What Is Psychological Treatment?
Therapy Techniques
Treatment Providers & Effectiveness
Biological Treatments
Visual & Applied Clues
100
This general term refers to treatment in which a trained therapist helps a client understand problems and work toward solutions.
What is psychotherapy?
100
Restating and clarifying what the client says is an example of this humanistic technique.
What is active listening?
100
This mental health provider has a medical degree and can prescribe medication.
What is a psychiatrist?
100
These medications, including SSRIs, are used to reduce symptoms of depression and anxiety.
What are antidepressants?
100
The therapy shown in this famous setup focuses on uncovering unconscious conflicts.
What is psychoanalysis (or psychodynamic therapy)?
200
This term refers to treating psychological disorders using biological methods such as medications.
What is psychopharmacology (or biological therapy)?
200
Gradually exposing a client to feared stimuli while preventing avoidance behaviors is called this.
What is exposure therapy (or exposure and response prevention when tied to rituals)?
200
This provider has a doctoral degree in psychology and specializes in diagnosing and treating mental disorders through therapy.
What is a clinical psychologist?
200
These medications reduce hallucinations and delusions and are used to treat schizophrenia.
What are antipsychotics?
200
This therapy emphasizes empathy, acceptance, and unconditional positive regard.
What is humanistic (client-centered) therapy?
300
This approach focuses on helping clients gain insight into unconscious conflicts.
What is psychodynamic therapy?
300
A therapist challenges a client’s distorted thoughts by helping them replace negative beliefs with realistic ones.
What is cognitive restructuring?
300
This treatment—combining exposure with preventing ritualized behaviors—is considered the most effective for OCD.
What is exposure and response prevention (ERP)?
300
Lithium and anticonvulsants are the primary biological treatments for this disorder.
What is bipolar disorder?
300
This technique uses conditioning to reduce unwanted behaviors.
What is behavior therapy?
400
This insight-focused therapy uses unconditional positive regard and a safe environment to promote personal growth.
What is humanistic (or client-centered) therapy?
400
This behavior therapy technique uses rewards to encourage desirable behavior and is often used in institutional settings.
What is a token economy?
400
This disorder is extremely difficult to treat because individuals often manipulate therapists and fail to experience remorse.
What is antisocial personality disorder?
400
This surgical procedure implants electrodes in the brain to reduce symptoms of severe disorders like OCD or depression.
What is deep brain stimulation (DBS)?
400
A video shows a client describing catastrophic thoughts (“Everything will fall apart if I fail once”). The therapist challenges the thought and assigns a behavioral task. This approach is called what?
What is cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT)?
500
The idea that therapy works largely because of empathy, trust, and the therapist–client relationship reflects this concept.
What is the therapeutic alliance?
500
This integrative therapy combines behavioral exposure techniques with cognitive restructuring to treat anxiety and mood disorders.
What is cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT)?
500
Treatments supported by scientific research demonstrating safety and efficacy are called this.
What are evidence-based treatments?
500
This treatment, used for severe depression unresponsive to other methods, involves a brief seizure induced by controlled electrical currents.
What is electroconvulsive therapy (ECT)?
500
This table categorizes approaches by their goals and methods. Identify what the table as a whole represents.
What are the major approaches to psychotherapy?