THEORISTS
Developed client-centered therapy, which focuses on the belief that clients control their own destinies.
Who is Carl Rogers?
Works on changing unwanted and destructive behaviors through behavior modification techniques such as positive or negative reinforcement.
What is Behavioral Theory?
Dysfunctional thinking leads to dysfunctional emotions or behaviors. By changing their thoughts, people can change how they feel and what they do.
What is Cognitive Behavioral Therapy?
Taking feelings out on others.
What is displacement?
Key communication skill that involves absorbing the information someone shares with you and reflecting back—through questions and your body language—that you heard them.
What is active listening?
Executed a famous study using dogs, which focused on the effects of a learned response.
Who is Ivan Pavlov?
Focuses on how people’s thinking can change feelings and behaviors. This theory is brief in nature, oriented toward problem solving, and focuses more on the client’s present situation and distorted thinking than on their past.
What is Cognitive Theory?
A short-term approach that focuses on addressing interpersonal challenges and improving interpersonal skills to help manage acute mood symptoms.
What is Interpersonal Therapy?
Unconsciously keeping unpleasant information from your conscious mind.
What is repression?
Questions that a listener poses to a speaker in an effort to clear up any doubt, ambiguity, or misinterpretation.
What is a clarifying question?
People learn new behaviors by observing and imitating others.
Who is Albert Bandura?
Focuses on relationships and bonds (particularly long-term) between people, including those between a parent and child and between romantic partners. It is a psychological explanation for the emotional bonds and relationships between people.
What is Attachment Theory?
A therapy that combines cognitive-behavioral techniques with mindfulness practices to help clients regulate their emotions and improve their relationships with others.
What is Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)?
Thinking about stressful things in a clinical way.
What is intellectualization?
Skill in counseling used by the therapists to condense the main points that the client conveyed about their feelings, emotions, and thoughts through their words and body language in a nutshell.
What is summarization?
Emphasizes the importance of understanding the complex systems in which clients exist and how these systems impact their mental health.
What is Ecological Systems Theory?
A therapeutic approach that focuses on improving communication, intimacy, and emotional connection in couples.
What is Gottman Method Couples Therapy?
Replacing an unwanted impulse with its opposite.
What is Reaction Formation?
The ability to put yourself in someone else’s place. This requires the counselor to show a real understanding of the client’s situation and an appreciation of the complex feelings and behaviors it produces.
What is empathy?
Motivational theory in psychology comprising a five-tier model of human needs, often depicted as hierarchical levels within a pyramid.
Who is Abraham Maslow?
People have within themselves all the resources they need to live healthy and functional lives, and that problems occur as a result of restricted or unavailable problem-solving resources.
What is Humanistic Theory?
Aims to help clients develop psychological flexibility by accepting difficult thoughts and emotions while committing to positive behavior change. Emphasizes the importance of living in the present moment and engaging in values-based actions that align with one's goals and aspirations. Uses a variety of techniques, such as mindfulness, acceptance, and values clarification, to help clients build flexibility and achieve a more fulfilling life.
What is Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)?
Assigning your own unacceptable feelings or qualities to others.
What is projection?
Demonstration of your acceptance of your clients for who they are. By expressing warmth and respect for the client, regardless of their words and actions, you can promote their own sense of self-worth and set them on the path to personal growth.
What is unconditional positive regard?