Psychodynamic approach
Psychodynamic therapy is a form of _____ therapy.
talk
This is the complete realization of one’s potential, and the full development of one’s abilities and appreciation for life.
Self-actualization
Behavioral therapy is built off the ideas of _____ and operant conditioning.
classical
What leads to maladaptive thinking?
Conflict, instability, or stressful events.
This is a medical treatment most commonly used in patients with severe major depression or bipolar disorder that has not responded to other treatments.
Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT)
This type of analysis may be incorporated into psychodynamic therapy as a therapist looks for hidden symbolic meanings that might reveal unconscious conflicts, wish fulfillment, and desires.
dream analysis
Humanistic therapy grew out of humanistic psychology, a perspective that stresses that people are innately _____.
good
This strategy relies on reinforcement to modify behavior and is built on the ideas of _____ conditioning. The strategy allows the patient to to earn tokens for engaging in preferred behaviors and lose tokens for undesirable behaviors. These tokens can then be traded for rewards.
operant
Cognitive behavioral therapy focuses on changing the automatic _____ thoughts that can contribute to and worsen emotional difficulties, depression, and anxiety.
negative or maladaptive
These are designed to diminish or eliminate positive symptoms of schizophrenia, such as hallucinations, delusions, and other symptoms of schizophrenia.
anti-psychotic drugs
This is a trance-like mental state in which people experience increased attention, and suggestibility.
hypnosis
This strategy can help reinforce what the client is saying, allow them to reflect back on their own words, and clear up potential misunderstandings.
active listening
This type of exposure therapy involves pairing an undesirable behavior with an unwanted stimulus in the hope that the unwanted behavior will eventually be reduced.
aversion therapy
What is ONE of the CBT Steps?
- Identify troubling situations or conditions.
- Become aware of thoughts, emotions and beliefs about these problems.
- Identify negative or inaccurate thinking.
- Reshape negative or inaccurate thinking.
These types of drugs, such as Lithium, are designed to treat the combination of manic episodes and depression characteristic of bipolar disorder.
mood stabilizing drugs
A technique that was popularized by Sigmund Freud, with the idea that if people talk without censoring themselves, they will uncover meaningful, and often repressed thoughts, feelings, and memories.
free association
This involves the therapist taking a non-directive approach to the therapy process. The individual acts as an equal partner, while the therapist offers empathy and unconditional positive regard.
person-centered therapy
This is a type of exposure therapy in which people make a list of fears and then learn to relax while concentrating on these fears from the least to most feared.
systemic desenstization
Through _____, faulty thoughts are identified, challenged, and replaced with more objective, realistic thoughts.
CBT - cognitive behavioral therapy
Anti-anxiety drugs, such as _____, are designed to reduce anxiety and produce relaxing effects by decreasing sympathetic nervous activity and interacting with neurotransmitters in the brain.
Xanax and Ativan
This is a type of personality test that examines an individual’s responses to ambiguous images. Two popular examples are the Rorschach inkblot tests and the TAT.
projective test
This technique involves the therapist accepting the individual without judgment. It is characterized by a caring attitude that plays an important role in fostering self-worth, personal growth, and self-awareness.
unconditional positive regard
This is a type of exposure therapy which involves exposing people to fear-invoking objects or situations intensely and rapidly.
flooding therapy
This involves identifying irrational beliefs, actively challenging these beliefs, and finally learning to recognize and change these thought patterns.
REBT - rational-emotive behavioral therapy
The most commonly prescribed anti-depressant drugs, including Prozac and Zoloft, are called?
SSRI’s (Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibiters)