Goal of Therapy
The perspective that mental illness comes from faulty thought patterns.
What is Cognitive
Giving a patient rewards for completing tasks aligns with this behavioral technique
What is Token Economy
This therapy helps you identify irrational beliefs and change the resulting feelings
What is REBT
A therapist asks a client to lie back and say whatever comes to mind without filtering or censoring thoughts. The client begins to talk about a recent argument with a friend and, without realizing it, starts talking about a similar fight with a parent years ago—revealing a deeper, unresolved issue.
What is Free Association
In a classroom for children with behavioral challenges, students earn something every time they follow a classroom rule. Later, they can exchange those things for small rewards like extra recess or a small toy
What is token economy
This approach explains compulsions by learned behavior.
What is Behavioral
Discussing whatever comes to mind to reveal the unconscious.
What is Free Association
Empathic listening is most often used in this type of therapy.
What is Humanistic Therapy
A client struggling with nail-biting uses a bitter-tasting polish on their nails. Each time they try to bite, the unpleasant taste conditions them to stop the habit by associating it with discomfort.
What is aversive conditioning
A client says, "I failed this test, so I’m a complete failure." The therapist challenges this irrational belief, helping the client replace it with: “I failed one test, but that doesn't define my entire worth. I can study differently next time.”
What is REBT
This approach emphasizes reaching one’s ideal self through growth.
What is Humanism
Associating an unwanted behavior with a negative stimulus.
What is Aversive Conditioning
This type of test asks people to interpret ambiguous stimuli, such as inkblots or vague pictures, to uncover hidden feelings and conflicts.
What are Projective Tests
: A client has a phobia of public speaking. The therapist helps them build a fear hierarchy, starting with imagining speaking in front of a small group, then gradually working up to giving a presentation. Along the way, the client uses relaxation techniques to stay calm. This technique is
What is Systematic Desensitization
A client begins to feel frustrated with their therapist, claiming the therapist "never listens" just like their father did. The therapist gently points out this reaction, helping the client realize they are projecting unresolved feelings about their father onto the therapist.
What is Transference
This approach looks at brain chemistry or medication as a solution.
What is Biomedical
A therapy that uses classical conditioning to reduce anxiety by gradual exposure
What is Systematic Desensitization
The "ABC" model in REBT helps clients change their __.
What is Beliefs
A teen tells their therapist about skipping school and feeling ashamed. Instead of judging, the therapist responds with warmth and acceptance, showing that their support isn’t dependent on the teen’s actions—encouraging openness and self-acceptance.
What is Unconditional Positive Regard
A client shares how isolated and overwhelmed they’ve felt since moving to a new city. The therapist leans in, reflects their emotions by saying, “It sounds like you’ve been feeling really alone and unsure of where to turn,” helping the client feel truly heard and understood.
What is empathic listening
This approach focuses on repressed childhood experiences.
A technique where patients transfer feelings for a person onto the therapist.
What is Transference
In therapy, when a client begins to react to the therapist as if they were a parent or partner from their past, this phenomenon is likely occurring.
What is Transference
This occurs when a client subconsciously avoids difficult topics or abruptly changes subjects during therapy.
Carl Rogers emphasized this type of therapist attitude, which involves complete acceptance and support of a client no matter what they share.
What is Unconditional Positive Regard