front 1 Psychiatrist | back 1 a medical doctor who has completed a M.D. with specialized training in assessment and treating mental disorders |
front 2 Psychologist | back 2 practices psychotherapy and holds doctorate degree with specialization clinical psychology and has extensive training in therapy, the assessment of psychological disorders and research. |
front 3 Social Worker | back 3 has a master’s degree and extensive training in psychotherapy. They work in schools, community organizations and private practice. |
front 4 Psychotherapy | back 4 Interaction between a therapist and someone suffering from a psychological problem, with the goal of providing support or relief from the problem |
front 5 Eclectic Psychotherapy | back 5 Treatment that draws on techniques from different forms of therapy, depending on the client and the problem |
front 6 Psychodynamic | back 6 Explore childhood events and encourage individuals to use this understanding to develop insight into their psychological problems |
front 7 Free Association | back 7 client relaxes and reports whatever comes to mind; contain clues to unconscious conflicts |
front 8 Dream Analysis | back 8 interpreting hidden meaning in |
front 9 Analysis of Resistance | back 9 Reluctance to cooperate with treatment for fear of confronting unpleasant unconscious material |
front 10 Transference | back 10 Event that occurs in psychoanalysis 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, impulses or conflicts. |
front 11 Interpersonal Psychotherapy | back 11 Form of psychotherapy that focuses on helping clients improve current relationships |
front 12 Humanistic Therapy | back 12 Assume that human nature is generally positive and emphasize the natural tendency to strive for personal improvement. |
front 13 Person-centered Therapy | back 13 Assumes that all individuals have a tendency toward growth and this growth can be facilitated by acceptance. |
front 14 Carl Rogers | back 14 1902-1987; Field: humanistic; Contributions: founded person-centered therapy, theory that emphasizes the unique quality of humans especially their freedom and potential for personal growth, unconditional positive regard, fully functioning person |
front 15 Congruence | back 15 Agreement, harmony, or correspondence |
front 16 Empathy | back 16 the ability to understand and share the feelings of another |
front 17 Unconditional Positive Regard | back 17 according to Rogers, an attitude of total acceptance toward another person |
front 18 Behavior Therapy | back 18 a type of therapy that assumes that disordered behavior is learned and that symptom relief is achieved through changing overt maladaptive and dysfunctional behaviors into more constructive behaviors |
front 19 Token Economy | back 19 Involves giving clients tokens for desired behavior which can be
later |
front 20 Exposure therapy (Desensitization) | back 20 Involves confronting an emotion arousing stimulus directly and repeatedly, ultimately leading to a decrease in the emotional response |
front 21 Cognitive Therapy | back 21 Involves helping a client identify and |
front 22 Cognitive Restructuring | back 22 Therapeutic approach that teaches clients to question the automatic beliefs, assumptions, and predictions that often lead to negative thinking with more realistic and positive beliefs |
front 23 Mindfulness Meditation | back 23 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 |
front 24 Cognitive Behavioral Therapy | back 24 Blend of cognitive and behavioral therapeutic strategies |
front 25 Family Therapy | back 25 a psychotherapy involving family |
front 26 Couples Therapy | back 26 when a married, or unmarried couple |
front 27 Group Therapy | back 27 is therapy in which multiple participants |
front 28 Self-Help Groups | back 28 involve discussion or Internet chat groups that focus on a particular disorder or difficult life experience and are often run by peers who have struggled with the same issues. |
front 29 Psychopharmacology | back 29 Study of drug effects on psychological states and symptoms |
front 30 Research (Cognitive vs Medication in treating mood and anxiety disorder) | back 30 For anxiety disorders, cognitive-behavioral therapy, antidepressant medications and anti-anxiety medications have all been shown to be helpful. Research generally shows that psychotherapy is more effective than medications, and that adding medications does not significantly improve outcomes from psychotherapy alone |
front 31 Natural Improvement | back 31 Tendency of symptoms to return to their mean or average level |
front 32 Nonspecific Treatment Effect | back 32 when the patient gets better over time simply by coming to therapy, even though it doesn't matter what actually happens at the therapy session |