Terms Related to Types of Therapy
Pairing a target behavior w/ a negative stimulus to stop undesirable behaviors.
Aversion Therapy
Interacts w/ pt's freely & is oriented toward the "here & now," & it makes lesser attempts to reconstruct the development origins & conflicts. Deals w/ free association, dream analysis, transference, & countertransference.
Psychodynamic Therapy
This includes all repressed memories, passions, & unacceptable urges lying deep below the surface of the mind.
Unconscious
The body or mind's way of warding off anxiety by preventing conscious awareness of threatening feelings.
Defense Mechanisms
This absence of reinforcement decreases behavior by withholding a reward that has become habitual.
Extinction
Assumes that changes in maladaptive behavior can occur without insight to the underlying cause. It attempts to change the ways of thinking that cause emotional distress.
Behavioral Therapy
A form of behavioral therapy that controls the body's physiological response to stress & anxiety.
Biofeedback
A part of the mind that contains all the material a person is aware of at any one time, including thoughts, perceptions, memories, fantasies, & feelings.
Conscious
Irrational & false assumptions & misinterpretations.
Cognitive Distortions
This occurs when something unpleasant or uncomfortable is removed to increase the chance of the desired behavior.
Negative Reinforcement
Based on both cognitive psychology & behavioral therapy. It is an active, directive, time-limited, structural approach to treating depression, anxiety, phobias, & pain.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
When an involuntary & non-spontaneous, neural stimulus is repeatedly paired w/ another stimulus
Classical Conditioning
It refers to unconscious feelings a pt has toward a healthcare worker initially felt in childhood for a significant other.
Transference
A system of the personality that develops in the 1st years of life & resides in all three levels of awareness. It helps w/ problem-solving & reality testing.
Ego
This method of learning occurs through rewards & punishments for voluntary behavior.
Operant Conditioning
Encourages pt's to face their fears & emotionally process them in a safe environment to stop the response.
Exposure Therapy
It involves pairing a behavior w/ a condition that reinforces or stops the behavior occurrences.
Conditioning
This lies just below the surface of awareness & contains material that can be retrieved.
Preconscious
A system of personality that develops between 3-5 y/o & it represents the moral components that reside in all three levels of awareness. It contains all the "should not's" instilled by parents & society.
Superego
This introduces a desired stimulus to encourage the behavior that is desired.
Positive Reinforcement
A short-term therapy to reduce or stop psychiatric symptoms by improving function & satisfaction w/ social relationships.
Interpersonal Therapy
Reinforcement
This refers to unconscious feelings a healthcare worker has toward a pt.
Countertransference
A system of the personality that is unconscious & impulsive. It is the source of all drives, instincts, reflexes, & needs.
Id
When a therapist gives a role-play, role model, or video for specifically identified behaviors.
Modeling