Trauma
This term refers to the emotional response to a distressing or disturbing event, often involving feelings of fear, helplessness, and horror.
What is post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)?
Play therapy is a common therapeutic approach for children. What type of play therapy involves using various toys and activities to allow children to express themselves?
What is non-directive play therapy?
This influential family therapist is known for the concept of "differentiation of self" and developed the Structural Family Therapy model.
Who is Murray Bowen?
This therapy, developed by John Gottman, focuses on strengthening relationships through identifying and addressing destructive behaviors.
What is the Gottman Method?
This iconic character, created by Bram Stoker, is known for his thirst for blood and has appeared in numerous films.
Who is Count Dracula?
In trauma-informed care, the acronym "ACE" stands for these adverse childhood experiences that can have lasting impacts on individuals.
What are Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACES)?
Children often have difficulty expressing their feelings through words. What artistic therapy allows them to use art as a means of communication?
What is art therapy?
In family counseling, this term refers to the phenomenon where family members have overly blurred boundaries.
What is enmeshment?
The term "attachment theory" in couple's counseling refers to the idea that the quality of an adult's relationships is influenced by their early experiences with this figure.
Who is the primary caregiver (typically a parent)?
In the film "Psycho," this scene is one of the most memorable and terrifying moments in cinema history.
What is the shower scene in "Psycho"?
This therapy, often used in trauma treatment, helps clients reprocess traumatic memories to reduce their emotional impact.
What is Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)?
This psychological concept describes a child's ability to understand that others may have different beliefs, desires, and intentions from their own.
What is Theory of Mind?
Counselors call a family tree, a visual representation of a family's structure and relationships, this term.
What is a genogram?
In couple's counseling, this communication style involves each partner taking turns listening and speaking, fostering understanding and empathy.
What is active listening?
"The Silence of the Lambs" features this brilliant but psychopathic character who helps authorities catch other killers.
Who is Hannibal Lecter?
This approach using CBT is commonly used to help children and adolescents who have experienced trauma.
What is TF-CBT (Trauma-Focused Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy)?
Child-centered play therapy, developed by Virginia Axline, emphasizes the importance of this core condition in therapy.
What is empathy?
Family therapy approaches like the Milan Systemic Model often use this technique to challenge and change family dynamics by giving the symptom a positive connotation.
What is reframing?
According to the Gottman Method, these four negative communication patterns are considered the "Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse" in relationships.
What are criticism, contempt, defensiveness, and stonewalling?
In the "Halloween" franchise, this relentless killer wears a white mask and is known for his stalking of Jamie Lee Curtis' character.
Who is Michael Myers?
Trauma can affect various aspects of an individual's life, including their physical, emotional, and psychological well-being. What term describes this comprehensive impact?
What is complex trauma?
This diagnosis is given when executive functioning skills are lacking and interfering with daily functioning.
What is ADHD?
This influential family therapist is known for developing the Structural Family Therapy model, which focuses on family structure and boundaries.
Who is Salvador Minuchin?
This is the primary goal of Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT).
What is to create secure emotional bonds between partners?
This film, directed by Stanley Kubrick, is based on Stephen King's novel and is considered one of the greatest horror movies of all time.
What is "The Shining"?