Therories Of Psychotherapy And Counseling

Front 1

Define Neutrality

Back 1

Therapist does not take sides-balance of positive and negative forces.

Hint 1

Encouraging independence vs. dependence-even in domestic abuse cases is not being neutral.

Front 2

Define Transference

Back 2

Patient trasfers onto the analyst feelings that were previously directed to another object

Hint 2

Angry feelings toward mother are directed toward analyst

Front 3

Define Resistance

Back 3

Patient rejects, denies, or otherwise opposes the therapeutic efforts of a psychotherapist

Hint 3

Making excuses, blaming, not wanting to change

Front 4

Define Repetition Compulsion

Back 4

An unconscious drive to perform behaviors over and over

Hint 4

Woman attracted to abusive men and stating that she does not understand why all men are abusive

Front 5

Define Drive theory

Back 5

The theory of drives, motivations, or instincts, that have clear objects, including what Freud called Eros and Thanatos, the drives toward Life and Death (Id, Ego, Super Ego)

Hint 5

eating maintains life is the Eros and the chewing (aggression) is the Thanatos

Front 6

Define Primary Process

Back 6

Id-unconscious force that is present from birth-follows pleasure principle-No awareness of outside world

Hint 6

Animal nature-drive to reproduce, sexual urges, fantasy

Front 7

Define Secondary Process

Back 7

Ego-conscious force that mediates between the outside world and instincts and drives

Hint 7

Develop plans for satisfying needs, think logically, providing restraint

Front 8

Define Pleasure Principle

Back 8

Unconscious drive towards pleasure and the avoidance of pain

Hint 8

Fantasies that appear in dreams

Front 9

Define Defense Mechanisms

Back 9

unconscious denial or distortion of reality used to cope with anxiety

Hint 9

Projection
Repression
Denial
Intellectualization

Front 10

Define Object Relations

Back 10

A study of significant others in the child's life-focusing on how the child views relationships

Hint 10

Infant views mom and self as one-infant learns to explore surroundings and return to mom for support

Front 11

Define Internalized Objects

Back 11

representations of relationships

Hint 11

mental representation of "object" usually mother

Front 12

Define Mirroring

Back 12

Validation of client's point of view by an empathetic observer

Hint 12

Expressing happiness for a client's accomplishment

Front 13

Define Idealizing

Back 13

Views the therapist as perfect

Hint 13

Clients project the loss of the perfect mother or father onto therapist

Front 14

Define Alter Ego

Back 14

therapist becomes more separate, but is still very similar to client-can now be soothed

Front 15

Define Neutrality

Back 15

balance of positive and negative forces-therapist does not take sides

Hint 15

encouraging independence vs dependence (even in domestic violence case) is not being neutral

Front 16

Define Self Object Failure

Back 16

Unconscious images of the therapist as perfect and then the client is let down

Hint 16

Client requests a different appt. time and therapist is not available