cooperate with treatment for fear of confronting unpleasant unconscious materal
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Transference
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occurs when the analyst begins to assume a major significance in the client's life and the client reacts to the analyst based on unconscious childhood fantasies
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Interpersonal psychotherapy
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a form of psychotherapy that focuses on helping clients improve current relationships
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Behavior therapy
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assumes that disordered behavior is learned and that symptom relief is achieved through changing overt maladaptive behaviors into more constructive behaviors.
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Exposure therapy
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involves confronting an emotion arousing stimulus directly and repeatedly, ultimately leading to a decrease in the emotional response
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Systematic desensitization
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a procedure in which a client relaxes all the muscles of his or her body while imagining being in increasingly frightening situations
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Cognitive therapy
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focuses on helping a client identify and correct any distorted thinking about self, others, or the world
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Cognitive restructuring
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involves teaching clients to question the automatic beliefs, assumptions and predictions that often lead to negative emotions and to replace negative thinking with more realistic and positive beliefs
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Mindfulness meditation
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teaches an individual to be fully present in each moment, to be aware of his or her thoughts feelings and sensations and to detect symptoms before they become a problem.
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Cognitive behavioral therapy
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use a blend of cognitive and behavioral therapeutic strategies
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Antipsychotic drugs
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treat schizophrenia and related psychotic disorders
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Psychopharmacology
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study of drug effects on psychological states and symptoms
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